I’m pleased to report that The Rock and the River was reviewed on Richie’s Picks today! Richie says of the book… “In the course of Sam Childs’ coming of age story, amidst the American history I thought I knew so well, author Kekla Magoon has radically altered my understanding of the Black Panther Party. In… Read more »
April 2009
Hunger Mountain Presents…The Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing
Calling all YA and children’s writers! We are thrilled to present the inaugural Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing in Hunger Mountain.Hunger Mountain, the arts journal of Vermont College of Fine Arts, will launch our new online arts journal early this summer. Our new site will include YA and Children’s Literature; we’ll feature… Read more »
Author Visit: Pontiac Library
This week I’m in my hometown, Fort Wayne Indiana, for some library visits and book signings. The first was at Pontiac Library, where I got to speak to kids in the after school program there. It was my first visit to this particular library branch, which had recently been remodeled. A very nice facility, that… Read more »