IBPA Member Highlights & Happenings
Bill Fisher, Best First Book (non-fiction) Award winner for her title Grace: A Child's Intimate Journey Through Cancer and Recovery and beautiful, teen cancer survivor Melinda Marciano sent us this uplifting local TV coverage on her story. A childhood cancer advocate, Melinda recently received the United Way Youth Grant for her Literacy & Advocacy Youth Challenge project. Bookaroos Publishing let us know that the author of their latest picture book, Sea Horse, run!, Tammy Carter Bronson was one of several featured authors at the "DallasKidsRead!" festival at the Dallas Public in July. See her picture book blog for school activity samples and really cool informational videos about seahorses. Fir Valley Press author B K Mayo was guest author on a recent episode of the Portland, Oregon area public access television talk show "Author's Forum." Mayo was interviewed by show host Veronica Esagui about fiction writing and his award-winning novel Tamara's Child. The 30-minute interview can be viewed online at www.veronicaesagui.net. The devastating tornadoes in Joplin, Missouri destroyed 262 classrooms. IBPA Member Cynthia Brian (Starstyle Productions, LLC) is working through the literacy charity, Be the Star You Are!� on OPERATION DISASTER RELIEF to ship books for grades K-12 to the Joplin School District as well as books for all ages to the Joplin Access Family Care Center. If you have books, returns, older editions, or slightly damaged books included, that you would like to donate and ship to Joplin, you will receive a tax receipt for the retail value from Be the Star You Are!� 501 c3. Email [email protected] for info. Patriot Press announced that Gettysburg author Jessica James, has won the coveted John Esten Cooke Award for Southern Fiction for her new Civil War novel Noble Cause. This award is presented annually to encourage writers of fiction to portray characters and events dealing with the War Between the States, Confederate heritage, or Southern history in a historically accurate fashion. Terry Callahan of Norman Books is interested in sharing a booth at the 2011 CLA/CSLA Annual Conference & Expo in November. Her company deals with Spanish-English K-6 educational titles. Contact: [email protected]; 310-899-9310. Yankee Cowboy Publishing's Dave Leiber, author of the new true-story, Bad Dad, talked with Chris Flanagan on Good Morning Texas. In the brief video, Lieber talks about parental responsibility, child-rearing practices, child discipline, bad parenting and parenting books. If you're considering undertaking your first audiobook project or seeking to scale your operation, check in to the FREE one-hour IBPA webinar presentation sponsored by Tantor Studios: Turning Your Titles Into Successful Audiobooks - October 6, 2011 - 11:00 am Pacific / 2:00 pm Eastern. We've had so many fun photos submitted recently that we spilled over onto our Facebook page! Please look here for all of our August Members in Action Photos (with descriptions). |