June 20, 2014
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Support Dennis Moster and Spinal Cord Research & Resources while having some fun. Register Now for the 11th Annual Dennis Moster Golf Outing & Fundraiser. July 17 at The Knoll Golf Club in Parsippany, NJ.  (If you can't come, donations are always appreciated.)

Patterson Grant Winners
Congratulations to the Winners of James Patterson Bookstore Grants in the NAIBA region.
 

Astoria Bookshop - Queens, NY

 

Bank Street Bookstore - New York, NY

 

bbgb - Richmond, VA

 

Book Culture -New York, NY

 

Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza - Albany, NY

 

Book Revue - Huntington, NY

 

Bookends - Ridgewood, NJ

 

Books of Wonder - New York, NY

 

Booktenders - Doylestown, PA

 

Browseabout Books - Rehoboth Beach, DE

 

Community Bookstore - Brooklyn, NY

 

Dog Ears Bookstore - Buffalo, NY

 

Doylestown Bookshop - Doylestown, PA

 

Forest Books - Locust Valley, NY

 

Oblong Books - Millerton, NY

Talking Leaves Books - Buffalo, NY

 

The Bookstore Plus - Lake Placid, NY

 

The Children's Bookstore - Baltimore, MD

 

Watchung Booksellers - Montclair, NJ

Meet Kit Grindstaff
PA-based British author Kit Grindstaff just won the Crystal Kite award given by the SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators), for her title The Flame in the Mist.  The award is given worldwide in 15 different regions, and Flame was voted best book of 2013/14 by members in the Atlantic region, consisting of PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, W. VA, and DC. 
If you are interested in doing an event with a local award-winning author or would like award stickers mailed for the stock you may have, please contact Kit.
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We Need Diverse Books is a grassroots organization created to address the lack of diverse, non-majority narratives in children's literature. We Need Diverse Books is committed to the ideal that embracing diversity will lead to acceptance, empathy, and ultimately equality. We recognize many kinds of diversity, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, people of color, those impacted by their gender, those with disabilities, ethnic/cultural/religious minorities, etc. Our mission is to promote or amplify diversification efforts and increase visibility for diverse books and authors, with a goal of empowering a wide range of readers in the process.

 

NAIBA supports their goals, and will dedicate the Saturday pre-Banquet reception to the authors involved in We Need Diverse Books. Join us in Washington, DC for the Fall Conference (Sept. 19-21, 2014)

 

Check out the diversity cheat sheet.


Children's Book Art Auctions Boost Kids' Free Speech Right
 
The two auctions of children's book art that were held in conjunction with this year's BookExpo America were a great success, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE) reported today. 
 
The sale of 150 pieces by leading artists and illustrators raised $56,000 to defend the free speech rights of young readers. The BEA auction, co-sponsored by ABFFE and the ABC Children's Group at the American Booksellers Association, was held in the River Pavilion of the Javits Convention Center. An online auction was conducted the following week. The BEA auction, which was chaired by Jarrett J. Krosoczka, featured a variety show by the Slushpile Family Circus, a group of authors and artists who displayed some of their non-literary talents. Shannon Hale and Michael Buckley organized the show. "We had a lot of fun and the art was superb," ABFFE President Chris Finan said. "We are tremendously grateful to Jarrett, Shannon and Michael and to the artists and bidders who made the auction such a big success."
             
The BEA auction also featured a tribute to Dr. Seuss. Thirty artists created pieces honoring him. The Seuss Foundation donated three limited edition prints.

 

Auction proceeds support Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of the freedom to read, and the Kids' Right to Read Project, which is co-sponsored by ABFFE and the National Coalition Against Censorship. 
Friends at the Trunk Show
Last week I got to spend time with booksellers, authors and publishers at the Trunk Show. Here are a few of those great people.
John Searles, Help For The Haunted (HC) had a line of fans to meet him. Very funny presentation.
Mona Hamlin, Syracuse University Press with John Bonczyk, Lift Bridge Book Shop
Nomi Eve, Henna House (S&S) had the most amazing henna tattoo.

Ann Burlingham, Burlingham Books with Karen Corvello, Baker & Taylor and Kristin Keith, WWNorton
Robin Bell, Chesapeake & Hudson, Kristin Keith, WWNorton & Weston Blelock, Woodstock Arts
Three Eileen's: Eileen Golinski, Ingram; Eileen Bertelli, Parson Weems; Eileen Dengler, NAIBA



 
I hope I'll get to see you at one of the upcoming NAIBA events.  We have the All About the Books in Hyde Park, NY on June 26; the NYC Social on Monday, July 14; the Hachette Open House on Wednesday, August 6.  And of course the best of all gatherings, the NAIBA Fall Conference in Arlington, VA, September 19-21.

Email us and let us know when to expect you.

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Eileen Dengler
New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Assn