from Sylvia Vardell, Bookbird editor, reprint

Thursday, March 29, 2012

My new book: The Poetry Teacher's Book of Lists

I'm so excited to share the news that my latest book is out today-- The Poetry Teacher's Book of Lists. This book has been in the works for 4 years, but took a back seat while I fulfilled my editorial duties for Bookbird, the international children's literature journal (which was wonderful, but all-consuming). I picked up the thread again last summer and just wrapped it up this spring-- just in time for National Poetry Month. I hope you'll help me spread the word. Here's the lowdown:

The Poetry Teacher's Book of Lists is intended to be a comprehensive resource for teachers, librarians, and parents packed with poetry bibliographies and research-based strategies for selecting and sharing poetry with young people (ages 0-18). Need help finding the perfect poem for a holiday celebration or a science unit? A funny riddle poem or a bilingual poetry book? The Poetry Teacher’s Book of Lists contains 155 different lists featuring 1500 poetry books for children and teens

from Pioneer Press, excerpt, with thanks

Garrison Keillor talks books, the biz

By Mary Ann Grossmann
mgrossmann@pioneerpress.com

03/29/2012

Author and radio host Garrison Keillor talks about the new space that will house his book store, Common Good Books in St. Paul, on March 29, 2012. (Pioneer Press: Richard Marshall)

Garrison Keillor stretches his arms wide as he shows visitors where he wants a wall that will display books face-out in his new Common Good Books bookstore.

"I saw this in a bookstore in London," Keillor said Thursday, March 29. "I don't want to see a book's spine. Displaying books this way emphasizes the beauty of book design. That's a powerful thing. We're going to have a lot of tables, too. I love tables. Maybe a little children's corner. And magazines."

Common Good Books will open April 9 at 38 S. Snelling Ave. after doing business for five years in a lower level space at Selby and Western avenues.

Thanks to Helen Wang for these resources

Children's fiction in China

By Helen Wang, published March 27, 2012

At last week’s China Fiction Book Club, in London, Nicky brought along two Chinese children’s books that she’s been reviewing: Wu Meizhen’s The Unusual Princess (translated by Petula Parris Huang) and Shen Shixi’s Jackal and Wolf (translated by me).

There are four children’s authors coming to the London Book Fair: Shen Shixi and Wu Meizhen; and Zheng Yuanjie and Yang Hongying. As no biographical information for any of them is provided on the LBF programme, I’ve created author entries for them on Paper Republic.

I also tried to find out more about children’s literature in China. The most authoritative reference I could find was Mary Ann Farquhar’s Children’s Literature in China: from Lu Xun to Mao Zedong (1999). But surely there must be something more recent that covers the 1970s to the 21st century? I’ll put the contents of Farquhar’s book on Resources for Translators, in the hope that others can offer improvements.

At the same time, it is cheering to see that there are many more books for children than there used to be. A few examples:

http://www.cynthialeitichsmith.com/lit_resources/diversity/asian_am/chinese.html
Features and reviews Chinese and Chinese American literature for children.

http://www.asiabookroom.com/AsiaBookRoom/_Children_Teenagers_China_Fiction.html
There is an impressive list of titles (for sale) on this website: picture books for younger children and novels for older readers and young adults. There’s a variety of English language, Chinese language and bilingual Chinese/English.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/?category_id=399796
Has a special section ‘China and Chinese — Children's fiction’ (for sale)

Academic Job Postings from Academic Keys, reprint

This AcademicKeys e-Flier contains higher education positions in:
- English

Director -- English Language Centre (ELC) Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University English Language Centre (ELC)
Location Suzhou, Jiangsu, China	Posted Feb. 22, 2012

Chair -- Department of Philosophy University of Alabama at Birmingham College of Arts and Sciences -- Department of Philosophy
Location Birmingham, AL	Posted Jan. 12, 2012

Dean of Nursing Fortis College Nursing
Location Largo, FL	Posted Jan. 6, 2012

Director of Housing Berklee College of Music Housing Department
Location Boston, MA	Posted Dec. 16, 2011

Dean and Professor -- Faculty of Humanities University of Pretoria Faculty of Humanities
Location Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa	Posted Dec. 14, 2011

Vice-President for Academic Affairs Watkins College of Art, Design & Film Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs
Location Nashville, TN	Posted Dec. 7, 2011

Academic Director -- Chinese Flagship Language Program Western Kentucky University Chinese Flagship Language Program
Location Bowling Green, KY	Posted Dec. 1, 2011

NEW! - Adjunct Faculty Position in English Composition University of San Francisco Arts & Sciences
Location San Francisco, CA	Posted Mar. 23, 2012

NEW! - Instructors -- English As a Second Language American University of the Middle East English As a Second Language (EPP) Program
Location Al Kuwait, Al Ahmadi, Kuwait	Posted Mar. 13, 2012

NEW! - Digital Communication Specialist (Assistant or Ass... New Jersey Institute of Technology Department of Humanities
Location Newark, NJ	Posted Mar. 1, 2012

NEW! - Faculty Member -- General Education Higher Colleges of Technology Faculty of Liberal Studies
Location Sharjah, United Arab Emirates	Posted Feb. 29, 2012

Assistant Professor California State University, Northridge Department of Pan African Studies
Location Northridge, CA	Posted Feb. 21, 2012

Assistant Professor California State University, Northridge Department of Pan African Studies
Location Northridge, CA	Posted Feb. 21, 2012

Assistant Professor -- Rhetoric & Composition University of the Sciences in Philadelphia English Department -- Writing Programs
Location Philadelphia, PA	Posted Feb. 21, 2012

English Faculty American University of the Middle East (AUM) College of Business
Location Al Kuwait, Al Ahmadi, Kuwait	Posted Jan. 31, 2012

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor -- Islamic Studies Istanbul Sehir University School of Islamic Studies
Location Istanbul, Turkey	Posted Jan. 18, 2012

Tenure-track or Tenured Pos. - History of Industrialization Aalto University School of Engr. - Dept. of Engr. Design and Production
Location Helsinki, Finland	Posted Jan. 16, 2012

Multiple Faculty Positions University of Ha'il College of Arts
Location Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia	Posted Jan. 16, 2012

Multiple Faculty Positions University of Ha'il College of Preparatory Year
Location Ha'il, Ha'il, Saudi Arabia	Posted Jan. 11, 2012

English for Special Purposes (ESP) Instructor King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)
Location Thuwal, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	Posted Jan. 5, 2012

Faculty Positions New York University Abu Dhabi Literature
Location Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	Posted Dec. 30, 2011

Associate Professor, Africana Studies Lafayette College Africana Studies Program
Location Easton, PA	Posted Dec. 23, 2011

English Language Tutors Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University English Language Centre (ELC)
Location Suzhou, Jiangsu, China	Posted Dec. 15, 2011

Full Professors, Assoc. Professors, Asst. Professors and ... Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University Humanities and Social Sciences Division
Location Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia	Posted Dec. 9, 2011

Faculty Position -- Chinese Linguistics Nanyang Technological University School of Humanities and Social Sci. (HSS) -- Div. of Chi...
Location Singapore, Singapore, Singapore	Posted Dec. 2, 2011

Professor/Associate Professor -- Modern Chinese History University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sci. -- Dept. of History -- Ch...
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Posted Dec. 2, 2011

Online Writing Tutors Smarthinking, Inc. Writing Department
Location Washington, D.C.	Posted Oct. 28, 2011

Faculty Positions -- Modern and Contemporary History Nanyang Technological University School of Humanities and Social Sci. -- History Programme
Location Singapore, Singapore	Posted Oct. 27, 2011

NEW! - Postdoctoral Fellowship -- Contemporary History IMT -- Institute for Advanced Studies, Lucca Economics and Institutional Change Department
Location Lucca, Tuscany, Italy	Posted Mar. 21, 2012

Houston Writing Fellowships University of Houston The Department of English
Location Houston, TX	Posted Feb. 23, 2012

Postdoctoral Research Fellow -- New Agendas for the Study... University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sci. -- School of Philosophica...
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Posted Jan. 25, 2012

Postdoctoral Research Fellow -- New Agendas for the Study... University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sci. -- School of Philosophica...
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Posted Jan. 23, 2012

Mina Javaherbin at SDSU, April 17, 2-3:30, AL-100

Iranian Children's Author Mina Javaherbin will read from and discuss her books, including The Secret Messenger, the One Book, One San Diego... for Kids 2012 selection.
Mina Javaherbin


She joins Indian children's author Anushka Ravishankar for the 2012 Madhavan Lecture Series in the Arts and Letters Auditorium, Room 100.