As I’m sure you all noticed, yesterday the National Book Award announced its shortlist for the Young People’s category. A couple surprises there. M.T. Anderson’s removal will come as a nasty shock to anyone who has read his book and the elimination of Shabazz/Magoon effectively turns the remaining writers into a pretty white fivesome. The […]
Fuse #8 TV
Fuse #8 TV is a monthly webcast hosted by A Fuse #8 Production's Elizabeth Bird featuring interviews with notable authors of literature for children and young adults. Recorded live online, it is made possible by Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Little Brown, Macmillan, HarperCollins, and School Library Journal.
Fuse 8 TV: Rita Williams-Garcia
September 17, 2015 by
“Who can turn the stove on with her smile? / Who can take a bubble bath and suddenly fill it with crocodiles?”* If you answered: Rita Williams-Garcia then you are more than correct! The illustrious, charming, all around nice woman stopped by the Harper Collins offices to do a little talky talk with me the […]
Fuse #8 TV: Kevin Sherry
August 20, 2015 by
After a brief hiatus I’m back with my regular interview series, Fuse #8 TV. By complete coincidence (fortune favors the busy) I didn’t have an interview slated when I was in the thick of my move to Evanston. Now that I’m safely ensconced in Illinois (albeit with oddly empty bookshelves) I’m fully ready and prepared […]
Fuse #8 TV: Steve Sheinkin
June 18, 2015 by
Allo, folks! Hosting Steve Sheinkin on Fuse #8 TV this month does have a bit of the old bringing coals to Newcastle feel to it. After all, Steve’s been generous in sharing his Walking and Talking comic series with us on this site regularly. So regularly, in fact, that it would be easy to forget […]
Fuse 8 TV: Geoff Rodkey and Reading (Too Much) Into Karen Katz
May 21, 2015 by
And a happy Thursday to you all. It’s May 21st and that means another episode of Fuse #8 TV is up and running. As per usual I kick the whole kerschmozzle off with a new edition of “Reading (Too Much) Into Picture Books”. Though I had a recent request to tackle The Giving Tree, I couldn’t […]
Fuse #8 TV: Aaron Starmer and Reading (Too Much) Into Easy Books
April 16, 2015 by
YES! It is time for yet another episode of Fuse #8 TV and today we have a doozy. A fair frolicsome, lithe and lovely episode wherein I take Are You My Mother? and destroy your ability to ever read it again. And if I fail to do even that, just read this version over at The […]
Fuse #8 TV: Henry Clark and The Book That Proves Time Travel Happens
March 16, 2015 by
I’m a sucker for a good time travel story. By my count only a few have ever won the Newbery (is it two or three? You decide). Fewer still have won the National Book Award in the youth category. Even so, they live in a special place in my heart. So to hear that a […]
Fuse #8 TV: Chris Grabenstein and Reading (Too Much Into) Picture Books
February 19, 2015 by
Hi all! Okay. For this month’s Fuse #8 TV I decided to premiere a new series. *ahem* Introducing: Reading (Too Much Into) Picture Books Ladies and gentlemen, I like a good conspiracy theory. Nothing makes my heart go pitter pat faster than an opinion about a picture book that takes a right hand turn into […]
Fuse #8 TV: Victoria Jamieson!
January 15, 2015 by
I didn’t really plan it this way, but this week is basically just wall to wall videos of me yammering till the cows come home. Fortunately, in the case of the latest episode of Fuse #8 TV I’m at least joined by the lovely and infinitely talented graphic novelist Victoria Jamieson. In this, the latest […]
Fuse #8 TV: The Grolier Exhibit and Author Jennifer Niven!
December 18, 2014 by
I think I’m beginning to get the hang of this! Yes, we’ve yet another Fuse #8 TV episode today and this time we’ve worked out some of the kinks. No more with the herky jerky videos at the start! Instead, I take you on a lovely little tour of the current Grolier exhibit of children’s […]
Fuse #8 TV: Eric Carle Museum Tours and Absolutely Lisa Graff
November 20, 2014 by
Top of the morning to you, folks! I’m happy to release my second Fuse #8 TV episode. This time around I thought it would be a bit of fun to take a trip to the Eric Carle Museum. Not everyone has ever had a chance to visit and it’s just the loveliest place. After that, […]
Announcing the Debut of Fuse #8 TV
October 21, 2014 by
Got me a blog. Got me a library job. And now I’ve got me a TV show. Sorta kinda. The nice folks here at SLJ took a gander at that little Newbery/Caldecott pre-game/post-game show I created with Lori Ess last January (and I just rewatched the post-game show which I would like to play at […]
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