Welcome to Annickdotes, the
newsletter for booksellers and librarians from Annick Press. Distributed four times a
year, Annickdotes brings you news about our books, awards and
honors, author tours and events near you, promotional opportunities for
your store, and other fun and useful information.
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News Flash:
Six Annick Press books have been
selected for the
New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007:
Into the World of the Dead,
Dark Hours,
My Kind of Sad,
The Little Black Book for Girlz,
Flat-Out Rock,
and
The Research Virtuoso.
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In this issue
• Spring Blooms at Annick: New Books for a New Season
• Backlist Best Bets
• Now Available! Author Views Videos!
• Featured Author: Hal Niedzviecki
• Recent Awards
• Free Posters and Bookmarks
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Spring Blooms at
Annick: New Books for a New Season
for Teens
for
middle readers
PICTURE BOOKS
reissued in an adult
edition
by
Charles Yale Harrison
New introduction by Robert F. Nielsen
A not-to-be-overlooked classic from the front lines of World War I.
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Backlist Best
Bets
Strange
Times at Western High
A NATALIE FUENTES
MYSTERY
by
Emily Pohl-Weary
She’s streetwise, she's savvy, and she's
a super sleuth!
Emily Pohl-Weary is in the process of creating a cultural
phenomenon for today's teen girl readers. The novel is fast
paced and entertaining, with fun characters, intrigue, and
the slightest suggestion of romance. A solid start to what
looks to be a promising series. Highly Recommended.”
—CM Magazine
Emily Pohl-Weary’s website:
www.emilypohlweary.com
Natalie Fuentes’ website:
www.nataliefuentes.com
 Flat-Out
Rock
Ten Great Bands of the ’60s
by
Mike Tanner
Hold on tight, because classic rock is back!
“A terrific book that brings together the music, culture and politics of
the 60’s into a highly readable and informative resource ... As a musician and
recording artist, Tanner has an insider viewpoint that will be irresistible to
readers ... Highly Recommended.”
—CM Magazine
Mike Tanner’s website:
www.miketanner.com
“I DID IT BECAUSE ...”
How a Poem Happens
by
Loris Lesynski
• illustruted by
Michael Martchenko
Got a passion for poetry? Are you primed to rhyme?
 review
“Good advice abounds for picking poem topics, making interesting word and
sound choices, and reading poems aloud ... Lesynski shows that poem writing
can and should be fun with an irresistible selection of contagiously rhythmic
poems.”
—Quill & Quire
Loris Lesynski’s website:
www.lorislesynski.com
now
available! Author Views Videos!
AuthorViews presents two-minute videos which help connect authors
with their readers. Meet ten of our outstanding authors and illustrators
including Robert Munsch, Ruth Ohi, Loris Lesynski, Michael Martchenko, and many
others.
Featured Author: Hal
Niedzviecki
Hal Niedzviecki is a writer, culture
commentator, and editor whose work challenges preconceptions and confronts
readers with the offenses of everyday life. He is the author of six books,
including the novel The Program and the non-fiction book Hello, I'm Special: How
Individuality Became the New Conformity. He is the current fiction editor and
publisher of Broken Pencil, the magazine of zine culture and the independent
arts (www.brokenpencil.com).
He founded the magazine and edited it from 1995 to 2002.
Once dubbed the “guru of independent/alternative action” by the Toronto Star,
Niedzviecki is committed to exploring the human condition through provocative
fiction and non-fictionthat “charts
the media-saturated terrain of ever-shifting multiple identities at the heart of
our fragmenting age.”
Hal lives in Toronto, Ontario and is available for school and library visits and
for in-store events. Contact marketing manager Brigitte Shapiro at
brigittes@annickpress.com for details.
Recent Awards and Honors
2006
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award
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Le
Prix Sorcières of France finalist |
2007
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award
nomination |
New
York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007
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New
York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007
Book
of the Year Award finalist, ForeWord Magazine
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Top
Ten Canadian Children’s Books List 2006, Ontario Library Association
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New
York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007
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Saskatchewan
Young Readers’ Choice, Diamond Willow Award
nomination
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New
York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007
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2006
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award |
Read
Aloud Award, Association of Elementary School Principals
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New
York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007 |
New
York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2007
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2007
Storytelling World Awards Honor Title |
Top
Ten Canadian Children’s Books List 2006, Ontario Library Association
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Free Posters and
Bookmarks
For a free poster of
the new spring release,
Kids Who Rule, or for a selection of
bookmarks of assorted titles, please email Diane Chong at
dianec@annickpress.com for details.
CONTACT ANNICKDOTES!
Let us know how Annickdotes can help your store! Contact Brigitte Shapiro at
416-221-4802 x17 or
brigittes@annickpress.com.
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issues of Annickdotes electronically, please let us know.
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Toll-free order line: (800) 387-5085.
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