It may be summer, but YALSA doesn’t go on vacation! Here’s the latest news from the YALSA Office!
Online Course Registration Now Open! YALSA opened registration for its fall online courses: Making the Match, New Technologies and New Literacies for Teens and Pain in the Brain. Classes begin Oct. 6, and you can read descriptions and register on the YALSA Online Courses page.
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Here’s an update to the YALSA podcast of the wonderful celebration of the first Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production during ALA Annual in Anaheim. At the end of the Booklist Books for Youth Forum, we all watched a video appearance by Jim Dale, narrator of the Harry Potter audiobooks. Dale shares some thoughts about recording Harry Potter, honors the Potter production team, and gives special thanks to the Odyssey Award committee: Jerene D. Battisti, Francisca Goldsmith, Natalie Hoyle, Sharon B. Grover, Teri S. Lesesne, Merri Lindgren, Connie C. Rockman, Sylvia Vardell, Sue-Ellen Beauregard.
Here’s the link to that video - enjoy your visit to Dale’s living room that looks straight out of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!
Mary Burkey, Chair 2008 Odyssey Award committee
One of the highlights of the 2008 American Library Association’s Annual Conference was the Margaret Edwards Award ceremony, where Orson Scott Card was honored for his lifetime contribution to writing for teens for his novels “Ender’s Game” and “Ender’s Shadow.” What a memorable and moving lecture - be sure to read Card’s address in the upcoming Fall issue of YALS !
If you were in the audience, you heard Card recommend his favorite book: The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield. But more importantly, when Card spoke about reading The Thirteenth Tale, he described how he remained in his car to hear the story continue. Yes, that’s right - Orson Scott Card read the book by listening. To find out more about Card’s reaction to the audiobook, read his blog post here. (more…)
In this podcast listen to the full proceedings of the first ever Odyssey Award ceremony. The Award is given to for the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults available in English in the United States. It is a joint award of YALSA and ALSC. (more…)
The speeches of the Michael L. Printz Award winners are available via video. The speech by Award Winner Geraldine McCaughrean is available below. Video of the authors of the honor books is available by clicking the more link.
Yes, it’s still several weeks away, but it’s really not to early to start thinking about what YALSA’s up to for Annual in Anaheim. I just decided to put programs, meetings, and events on my Google Calendar and was reminded what a full-schedule of offerings YALSA has put together for attendees. For example:
