Cover Girls!
Hey, who is that foxy lady on the cover of School Library Journal this month? Why, it's none other than our very own Liz B, graciously sharing the cover with fellow YA & Kidlitosphere luminaries Jennifer Hubert Swan, Betsy Bird, Monica Edinger, and Cheryl Klein! Liz is on a roll lately, having made the cover

Internet Librarian 2009
As you know, I went to Internet Librarian 2009 and presented on Pop Culture.So, how'd I do?I will be posting here about IL2009, and tweeted at my Twitter/LizB account with the hashtag #il2009; in the meanwhile, here are what other people have to say about the presentation.Oh, and in one instance -- you can see and hear me talk about the book, Pop Goes t

RIP, Ray Browne
Ray Browne, who is credited with making popular culture into an academic field, has passed away. Beginning in 1973, when he founded the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University, he did much to encourage the study of popular culture.Obituary from the New York Times

Pop Goes the Library at Internet Librarian
Are you going to the Internet Librarian 2009 Conference?Then you have two chances to meet me, you lucky person, you!First, on Monday, October 26? I'll be at a Meet the Authors program.Second, I'll be giving a presentation on Wednesday October 28 with Sarah Houghton-Jan, Digital Futures Manager, San Jose Public Library author of LibrarianInBlack.net, called Technology: The Engine Driving Pop Culture-Savvy Libra

YA NaNoWriMo Contest
So, this is pretty awesome: you may be familiar with NaNoWriMo (stands for National Novel Writing Month, celebrated in November -- participants attempt to, well, complete a draft of a novel in that 30-day period). Well, the Gotham Writers' Workshop, in conjunction with Sourcebooks and the Serendipity Literary Agency, is co-sponsoring the Young Adult Novel Discovery Contest. Got a great title and 250 stellar first words? Submit them at no cost, for a chance to win a workshop from GWW, and/or a pitch session with YA literar