Past Announcements
2009
NYT's Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2009
National Book Awards Finalists Announced
Pennsylvania Center for the Book Honors Veterans
In Memory of Norma Fox Mazer
Take Part in the National Day on Writing
Pauline Holdsworth Wins Portfolio Gold Award
Artist and Ilustrator, Quentin Blake, Unveils "Informal Panorama"
Banned Books Week 2009
Pavilion of the States at National Book Festival features Center for the Book's Eloise Ingram
Keith Doms Dead at 89
Tommy Lasorda Visits DC; Washington Nationals Cower in Fear
Milton Meltzer Dies at 94
Indie Films, Children's Books Coming to iPhone
Allentown Art Museum Receives Major Gift from Peter Grippe Estate
Lee Bennett Hopkins Wins 2009 NCTE Poetry Award
Dominick Dunne Dead at 83
Reimagining "Fahrenheit 451" as a Graphic Novel
Karla Kuskin, Creator of Witty Children’s Books, Dies at 77
Author E. Lynn Harris Dies at 54
Library Fight Leads to Book Burning Demand
Amazon Deletes Books on the Kindle
Author Frank McCourt Dies at 78
Comic Books Can Still Appeal to Kids
E.J. Josey, Activist Librarian and Leader, Dies at 85
The 2009 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Awards
Help Create a U.S. Postage Stamp to Honor Ezra Jack Keats
Books by Martin Luther King, Jr. to be Republished
Twitter Goes Literary with Ulysses Performance
Libraries Lend a Hand in Tough Times (video)
2009 Letters About Literature Winners
J. D. Salinger Sues, Says New Holden Caulfeld Book's a Phony
Books to Make You Feel Like a Kid Again
Horror Story to be Pubished on Toilet Paper
Court Rejects Appeal by Steinbeck Heirs
Library Journal.com Book News
IBBY Announces Nominees for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards 2010
Eden Ross Lipson, children's book editor of the New York Times Book Review, Dies at 66
Chuck Daly, Piston's Coach, Dies at 78
USA Book News
Justice Department Opens Anti-Trust Inquiry Into Google Books Deal
"A Willingness to Disturb the Universe: The Responsibility of Truth in Narrative Nonfiction for Young Readers" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Judith Krug, Founder of Banned Books Week Dies
Statements on the Passing of Judith Krug
John Haag Dies
2009 Public Poetry Project Posters
2009 Baker's Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy Published in 2008
Virginia Book Festival Saturday 4/11and Sunday 4/12 on Book tv
Lee Bennett Hopkins Award Winners
Folklorist Archie Green Dead at 91
Public Poetry Project Reading
Rainbow Project List
Amelia Bloomer Project List
International Poetry Forum Announces Last Season
Superheroes Take Flight Between the Stacks
Fiction Reading Increases for Adults
Andrew Wyeth Dead at 91
Centre County Reads Choice for 2009
Poetry for Children
2008
Graphic Novel Speaker Series presents: Gene Yang, December 10
Betty James, Co-founder of Slinky, Dead at 90
Author Michael Crichton Dies at 66
Theodore Roethke Centenary Celebration
Studs Terkel Dead at 96
Mystery Author Tony Hillerman Dies
Spinning Webs: Tools and Tales for Parents and Children
Nobel Prize Winners and Other Book News
Paddington Bear's 50th Birthday
National Book Award Finalists Focus On Conflict
Banned Books Week - September 27- October 4
National Book Festival September 26
Celebrate Great Children's Books with an Innovative Podcast, Just One More Book!
Letters About Literature Contest Begins
2008 Bulwer Lytton Awards
Children's Illustrator, Pauline Baynes, Dead at 86
2008 Letters About Literature Award Winners Announced
2008 ALA Youth Media Awards Presentation Webcast Available
Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award Winners Announced
Illustrator Tasha Tudor Dead at 92
Centre County Reads Begins "Breakfast Serials"
Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winners
Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners Announced
Celebrating Poetry - ALA Book Links Quick Tips
Mario Vargas Llosa to Visit Penn State on April 10
Arthur C. Clarke Dead at 90
The Latest Baker's Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy Published in 2007
A Farewell to Arms This Year's Community Read
Tobias Wolff to Present “Still With Us:
No Farewell to Hemingway” on March 6
Community Read April 16-18
Pennsylvania One Book Every Young Child Selection for 2008 Announced
Centre County Reads Activities Begin January 20
American Library Association Announces Literary Award Winners
Victor Hammer Fellowship in the Book Arts
Children’s Book Press Celebrates Librarians
2008 Letters About Literature Essay Contest Announced
2007
The Office of Intellectual Freedom begins lying about its age tomorrow. Mark the 40th anniversary of the OIF and of Judy Krug as director of this valuable defender of the rights of American citizens, by browsing their web site!
November is National Novel Writing Month
Norman Mailer Dead at 84
PA Center bids teary farewell to Jen Spence. Oct. 31st was her last day! Bye Jen, we will miss you.
Poet Laureate to Visit Berks County
Nobel Laureate to Visit Bucknell
Banned Books Week - Sept. 29 - Oct. 6
Author Madeleine L'Engle, Dead at 88
The Latest Baker's Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy Published in 2006
Keystone Chapbook Award for Pennsylvania Poets Guidelines (Word document)
Letters About Literature Winners Announced
2007 Lee Bennett Hopkins Award Winners Announced
Library History Round Table Honors John Y. Cole at ALA Annual
BookExpo to feature Board Member
Larry Portzline
LLoyd Alexander is Dead at 83
Centre Country Reads "Breakfast Serials" To Begin April 29
Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Announced
Civil War Book Signing in Harrisburg on May 4
Meet the Authors - Tawni O'Dell
The Connecticut John Does Discuss Security versus Liberty on PBS' "America at a Crossroads"
E.B. Lewis, Exhibit and Talk at 1:00 p.m. in Foster Auditorium - Pattee Library and Paterno Library
Kurt Vonnegut, Dies at 84
Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn Poetry Reading
Author, Retired PSU Professor, Thomas Rogers, Dies
Penn State's Department of English Community Read Gala for " The Intutionist"
2007 Newbery/Caldecott and Other Children's Book Award Winners
Announced
Final Harry Potter Book Cover Revealed
For Roth, a 3rd PEN/Faulkner Win
Joseph
Low, Children's Illustrator, Dies
Barbara
Gittings, Gay Rights Advocate and Librarian, Dead at 75
Pennnsylvania
Humanities Council Launches
New Television Project
2006
Parent
Wants 'Huck Finn' Pulled From Classes
Bacall,
Danner Win Bryn Mawr Hepburn Awards
National Book Award Winners
Latest Baker's Dozen
Books for Family Literacy
Highlights for
Children Workshops
Sibel Edmonds Wins
PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award
It's National Novel Writing Month!
Pennsylvania Center for the Book at the
National Book Festival
Ken
Kalfus National Book Award Finalist
Theodore
Taylor, Author of "The Cay", Dead at 85
412:
Creative Nonfiction Festival
Greater Reading Literary Festival
Centre County Reads "A Walk in the Woods"
12th Annual Writers Conference at Penn, October 14 & 15
Maureen Daly, 85, Chronicler of Teenage Love, Dies
Banned Books Week
Forest Press Receives Special Achievement Award
Letters About Literature Press Release
2006 Lee Bennett Hopkins Award Winners J.K. Rowling Conjures A Huge Crowd
Outspoken New Englander Is New Poet Laureate
ALA's Guide to Best Reading in 2006 Available
Henriette D. Avram, Modernizer of Libraries, Dies at 86
2006 Lilly Prize Awarded to Poet Richard Wilbur
One Book, Every Young Child, Pennsylvania Press Release
2006 Hans Christian Andersen Award Winners Announced
Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania
The Baker's Dozen 2004
2006 ALSC Award Winners
"Women's History Month" with Primary Sources
"Irish-American History/Potato Famine" with Primary Sources
"African-American History Month" with Primary Source 2005
Nikki Grimes Recipient of NCTE Excellence in Poetry Award
Playwright Takes a Prize and a Jab at U.S.
Goodbye, Moon
Stan Berenstain, Children's Author, Dies at 82
National Council on Bookstore Tourism to Support Grassroots Travel Niche for Booklovers
Google
Library Battle Rages On At NYPL
Celebrating the 100th Birthday of John O'Hara
August
Wilson Is Dead at 60
Tawni O'Dell To Speak on October 12
Patriot Act Action Alert
A Reading of Fiction by Charlotte Holmes
NPR
: Web 'VidLits' Used to Promote New Book
Celebrate
El Día del los Niños/
El Día de los Libros April 30th
Celebrate
National Library Week
Applications for the Libri Foundation's
2005
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN grants are due March 15
The New York Public Library's Digital
Gallery
Caldecott
and Newbery
Medal Winners Announced
2004 This Holiday Season Give
the Gift of Reading
Nancy
Larrick, Author of a Guide to Children's Reading, Dies at 93
Award-winning
Illustrator
Trina Schart Hyman dies at 65
Celebrate Children's Book Week
November 15 - 21
Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries recognizes
the efforts of the Pennsylvania Center for the Book (PDF)
PA's
Rare Book Collection at Risk
Check out our new fun family
literacy activities tied to Pennslyvania's public library summer reading
program!
Mrs. Rogers in our Neighborhood (PDF)
PHC Now Accepting Applications for Large Humanities
Grants
Award-Winning Children's Author
Dead At 59 |
