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Booksellers who register by May 12 will have the opportunity to meet with the creators of some of today’s best-selling and best-loved children’s books during the May 28 Illustrator Studio Tours at BEA. Here, participating authors explain why they’re excited by the prospect.

Binc’s assistance to booksellers on the rise; BEA adds keynote with author Walter Isaacson; Lambda names Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists and Emerging Writers; Deadline nears for National Book Awards submissions

Videos of the ABC Children’s Institute plenary sessions featuring authors Brad Meltzer and Tim Federle, as well as a four-minute highlights reel featuring booksellers and authors, are now available to all ABA member booksellers.

Bookseller, storyteller, and TEDx speaker Anastasia McKenna of The Twig Book Shop offered booksellers at the ABC Children’s Institute a wealth of tips and tricks for creating the best possible read-aloud event.

Tracy Holczer is the author of The Secret Hum of a Daisy, a 2014 Summer/Fall Indies Introduce New Voices pick for middle grade readers. Learn more about Tracy Holczer and sign up now for the new Indies Introduce promotion.

Indie booksellers were key to last night’s celebrations of World Book Night, serving as book pick-up locations, event promoters, party and launch event hosts, and in many cases, givers themselves.

Tess Sharpe is the author of Far From You, a spring 2014 New Voices debut for young adults. “Part murder mystery, part forbidden romance, this lovely novel is both chilling and poignant,” says Emily Ring of Inklings Bookshop in Yakima, Washington.

David Shapiro, the founder and president of Craigmore Creations, traveled from the Willamette Valley to the Grand Canyon to take the pulse of independent bookselling and draw attention to books from his new publishing house. What he found was a thriving culture of reading in the West and small towns that love books and their independent bookstores.

ABA president talks U.S. indies at London Book Fair; ABFFE’s Chris Finan wins Hefner award; Top 10 most frequently challenged books revealed; Pulitzer Prize winners announced; Los Angeles Times Book Prizes awarded; McNamee steps down as president of EBF; University presses look to Ingram’s CoreSource 

Kate DiCamillo, the 2014–2015 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, gives her top 10 reasons authors and illustrators should sign up to read at an indie bookstore for Indies First Storytime Day, this May 17.

NCAC condemns school board for banning Sherman Alexie’s True Diary; Binc awards gift cards to marketing survey participants; Matthew Baldacci joins Scholastic as VP of marketing; Booksellers Association names new president

Kate Hattemer talks about her inspirations for the spring 2014 New Voices pick The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy, the importance of YA fiction, her favorite title, and more.

Booksellers named National Book Awards judges; Michael Tamblyn appointed Kobo president; BEA Global Market Forum speakers announced; NCIBA Book of the Year winners, Christopher Award winners, NYPL Young Lions Awards finalists unveiled; Ingram adds two clients

Marcia Wells talks about the inspiration for her debut title for middle grade readers, Eddie Red, Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile, her favorite books and authors, and what she’s working on next.

World Book Night U.S. announced on Tuesday that Amy Poehler will be the honorary chairperson for this April 23’s World Book Night campaign.