* Kim Harrington is running a very cool contest to say "thanks" to those of you who pre-order her upcoming novel, Clarity. Everyone who pre-orders gets a spiffy swag pack, and gets entered into a drawing for a VERY cool mega thank you prize. (Plus, stay tuned in a few weeks for our week-long feature... Continue Reading →

* Let's start with the news we were most excited about ... so excited, we didn't even wait until today to share it. The Hunger Games movie has been given a release date of March 23, 2012. Let the countdown begin! * Fallen Archangel this week revealed the title & a brief synopsis for book... Continue Reading →

* All of us at Novel Novice are BIG, HUGE fans of L.K. Madigan. We love her books Flash Burnout and The Mermaid's Mirror. But more importantly, we love Lisa! She's become a good friend to us, both in the book world and personally. So along with many others, we've been struggling with the difficult... Continue Reading →

* On Monday, the ALA announced the 2011 winners of the Youth Media Awards (see our recap here). A tradition for many years has been for the winners of the Newbery and Caldecott awards to then appear later that same week on The Today Show. Not this year. Instead, Today canceled the ALA's slot and... Continue Reading →

Our good friends at Mrs. P's Magic Library have a very exciting announcement today ... the young winners of their second annual Be a Famous Writer Contest! 8-year-old Briana Beebe from Centennial, Colorado is the grand prize winner in the 4-to-8 year old category for her story "Mountain Dog," about a beloved pet that disappears... Continue Reading →

The ALA and YALSA announced the 2011 Youth Media Award Winners at the ALA Midwinter Conference in San Diego, California earlier today. Click the above link for a full list of this year's award winners. Notable winners previously featured here at Novel Novice include: An Alex Award for The Radleys by Matt Haig Odyssey Award... Continue Reading →

* Two exciting book trailers were released this week, starting with Clarity by Kim Harrington: * Next, we got the trailer for Desires of the Dead by Kimberly Derting (which is excellent): * Want to read some great books this year & have the chance to win some cool prizes at the same time? Enter... Continue Reading →

I don't get on my soap box often here at Novel Novice -- because really, this site is a forum for promoting books, education & a love of reading, more than anything else -- but a bit of news today prompted me to speak up. Why? Simply put, because I am horrified. As first reported... Continue Reading →

I must start by begging your forgiveness for this bit of self-congratulatory news, but I am SUPER excited to share the news that Novel Novice is featured in an article in today's Oregonian written by author April Henry. It's a wonderful piece (April really did an outstanding job) and I'm beyond thrilled to get this... Continue Reading →