The weekly web ramble (9/20)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– The 2013 National Book Award longlists in all categories (young people’s lit is past poetry)

– A New York Librarian gets fired after defending a child who loves to read

<– AUTHOR TALK

Tamora Pierce answers fan questions and talks female heroes

Ilona Andrews on why it’s not a good idea to tell people they’re reading your book wrong

Fiona Woods talks girls, sex, and Wildlife

WEB READS –>

The Real Boy

– Read the first four chapters of The Real Boy by Anne Ursu

The Gil who Soared over Fairyland

– Check out an excerpt from The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two by Catherynne M. Valente

Palace of Spies

– Check out the first eighteen pages of Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel

HelpfortheHaunted

– Read the first seven chapters of Help for the Haunted by John Searles