{"id":2198,"date":"2011-09-08T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T06:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2198"},"modified":"2011-09-09T07:12:39","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T13:12:39","slug":"what-i%e2%80%99m-doing-at-kirkus-this-weekplus-what-i-did-last-week-featuring-brian-selznick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2198","title":{"rendered":"What I\u2019m Doing at Kirkus<\/em> This Week,
Plus What I Did Last Week, Featuring Brian Selznick"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tomorrow morning at Kirkus<\/em>, I’ll have a brief Q & A with illustrator Amy June Bates<\/a><\/strong> (whose work I very much adore, as I made clear in 2008’s breakfast interview<\/a><\/strong>), Chair of the Society of Illustrators’ 2011 Original Art<\/a><\/strong> jury. Amy gives Kirkus<\/em> readers the low-down on the winners of this year’s Gold and Silver awards, as well as some of the history behind this award and its significance in the field of children’s lit. <\/p>\n

As you’ll see tomorrow, should you be so inclined to go read the column, I also threw in a group shot of the 2011 jury. We may look very tired, as the picture was taken after a day of looking at over 500 picture books, but we are the happy kind of tired. <\/p>\n

That link will be here<\/a><\/strong> in the morning. {Edited to add on Friday: The link is here<\/a><\/strong>.}<\/em><\/p>\n

In last week’s Kirkus<\/em> column<\/a><\/strong>, I discussed Brian Selznick’s<\/a><\/strong> latest title, Wonderstruck<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, to be released by Scholastic on September 13th. Today I’m here to show two gorgeous spreads from the book. One is above, and there’s one more below. (“While Hugo<\/a><\/strong><\/em> was beautifully crafted, Wonderstruck<\/em> is even more so,” I wrote last week. “I found myself lingering over the pencil drawings of young Rose in particular. This is some of Selznick\u2019s most visually arresting work.”) <\/p>\n

That’s the young Rose pictured above. See what I mean? <\/p>\n

I have the opportunity to chat with Selznick this week and will gladly bring you that 7-Imp interview relatively soon. <\/p>\n

Here’s the other Wonderstruck<\/em> image, the “Cabinets of Wonders.” You may click the image itself to enlarge it slightly. Enjoy. <\/p>\n

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Illustrations from <\/em>Wonderstruck. Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Brian Selznick. Used with permission from Scholastic Press.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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