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Wordstock Interview: Adam Jay Epstein & Andrew Jacobson
Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson are two guys in Los Angeles who have been writing screenplays together for a long time. More recently, they started collaborating on a fantasy book series for...
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Wordstock Interview: Jonathan Auxier
Jonathan Auxier (pronounced “ox-ee-AY”) is a Canadian from Vancouver who now lives in LA (though will apparently be moving shortly to Pittsburgh). His first book, Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes,...
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Wordstock Interview: Doreen Cronin
Doreen Cronin is best known for Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and the several books that it spawned. Or you may have come across her through the Diary of a Worm (or the two follow-ups, about a...
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Wordstock Interview: Hartlyn Kids
Among the various booths at Wordstock, there are many small publishers trying to get the word out about their books. Tucked away near the Children’s Stage was Hartlyn Kids, a new company with...
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Wordstock Interview: Vera Brosgol
Last weekend at Wordstock, I sat in on a panel with Jonathan Hill and Vera Brosgol, both Portland-based cartoonists who have published books with First Second Books this past year. They both shared a...
View ArticleWordstock Roundup (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
This weekend I had the great good fortune to attend Portland’s annual celebration of the written word. My wife is a rockstar for letting me get away all weekend. Wordstock, a 2-day book festival, was...
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Wordstock Interview: Shannon Wheeler
Shannon Wheeler is an incredibly prolific cartoonist. He’s probably best known for his underground comic Too Much Coffee Man, but he has also drawn comics for the New Yorker and has several other books...
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Wordstock Interview & Book Review: Charlotte Jane Battles Bedtime by Myra Wolfe
Myra Wolfe is the author of a new picture book, Charlotte Jane Battles Bedtime, about a little pirate girl who refuses to go to sleep. It’s a wonderful book, with beautiful illustrations by Maria...
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The Familiars: Magical, Somewhat Familiar
Familiars are animals, companions to wizards and witches that assist them with magic. Cats are often associated with witches, and ravens are also a pretty common familiar. In the Harry Potter series,...
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Wordstock Interview: Ryan Alexander-Tanner
I came across Ryan Alexander-Tanner at Wordstock, where he had copies of his book To Teach: The Journey, in Comics. It’s one that I haven’t read myself, but had heard of, so I stopped to chat with him....
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Wordstock Interview: Marla Frazee
Marla Frazee is an author-illustrator with a couple of Caldecott Honor Awards and several best-sellers under her belt. She teaches children’s book illustration at the Art Center College of Design in...
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Wordstock Interview: Indigo Kelleigh and Stumptown Comics Fest
There was a small comics alley in the exhibit hall at Wordstock, including a booth for the Stumptown Comics Foundation. I spoke to Indigo Kelleigh, the Director of Stumptown Comics Fest, a yearly...
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Americus: Defending Books, Coming of Age
As soon as the Harry Potter series started hitting best-seller lists, something came along for the ride: the detractors. The most vocal of these were usually conservative, religious people who felt...
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The Apothecary Is an Enchanting Concoction
I never know what to expect when I read a statement like “This is her first novel for young readers.” Is the author finally getting to fulfill a long-held desire to write a children’s book? Are they...
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M.O.M. (Mom Operating Manual): Required Reading for Kids
Last month at Wordstock I spoke to Doreen Cronin, author of the Click, Clack, Moo series and the Diary of a Worm and its sequels. Her books are delightful and chances are you (or your kid) have...
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Warm Bodies Gives Zombies a Voice
Let me be frank with you: I like zombies. I like playing zombie-themed board games like Last Night on Earth and Eaten by Zombies (and even Zombie Dice, in which the zombie theme is just a thin veneer...
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Wordstock Interview: David Roy of Knowledge Universe
Today I’ve got one more Wordstock interview for you: David Roy of Knowledge Universe, who sponsored the Children’s Stage this year. Unfortunately my audio recording was unusable so I ended up doing the...
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Review: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes
During my Wordstock Sneak Peek, I mentioned that I absolutely loved this book: Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier. I fully intended to write a review shortly afterward, but due to...
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Get Ready for Wordstock 2012!
Book lovers, get ready! It's almost time for the annual Wordstock Festival in Portland, Oregon, and as usual they've got a fantastic line-up. The book festival will take place October 11-14, and...
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Wordstock Day 2: The Convention Floor, Children’s Lit and Colin Meloy
Wordstock day two offers more joys for the bookworm.
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