Eva Perry Mock Printz Shortlist 2012

Last night, we started taking nominations for the Printz Award.  Here is the list of nominees so far.
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

The Children and the Wolves by Adam Rapp

Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi

The Fault in our Stars by John Green

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne Valente

Insignia by S.J. Kincaid

The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde

The List by Siobhan Vivian

Radiant Days by Elizabeth Hand

Railsea by China Mieville

Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

Zoe Letting Go by Nora Price

We will be taking more nominations next meeting, but this is the list so far.  I can’t wait to see how the club will narrow it down.  There are some great nominees this year.

Visit with Jasper Fforde, October 2012

Jasper Fforde meets Printz Club (from left to right): Heather, Ellen, Lindsey (me), Danny, and Karen.

Several of our Printz Club members received the opportunity to meet privately with Jasper Fforde before a book signing at Quail Ridge Books and Music on October 22, 2012.  Right before his public speaking event, he met with club members to answer questions about writing, his books, and some of his inspirations.  For this year, Fforde is the author of The Last Dragonslayer, one of the books in consideration for the Mock Printz Award. 

We begin again…

… and the anticipation is building.  First meeting this week for 2013 Mock Printz reading!