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Citing California public-figure laws, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and its executive director move to have the author's defamation lawsuit against them thrown out.

Librarians represented at SXSW EDU, as SLJ's School Librarian of the Year honorees, Ali Schilpp, Cassy Lee, and Michelle Carton, presented the session "Going Global with the School Librarian of the Year" in Austin.

Katy Hershberger, a writer, editor, reviewer, and bookseller who has spent over a decade working in children’s and YA publishing, joins School Library Journal as Senior Editor, YA.

Toddlers and their caregivers in Meridian, ID, have a cool new space to love with the arrival of the Tiny Library branch, geared toward early learning.

YA authors Emily X.R. Pan and Nova Ren Suma kick-start a crowdfunding campaign for online short story anthology.

Acclaimed novelist Peter Dickinson, whose creative mysteries, science fiction, and historical fiction enthralled adults, teens, and children for decades, died December 16, on his 88th birthday, following a short illness.