Browsing the archives for the Bill Konigsberg tag

Friday Geek Out: Top 10 of 2009

I enjoyed this so much last year, I decided to do a consolidated top 10 list again this year for the things the world that struck me as being the best of the year. 1) Will! He had the top spot last year and he does this year too (and wouldn’t it be wrong if [...]

Out of the Pocket by Bill Konigsberg

“Someone has to change the world. Why not you?”—Guidance Counselor Dr. Blassingame to high school student & star quarterback Bobby Framingham. Out of the Pocket has been on my reading list for a couple months now. I met Bill Konigsberg on Facebook earlier this year. We connected in March because he’d caught some of this [...]

Lambda Literary Award Nominees Read Their Stuff

The 2009 Lambda Literary Awards (The Lammys for short) are at the end of this month. To celebrate, a number of authors read tonight at The Center in a showcase of some of the best LGBT literature around. I’m glad I braved the rain to hear some excellent work in a variety of genres. Here’s [...]

Good News for Talented Friends

It was quite a day for a few friends and I wanted to share it here for the wider audience. First up, in the news of the day… Martin Wilson, who wrote the excellent What They Always Tell Us, saw his debut novel become a Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Best LGBT Children/Young Adult book. [...]