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bookgazing) wrote2009-07-21 10:34 am
bookgazing) wrote2009-07-21 10:34 am
Blogger Projects
You might have noticed that I don’t often post general book news. I think there are plenty of bigger blogs that present book news (Bookslut, bookarama, Chasing ray) and then, sometimes I just forget to save links to stories I like. I let the bigger blogs handle the news, but I do like to post the occasional link to news of bloggers working on worthy projects. This month I’m happy to see that there’s news of several positive projects, created by busy bloggers:
GuysLitWire received 600 books donated by readers during their recent ‘Bookfair for Boys’. They’ll be using these books to create a library for boys in the LA County juvenal justice system. Read Colleen’s wrap up post on the book drive and hear about future plans.
In case you haven’t seen it yet Colleen (she of the above GuysLitWire post) is hosting a new regular series called ‘What a Girl Wants’. Female authors of young adult books share their opinions on a different topic each Wednesday. So far they’ve discussed female detectives (and come up with an idea for a socially conscious teen sleuth), race and books the author’s read during their teenage years. If those posts spark your interest you can read about what Coleen hopes to achieve with this series.
Jo is hosting the ‘Sex in Teen Lit Month’ in July. There are quite a few books being reviewed, some authors have turned up for interviews and there are regular discussion topics. Jo’s providing the opportunity for us all to make a pretty thorough examination of the topic from all angles and I really need to catch up on her posts.
Book Blogger Appreciation Week nominations are open. This is the event where we all have the power to highlight the blogs we like to read. There is every conceivable category you could want (and if you want more you can try writing them in). So get to work finding bloggers you think deserve to win awards. You don’t have to have a blog to be able to nominate, you just have to be enthusiastic about the world of book blogs (I’ve nominated blogs that I’ve been reading for ages as well as a few I found this year).
Dawn is going to walk 60 miles to raise money for Breast Cancer. No that’s not bookish, but Dawn is a book blogger, who asks if you can spare the equivalent of a fancy cup of coffee to help her raise $3,000. She’ll be walking covered in the names of cancer survivors/sufferers that people have emailed to her. Visit her donation page (where she’s already picked up over $1,000).
These are all great projects from women who blog. Now, not to make this a gender contest or anything (although I do like anything that conjures up the image of women yanking a male tug of war team into some mud) but what about you male bloggers? Do you have any projects I should know about?
While I’m linking, say hello to my fourteenth follower Paperback Reader. In her most recent post she has a yummy food picture.
GuysLitWire received 600 books donated by readers during their recent ‘Bookfair for Boys’. They’ll be using these books to create a library for boys in the LA County juvenal justice system. Read Colleen’s wrap up post on the book drive and hear about future plans.
In case you haven’t seen it yet Colleen (she of the above GuysLitWire post) is hosting a new regular series called ‘What a Girl Wants’. Female authors of young adult books share their opinions on a different topic each Wednesday. So far they’ve discussed female detectives (and come up with an idea for a socially conscious teen sleuth), race and books the author’s read during their teenage years. If those posts spark your interest you can read about what Coleen hopes to achieve with this series.
Jo is hosting the ‘Sex in Teen Lit Month’ in July. There are quite a few books being reviewed, some authors have turned up for interviews and there are regular discussion topics. Jo’s providing the opportunity for us all to make a pretty thorough examination of the topic from all angles and I really need to catch up on her posts.
Book Blogger Appreciation Week nominations are open. This is the event where we all have the power to highlight the blogs we like to read. There is every conceivable category you could want (and if you want more you can try writing them in). So get to work finding bloggers you think deserve to win awards. You don’t have to have a blog to be able to nominate, you just have to be enthusiastic about the world of book blogs (I’ve nominated blogs that I’ve been reading for ages as well as a few I found this year).
Dawn is going to walk 60 miles to raise money for Breast Cancer. No that’s not bookish, but Dawn is a book blogger, who asks if you can spare the equivalent of a fancy cup of coffee to help her raise $3,000. She’ll be walking covered in the names of cancer survivors/sufferers that people have emailed to her. Visit her donation page (where she’s already picked up over $1,000).
These are all great projects from women who blog. Now, not to make this a gender contest or anything (although I do like anything that conjures up the image of women yanking a male tug of war team into some mud) but what about you male bloggers? Do you have any projects I should know about?
While I’m linking, say hello to my fourteenth follower Paperback Reader. In her most recent post she has a yummy food picture.