LIVE Chat 8pm EST/5pm PST: Michael Northrop!

Check out tonight's Live Author Chat on Reach Out Reads! 8pm EST/5pm PST (that's really soon! And it's hosted by Melissa Walker!):

Learn more about the month-long chat series here.

LIVE Chat 8pm EST/5pm PST: Holly Schindler!

Check out tonight's Live Author Chat on Reach Out Reads! 8pm EST/5pm PST (that's really soon!):

Learn more about the month-long chat series here.

Chatting at Eve's Fan Garden!

Last night Lorie Ann and I (Holly) chatted live with amazing authors Jennifer Hubbard, Beth Fantaskey, Lauren Oliver, Ivy Devlin, Sydney Salter, Bree Despain, Jeri Smith-Ready, Aprilynne Pike, Sarah Rees Brennan, and Kelly Armstrong at Eve's Fan Garden for A Midsummer Night's Chat!

Here we are, chatting!

You can check out the transcript at the EFG chat forum - plus there will be another chat with this list of authors tonight at 5:30 Pacific!

Plus Lorie Ann and I guest blogged about strong female characters, which you can read here.

Thanks again to the lovely ladies of Eve's Fan Garden for inviting us to participate!

We're chatting with John Green on Twitter

We can't wait for our chat with John on June 16. (Seriously. It's like a giddy, pre-prom feeling. We only hope our curling iron doesn't get stuck in our hair. Again.)

If you've never used Twitter before, here's how to do it in three easy steps:

1. First, create a Twitter account if you don’t have one already. It’s easy and free, and all you need is an e-mail address.

2. Log onto Twitter at 6 p.m. Pacific, 9 p.m. Eastern on June 16.

3. Type @realjohngreen plus your question, followed by #rgz. This asks John your question and funnels it into the readergirlz chat stream.

To follow along the chat, go here (the #rgz Twitter stream).

Going forward, you’ll be able to follow rgz and lots of your favorite authors on Twitter. You can find us and everyone we follow here: http://twitter.com/readergirlz

Questions? Post them in the comments and we'll take care of you.

Chat with Sara Zarr TONIGHT!

Come back here to the the readergirlz blog TONIGHT, Wednesday, June 17th at 6 PM PST/9 PM EST for a live chat with author Sara Zarr!

While you're here, take a minute to read and consider the Bully Bust post, then enter to win a free T-shirt!

See you at the chat tonight!

April: rgz Newsflash

Operation TBD

It’s finally here and now everyone can participate! Help rgz raise awareness of Support Teen Literature Day with YALSA on April 16th by participating in Operation Teen Book Drop (TBD ’09). Grab a label from our website and get ready to leave a book in your community. Then party it up with us at the Post-Op Party with authors and readers from around the world. This is the same day that rgz, GuysLitWire, and YALSA are dropping 8,000 books to hospitalized teens across the country. And where are the new YA books coming from? AMAZING publishers who have the heart to continue to give in our tight economic times. Bravo, publishers! We heart you!

Abrams Books

Bloomsbury/Walker Books

Candlewick Press

Full Cast Audio

Hachette Book Group

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Hyperion

Milkweed

Mirrorstone Books

Orca Book Publishers

Peachtree Books

Perseus Book Group/Running Press

Random House

Scholastic

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Soft Skull Press & Red Rattle Books

TOKYOPOP

Tor /Forge/Starscape/Tor Teen

Get full details for TBD ’09 at our website!

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April pick: Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

In April, we’ll welcome New York Times Bestseller Ellen Hopkins and discuss Impulse. How perfect for National Poetry Month and TBD ’09! Be ready for intensity as we explore the multiple sides of this edgy verse novel.
Join us for discussions at the readergirlz blog!

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Postergirlz Suggested Reads

The postergirlz have selected these amazing works to accompany Impulse:

* Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
* Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb
* Alive and Well in Prague New York by Daphne Grab
* Candy by Kevin Brooks
* Thirst by Mary Oliver
* Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood by Koren Zailckas

See the full April issue, complete with playlist, party ideas, and more!

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rgz at TLA

Are you going to the Texas Library Association Conference? We invite you to meet three of the readergirlz divas: Dia Calhoun, Lorie Ann Grover, and Justina Chen Headley. We’ll be speaking about readergirlz on April 2 at 2:00 and signing in the Author Alley at 3:00.
Swing by and give us a Texas-sized greeting!

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rgz discussions move to blog!

Have you noticed that rgz has migrated our discussions of the feature book over to our blog? This is a central location everyone can reach. Monthly discussion posts are linked in the top right corner, and you can follow every update through rgz Twitter.
Stop by and drop a comment for the author and the community!

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rgz LIVE chats: just got chattier

We are testing software for rgz LIVE! at our blog. Upcoming chats include the Operation TBD Post-Op Party and LIVE chat with Ellen Hopkins.
Stay tuned for full details!



Here’s to Operation Teen Book Drop ’09. Contact us at divas@readergirlz.com. Thanks for joining the movement to read, reflect, and reach out!

the readergirlz divas~

Lorie Ann Grover, On Pointe

Dia Calhoun, Avielle of Rhia

Holly Cupala, A Light That Never Goes Out (2010)

Justina Chen Headley, North of Beautiful

Melissa Walker, Violet Series

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Kristin Cashore Says Hello to readergirlz

Kristin Cashore, author of Graceling, would have attended the chat last night had she not been on a plane to Bologna at the time, heading to the Children's Book Fair. She asked me to post something for her:

"I'm sorry I can't be there, but I'm suspended above the Atlantic!"

The postergirlz named Graceling as one of the recommended reads in the March issue of readergirlz. It was only after we'd informed Kristin of this selection that we discovered she too loved The Adoration of Jenna Fox!

rgz LIVE! with Mary Pearson

Coming soon at 6pm PST! Stay tuned!