Annie's Book Stop of Worcester

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Bill Harley is a Musician and a children’s book author. He has written over 15 books, including the Charlie Bumpers chapter book series. In this interview, Bill discusses his newest book, NOW YOU SAY YES, a middle grade novel about two orphaned siblings, driving cross country in search of their place in the world. He …

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  Joseph Fink created and co-writes the Welcome to Night Vale podcasts. and is the New York Times best-selling author of Welcome to Nightvale, among other books. He also wrote a middle grade Halloween book, The Halloween Moon, which is highlighted in this interview. This interview was originally posted on October 28, 2021.     …

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      Bree Paulsen is an Illustrator and author. In this interview, she speaks about her debut middle grade graphic novel, GARLIC & THE VAMPIRE. She also talks about being an illustrator and author, and gives some advice to others in the same field. This video was first published on October 4, 2021.   …

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      Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday spotlight on young adult and middle grade author Scott Reintgen. I asked Scott if he could please tell us briefly a little about himself and his writing. This was his response:     My name is Scott Reintgen, and I am …

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  Grace Lin is a Massachusetts children’s book author who has written for most age groups, including new board books for babies, and novels for middle grades, including a new Mulan prequel, BEFORE THE SWORD, which she talks about in this interview. This was originally published on June 18, 2021.      

  Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday spotlight on Middle Grade and Young Adult author Shannon Messenger.  Shannon Messenger graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, where she learned—among other things—that she liked watching movies much better than making them. She’s studied art, screenwriting, and film production, but she …

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This is an interview with Children’s Book author Corey Ann Haydu, talking about her Chapter Books, Middle Grade Books, and her latest Young Adult Book, Ever Cursed.

Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our Friday spotlight on our children’s book author guest,  Anna Staniszewski . Anna will be at Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester along with two additional middle grade authors, MarcyKate Connolly and Rajani LaRocca on Sunday, March 22nd at 2:00 PM.  They will all be here to …

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This week, Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester is happy to shine our spotlight on author Marilag Angway! Marilag will be here at our 65 James Street store TOMORROW, Saturday, January 27, from 1:00 – 3:00 PM, to celebrate the release of the 2018 Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide, an anthology of middle grade science fiction. Marilag …

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While we’re quieter this May in regards to events so we can support all of our student volunteers, Annie’s still has a lot of reasons for you to stop in now—and all year long! For the whole month of May, we’re still having our Spring Cleaning Sale of all the used contemporary and historical romance …

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