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Zombies vs. UnicornsEdited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier, this tongue-in-cheek teen anthology asks the question: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn?Read More
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Melbourne Age, August 20, 2010
...s The Winds of Heaven, is one to savour and remember. Rounding out the shortlist were Liar, by Justine Larbalestier, Lucy Christopher's Stolen and Penny Tangey's Loving Richard Feynman. The winner of the equivalent category in the NSW Premier's Literary...
Good Reading Magazine, August 16, 2010
...How are you going with that? Can you talk about why you made this decision? A fellow author, Justine Larbalestier, observed that most of the books I recommend to people are written by men. I wasn't sure if that was because men and women somehow wrote...
Queensland Government, August 16, 2010
...for Fox and Fine Feathers, Omnibus Books Young Adult Book Award Phillip Gwynne for Swerve, Penguin Group (Australia) Justine Larbalestier for Liar, Allen & Unwin Melina Marchetta for The Piper's Son, Penguin Group (Australia) Scott Westerfeld for...
Otago Daily Times, July 30, 2010
...99, pbk). Some reviewer placed it in Australia. The author and her mates - heavyweights Libby Bray and Justine Larbalestier - were not impressed. Neither was I. Did the guy actually read the book or did he assume that, because Allen and Unwin are...
USA Today, June 29, 2010
...talked about YA book of the year. (Aug. 24) 2. Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier -- The hottest names in YA have banded together to answer one of life's greatest mysteries: Who are the superior creatures, zombies or...
Examiner.com, May 25, 2010
...book that asks the question, "What if the Beatles were zombies?" Zombies vs. Unicorns by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier: A battle royal between the age-old foes represented by Team Zombie and Team Unicorn. Which side are you on? Night of the...
Huffington Post, April 27, 2010
...and Huffington Post blogger Zetta Elliott recently wrote a thoughtful and deeply insightful post for Australian YA writer Justine Larbalestier's blog . Though Elliott's focus is largely on race and authority, something she said spoke deeply to something...
Melbourne Age, March 31, 2010
...Older Readers Stolen Lucy Christopher (Chicken House) The Winds of HeavenJudith Clarke (Allen & Unwin) Liar Justine Larbalestier (Allen & Unwin) Jarvis 24 David Metzenthen (Penguin Group Australia) A Small Free Kiss in the Dark Glenda Millard (Allen &...
Brisbane Times, March 30, 2010
...Older Readers Stolen Lucy Christopher (Chicken House) The Winds of HeavenJudith Clarke (Allen & Unwin) Liar Justine Larbalestier (Allen & Unwin) Jarvis 24 David Metzenthen (Penguin Group Australia) A Small Free Kiss in the Dark Glenda Millard (Allen &...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 23, 2010
...S&S/Atheneum. $16.99. ISBN 978-1416940883. Ages 4-10.) HIGHER! HIGHER! Leslie Patricelli. (Candlewick. $15.99. ISBN 978-0763632410. Preschool.) LIAR. Justine Larbalestier. (Bloomsbury. $16.99. ISBN 978-1599903057) LITTLE CHICK. Amy Hest. Illustrated by...
Los Angeles Times, January 22, 2010
...of the book with a new jacket design will be available shortly. After the hullabaloo stirred up by Justine Larbalestier's "Liar" -- which featured a white girl on the cover, while the book has an African American protagonist -- the publisher seemed to...
Guardian.co.uk, January 22, 2010
...caused a similar reaction last summer when it featured a white girl on the cover of Australian author Justine Larbalestier's novel Liar, about a black girl, apologised yesterday for the move and said it would be amending the cover of Magic Under Glass. ...
Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2010
...of the book with a new jacket design will be available shortly. After the hullabaloo stirred up by Justine Larbalestier's "Liar" -- which featured a white girl on the cover, while the book has an African American protagonist -- the publisher seemed to...
Guardian.co.uk, January 21, 2010
...co.uk/books/2009/aug/10/bloomsbury-book-cover-race-row" title="the publishers decision (later reversed) last year to feature a white girl on the cover of Justine Larbalestier's novel Liar">the publisher's decision (later reversed) last year to feature a...
Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2009
...little resembled what's found inside is a perennial authorial grouse. But in the case of Australian writer Justine Larbalestier's "Liar," the grounds for complaint were irrefutable. Micah, the heroine of "Liar," is black. But on the original covers,...
Los Angeles Times, December 14, 2009
...big issue this fall. In this Sunday's Off the Shelf , Lizzie Skurnick looked at the dust-up over Justine Larbalestier's "Liar." Although it features an African American protagonist, the original cover design featured the face of a Caucasian girl instead,...
Teacher Magazine, December 12, 2009
...Realms, #1) by Cinda Williams Chima (fantasy) **Fire by Kristin Cashore (fantasy) How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier (fantasy) Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli (historical fiction) **The Maze Runner by James Dashner (science...
Teacher Magazine, December 12, 2009
...Realms, #1) by Cinda Williams Chima (fantasy) **Fire by Kristin Cashore (fantasy) How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier (fantasy) Hush: An Irish Princess' Tale by Donna Jo Napoli (historical fiction) **The Maze Runner by James Dashner (science...
NPR, December 10, 2009
...to. (Read about the battalion commander's reaction to the death of one of his soldiers.) Liar, by Justine Larbalestier, hardcover, 384 pages, Bloomsbury USA, list price: $16.99 I am generally not fond of books with unreliable narrators — they simply...
NPR, December 10, 2009
...a deeper understanding of both the physical and mental risks we are subjecting our soldiers to. Liar, by Justine Larbalestier, hardcover, 384 pages, Bloomsbury USA, list price: $16.99 I am generally not fond of books with unreliable narrators — they...
Chicago Sun-Times, November 3, 2009
...copies of their latest books, 7:30 p.m. at Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark. • Justine Larbalestier signs Liar, 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie. • Tim Egan signs The Big Burn, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1500 16th St...
Chicago Sun-Times, October 27, 2009
...6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State. • Justine Larbalestier signs Liar, 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie. • Tim Egan signs The Big Burn, 7 p.m. at Borders, 1500 16th St...
Award Tragic, August 20, 2010
...Freya Blackwood Harry & Hopper Omnibus Books Palo Morgan & Chris Nixon Crocodile Cake Fremantle Press Young Adults Justine Larbalestier Liar Allen & Unwin Belinda Jeffrey Brown Skin Blue University of Queensland Press David Metzenthen Jarvis...
Eos Books - The Next Chapter, August 20, 2010
...Doctorow's excellent FOR THE WIN. Garth Nix's SABRIEL series. Scott Westerfeld's UGLIES and LEVIATHAN. Justine Larbalestier . Not to mention some of the sf/f authors who are doing great YA series , like Kelley Armstrong ,...
Alien Onion, August 12, 2010
...WA Premier's shortlists for the price of one, featuring Shaun Tan's Tales from Outer Suburbia and Justine Larbalestier's Liar . Hoorays and hurrahs! 4. The French edition of Celine Kiernan's The Poison Throne gets some mighty royal book-trailer...
Mundie Moms, August 11, 2010
...By: Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier Published by: Simon and Schuster To Be Released on: Source: Publisher 3 stars It's a question as old as time itself: WHICH IS BETTER, THE ZOMBIE OR THE...
Kyle Brady: Blog, August 10, 2010
...“ Magic Lessons” (2007) by Justine Larbalestier – 4/5 stars “Magic Lessons” is the second book in Larbalestier’s “Magic or Madness” trilogy that’s geared towards a Young Adult audience with an eye on believability...
CMIS Evaluation Fiction Focus, August 4, 2010
...the Ditmar Awards . These Australian awards are for achievement in science fiction. Congratulations to: Scott Westerfeld – Leviathan Justine Larbalestier – Liar Richard Harland – Worldshaker who join Kaaron Warren – Slights and Gillian...
Dark Faerie Tales, August 1, 2010
...time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier (unicorn and zombie, respectively), strong arguments are made for both sides in the form of short stories. Half of the stories...
Sarah's random musings..., August 1, 2010
...Echols 72. Tell Me a Secret by Holly Cupala 73. Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier 74. Matched by Ally Condie 75. Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin 76. Delirium by Lauren Oliver 77. Hush by Eishes Chayil 78. The Space Between...
Maria Meeps, July 26, 2010
...time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier ( ...more It's a question as old as time itself: which is better, the zombie or the unicorn? In this anthology, edited by Holly...
YA Highway, June 9, 2010
...my Goodreads list? Winter Girls by Laurie Halse Anderson - really anything by Laurie Halse Anderson Liar by Justine Larbalestier The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray - I just finished this and I still can't stop thinking about it The Forbidden Game...
Poisoned Rationality, June 7, 2010
...a human. I love dragons so...yes please! Zombies vs. Unicorns edited Holly Black (Team Unicorn) and Justine Larbalestier (Team Zombie) Two of my favorite things all rolled into one--three if you count the fact I love anthologies. I'm Team Zombie all...
Sarah's random musings..., May 31, 2010
...lunch, I ran to get The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney. We then went to Lauren Oliver, Holly Black, Justine Larbalestier, Jenny Davidson, and Diana Peterfreund's signings. I got some books that I am really excited for. Then we went to the Signing at BEA....
Poisoned Rationality, May 30, 2010
...Since I'm working this weekend--and I'm still recouping from the exhausting hours of last week XD--I just wanted to post up what I got and who I met at BEA really quickly (and by really quickly, what I mean is I'm writing this over a two day period in...
Abby (the) Librarian, May 30, 2010
...out the autograph lines. We stood in line for Zombies Vs. Unicorns , being signed by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier *** and then we stood in another long line for Anna Godbersen who, as it turns out, was signing Splendor and a sample chapter of her...
The Awesomeness of Amy, December 30, 2009
...what Liar is about, I would totally give away the ending. 1. How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier 2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 3. Otherspace by David Stahler Jr. 4. Hunted by PC Cast and Kristin Cast 5. Animal Farm by George Orwell 6...
Tez Says, December 16, 2009
...Justine Larbalestier Liar Bloomsbury (US: 29th September 2009); Allen & Unwin (AU: October 2009) Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide) Zach Rubin has been murdered, and Micah Wilkins is...
Lisa Yee's MySpace Blog, November 24, 2009
...time for our rousing Blogging Panel with the gals, Maureen Johnson , Barbara O'Connor , Laurie Halse Anderson , and Justine Larbalestier . . . (That's Justine on the left) Next, food again! (Oink.) The M.R. Robinson Reception and Dinner, was hosted by...
Harmony Book Reviews, November 21, 2009
...Philadelphia Free Library summer reading program Laurie Halse Anderson, Jay Asher, T.A. Barron, Sarah Dessen, Steven Kluger, Justine Larbalestier, David Levithan, Lauren Myracle, Scott Westerfeld, Jacqueline Woodson Children’s Book World 17 Haverford...
westerblog, November 21, 2009
...1:00-3:00PM A NOVEL IDEA: Laurie Halse Anderson, Jay Asher, T.A. Barron, Sarah Dessen, Steven Kluger, Justine Larbalestier, David Levithan, Lauren Myracle, Jacqueline Woodson and me! Children’s Book World 17 Haverford Station Rd. Haverford, PA ...
escape through the pages, November 19, 2009
...sure I can do it =) MY LIST 1. Wild Things by Dave Eggers 2. Liar by Justine Larbalestier 3. Break by Hannah Mozkowitz 4. Rampant by Diana Peterfreund 5. Lament by Maggie Stiefvater 6. Perfect Chemistry by Simon Elkeles 7. Camilla by Madeleine...
Bibliophile Stalker, November 18, 2009
...for a Cheery Wednesday . Janet Reid on You're abrogating the social contract we have. Knock it off . Justine Larbalestier on Blank Page Heroine . Robert Freeman Wexler on Fountain Pens . Rachelle Gardner on Finances of Publishing . Stroppy Author on Why...
It's All About Books, November 15, 2009
...Edith Wharton A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander Mercy by Toni Morrison How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosney Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe Yes, those are ALL sitting on the nightstand at the moment, and I've...
Cindy's Love Of Books, November 14, 2009
...because the books are like brand new they are in amazing shape. -How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier The series Confession of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison -#1 Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snoggling -#2 on the bright side, i'm now...
Queensland, November 11, 2009
...thing to shove into your daughter's hands if you're looking for Twilight alternatives. Liar by Justine Larbalestier (Bloomsbury / Allen &Unwin) Larbalestier is an Australian writer who divides her time between Sydney and New York. She is best known as...
The New York Public Library blogs, November 11, 2009
...Earlier this week I posted a review here of Justine Larbalestier 's wonderful new book Liar which had a bit of cover controversy because the book was slated to be released in the USA with a white model on the...
Word Thief, November 10, 2009
...decided it is the best book store ever. I could be biased by the fact that Scott Westerfeld , Justine Larbalestier , Suzanne Collins , Libba Bray and Kristin Cashore were all in attendance - in other words, a good half of my favorite current YA writers...
Miss Print, November 10, 2009
...Earlier this week I posted a review on my NYPL blog of Justine Larbalestier’s wonderful new book Liar . The review can be viewed over on my blog at NYPL (and on this blog as I cross-post everything). You might have heard about...
Miss Print, November 10, 2009
...*post under construction and needs to be reformatted Earlier this week I posted a review here of Justine Larbalestier ’s wonderful new book Liar which had a bit of cover controversy because the book was slated to be released in the USA with a white...
Original Content, November 9, 2009
...How the Hangman Lost His Heart . 2. In all the angst this past summer over the cover of Justine Larbalestier 's new book, Liar , I totally missed that it's a...Oh, wait. Larbalestier makes a big deal at her website about not giving away any spoilers, and...
Elizabeth Scott's Blog, November 9, 2009
...author's dream in their hands For all your NaNoWriMo'ers out there (hope it's going well!), Justine Larbalestier has a great tip for what to do if you get stuck on a scene I love reading about author's daily routines and work habits (I'm not...
Book Addiction, November 8, 2009
...Title: Liar Author: Justine Larbalestier Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication date: September 2009 Pages: 376 Genre: Young Adult Fiction Source: Library There’s so much I DON’T want to tell you about this book! I...
Bibliophile Stalker, November 4, 2009
...Pike on Firsts . (via Editorial Ass ) Lynne Patrick on Ten reasons publishers don't offer feedback on submissions . Justine Larbalestier on NaNo Tip no. 4: Word Count is Not Everything . Dean Wesley Smith on Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Self...
42Blips - Top Science Fiction News, Videos, and Bl, November 4, 2009
...Pike on Firsts . (via Editorial Ass ) Lynne Patrick on Ten reasons publishers don't offer feedback on submissions . Justine Larbalestier on NaNo Tip no. 4: Word Count is Not Everything . Dean Wesley Smith on Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Self...
Presenting Lenore, November 4, 2009
...The Waking: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall - provided by publisher for book tour Liar by Justine Larbalestier - picked up at BEA 2009 (signed!) The Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson - provided by publisher per my request Fahrenheit 451 by...
Diana Peterfreund, November 4, 2009
...writing yesterday. How about the rest of you? Have you been reading the NaNo tips of dynamic duo Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld ? Also, a big hello to the folks who stopped by from Meg Cabot ’s and Ally Carter ’s blogs. Hi there! You...
Bibliophile Stalker, November 1, 2009
...the Competition? Katharine Eliska Kimbriel on About that marketing plan... Robin Agnew on "Dead, Brutalized Women Sell Books" . Justine Larbalestier on The Book You Thought You Were Going to Write . Mindy Klasky on Writers Behaving Badly . Alma Alexander...
BABBLING ABOUT BOOKS, AND MORE!, November 1, 2009
...Here are the books I read for the month of October: 1. Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles B+ (Top 20) 2. Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre- B+ (Top 20) 3. Skin Game by Ava Gray- B+ (Top 20 ) 4. Sinjin by Julia Templeton- B 5. Cover Me by LB Gregg- B 6. The...
Black-Eyed Susan's, November 1, 2009
...a young girl discovering her sexuality and who struggles to define who she wants to become. Liar by Justine Larbalestier, I'm reading this with my daughter who is a bit annoyed that I have not caught up with her. Anyone who thinks YA is only for the young...
Laura's Review Bookshelf, October 30, 2009
...met Maria at BEA, but not because she was signing, because she was WAITING IN LINE to get Justine Larbalestier's book, Liar signed! She was so cool and talked to us for the whole time we waited. I've e-mailed her back and forth and she really...
Rat's Reading, October 26, 2009
...to this post via trackback . Notify me of followup comments via e-mail Seattle Bookfest » « Liar / Justine Larbalestier...
