Reports on three new illustrated children's books with settings in the frozen Far North: "Zoom Away" by Tim Wynne-Jones and Ken Nutt, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Ted Harrison, and "A Candle for Christmas" by Jean Speare and Ann Blades. (NKA)

Describes a summer writing workshop conducted by author Jake MacDonald for a group of secondary school students. (DF)

Describes the Author Festival held every two years in Humboldt County, California, at which students meet authors of juvenile and young adult books. Though the festival focuses on the students, authors have the opportunity to discuss their works with each other, and the festival conveys appreciation of their works. (SRT)

Shares a writer's view of the value of the past and motives for writing historical fiction. (HOD)

Suggesting that "criticism" of children's literature has become didactic and censorious, this essay focuses on treatment of women and minority groups in children's books; traditional standards of literary criticism; concerns in literature (racism, sexism, ageism, portrayal of handicapped); and how authors create books. Examples of children's books…

Describes the several archives and collections comprising the Belloc Collection housed at Boston College: personal correspondence (with various publishers, to and from friends and critics, to and from family and relatives); manuscript archive, Belloc's publications and Patrick Cahill Archive; Belloc's working library. Acquisition and preservation…

Reports rankings and analyses of educational researchers' productivity and citations in both scholarly and textbook literature. Finds that journal productivity rises to a peak at about age 45 and then declines gradually, but that citations rise to a maximum and continuing level at about age 55. (Author/GC)

A satisfying assignment for college freshman composition classes is to send students out to interview working writers in the college community. (HOD)

This 11-article issue on quality book publishing (publication of intellectual and thought-provoking works as opposed to "popular" or "fad" works) covers books, publishing, and libraries in the information age; role of authors; editing; role of agents; agent and literary market; book production; marketing; promotion; and…

An award winning author discusses the making of his novel, "Raspberry One" and stresses the need for accuracy and honesty in historical fiction. (HOD)

Describes the reaction to his "English Journal" article on gay teens. Discusses loss of job, invitations to give speeches, requests for interviews, and the response of individuals and the administration at the community college where he teaches part time. (EL)

Copyright, trademark, libel, privacy, and contract laws are continuing to grow in complexity. In the case of a dispute, the main questions center on the damage done and the motives behind the publication. Four categories discussed include: authorship, ownership, honor, and privacy. (MLW)

Using a framework for analyzing manuscripts that appear in the higher education journal literature, eight core journals' publishing patterns for the period 1975-81 are examined. The institutional affiliations and roles of papers' senior authors are identified. (Author/MLW)

Presents excerpts of letters written by children to their favorite children's authors, discussing how the letter writing experience parallels authors' experiences. Also presents responses from some of the authors. (HTH)

A fictional (perhaps) description of the authors' experience as a visiting poet to a tough class. (CRH)