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Clarion Books and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt have asked me to invite you all to a memorial service for their longtime colleague and my friend James Cross Giblin, to be held at NYC's LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th St, on Friday, October 28th at 2:30PM. RSVP to rachael DOT stein AT hmhco DOT...
I was sorry to hear on Monday about the death of James Cross Giblin, editor, publisher, author, and friend--to me and countless others in the children's book business. Back before it was even a Thing, Jim was writing narrative nonfiction about the damnedest things--windows, milk--and had the gift for conveying...
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here.Sponsored byJim Giblin has had two long and fruitful careers in children's books, first as an editor, retiring as publisher of Clarion Books in 1989, and continuing to...
by James Cross GiblinThere are now in Europe about ten thousand public and private vehicles that are self-moving. They are usually called “automobiles.”. . . It is thought that there are now about three hundred such vehicles in this country. The automobile is the coming vehicle. We shall see it...
By James Cross GiblinSometimes you think you’ve finished the research for a key section in a nonfiction book, and then something occurs that makes you realize you’ve got it all wrong. This happened to me recently in connection with a book I’m working on about silent screen star Lillian Gish...
By James Cross GiblinRussell Freedman might well have had a successful career in broadcast journalism, following in the footsteps of reporters like Edward R. Murrow. His deep, rather solemn voice, lightened by frequent touches of humor, makes him a compelling speaker. One attendee at a recent Clarion sales conference, hearing...