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MKIslandport

  1. 2012 Maine Literary Awards FINALISTS! bit.ly/Le7NiM Congrats & special kudos to Ardeana Hamlin and her novel, "Abbott's Reach." 10:52 AM May 24th via Tweet Button
  2. @ChronicleBooks @humphryslocombe #slocombebook Hazelnut raspberry, with crushed chocolate-covered espresso beans. Please! 2:24 PM May 21st via web
  3. Nice! Mercy: "chilling and outstandingly well-written — one of the best novels, in fact, that we've read this year." theguardian.pe.ca/Arts/Entertain… 11:57 AM May 18th via Tweet Button
  4. This just in: Stripes and Spots by Dahlov Ipcar, about a young leopard and a young tiger who team up for adventure. shar.es/2NHcU 11:22 AM May 17th via Tweet Button
  5. @DeanIslandport I see you made it to Badger Island! 11:54 AM May 14th via web in reply to DeanIslandport
  6. @LitNewEngland Thanks! Will be in touch for sure. 10:01 AM May 11th via web in reply to LitNewEngland
  7. It's going to be quite a party! Crustacean Vacation book launch party June 2 in Dover, NH islandportpress.com/news.html#thir… 9:48 AM May 11th via Tweet Button
  8. @AmyVCanfield Ha! "They shoot the white girl" first was picked as one of the Best Opening Lines in a novel... Are you going to read "Home"? 5:37 AM May 8th via web in reply to AmyVCanfield
  9. Agree - esp. dropping off kids @ school! RT @jaytsacher Dear Fellow Adults: Please stop wearing your pajamas out of doors. 7:17 AM May 3rd via web
  10. Like this! RT @Girl_Who_Reads "events at venues that were not bookstores. Coffee Shops, libraries, wine bar, even a bank." #indieview 8:06 AM May 2nd via web
  11. A5: We're trying different venues for events, partnering with businesses (e.g. restaurants), thinking outside the bookstore #indieview 7:58 AM May 2nd via web
  12. @ConsortiumBooks A4: OK for school events, but for general public (e.g. at a library) seems pointless esp if goal is sales #indieview 7:47 AM May 2nd via web
  13. Agree with @Ms_Confucious @ConsortiumBooks A3: Seeing a lot more skyping...particularly with children's writers & schools. #indieview 7:45 AM May 2nd via web
  14. Go, Julia! Waterville teen presses Seventeen Magazine to change its ways bit.ly/IvGq5B Petition: change.org/petitions/seve… 7:38 AM May 2nd via Tweet Button
  15. Procrastination: baking chocolate hazelnut biscotti when I should be writing rejection letters - don't tell the boss! #homeofficeissues 7:21 AM May 2nd via web
  • Name Melissa Kim
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  • Bio Children's and YA book editor at Islandport Press, award-winning publisher of books with New England sensibilities.
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