This is page 18 of the children's writing news archives.

Philip Pullman Unhappy Over Future Film Prospects (2009-12-16): British author Philip Pullman is extremely disappointed by the fact that it is unlikely that the last two movies in the His Dark Materials trilogy will ever be film.

Video: Lemony Snicket Makes a Youtube Video (2009-11-25): Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) has decided to take to Youtube to discourage his many readers from taking advantage of the fact that the first book in the Series of Unfortunate Events, #1: The Bad Beginning is now available to be read for free online.

2009 National Book Award Winners (2009-11-20): The winners of the 2009 National Book Awards have been announced.

Waterstone's Launches Online Secondhand Bookstore With Alibris (2009-11-19): British bookstore chain Waterstone's has gotten into the secondhand bookstore business.

Stephenie Meyer: I'm a Little Burned Out On Vampires (2009-11-16): Stephenie Meyer appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in a surprise move.

Biopic Shows Enid Blyton as Cruel, Vindictive and a Terrible Mother (2009-11-16): A new British television biopic of Enid Blyton stars Helena Bonham Carter.

Lemony Snicket Moves to Little, Brown (2009-11-11): Daniel Handler, who writes the bestselling Lemony Snicket books, has moved from HarperCollins to Little, Brown.

Berenstain Bears Books to be Made Into Film (2009-11-03): Walden Media has acquired the film rights to the popular Berenstain Bears books.

Children's Book About Gay Penguins Tops Banned Book List (2009-10-07): In 2008, the American Liberary Associated recorded 513 cases where books were targeted for censorship.

J.K. Rowling Joins Twitter (2009-09-29): Tired of other people impersonating her, J.

Fairy Tales Have Ancient Origins (2009-09-09): A new study reveals that fairytales, such as Little Red Riding Hood, are actually much older than anyone thought.

Report: 400 More Bookstores to Close By Year End (2009-08-31): You can should expect an avalanche of bookstore closings this year.

Microsoft, Yahoo and Amazon.com to Oppose Google Book Settlement (2009-08-21): The Google Book Settlement is now facing even more objections.

Google Book Settlement Faces Another Roadblock (2009-08-20): The Google Book Project settlement could be facing a new roadblock.

Now Teens Can Learn The Secret (2009-08-03): Rhonda Byrne's self-help bestseller The Secret is being made into a teen version, The Secret to Teen Power.

James Frey Pens Teen Alien Series for HarperCollins (2009-07-10): James Frey, the author of the discredited, memoir A Million Little Pieces, is now writing science fiction for young adults.

Christian Group Sues for Right to Publicly Burn Francesca Lia Block Book (2009-06-15): A Christian group in Wisconsin is suing for the right to publicly burn a copy of Francesca Lia Block's book, Baby Be-Bop.

Orson Scott Card to Write Children's Series (2009-03-25): Orson Scott Card, author of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning Ender's Game, will publish a new series for younger readers with Simon Pulse, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Neil Gaiman Visits The Colbert Report (2009-03-22): Stephen Colbert invited Neil to be on the program to defend his children's book The Graveyard Book, which begins with a knife in the dark.

Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss (2009-03-02): Today Theodor Seuss Geisel would have turned 105.