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Tuesday, March 8th, 2016

Hi everyone! I’m Giulia, one of the new interns at Beaufort Books. I’m from Italy, therefore it is even more exciting to me to be here in New York City, interning at a publishing house, and to have the chance to share with you some thoughts and ideas about everything that could be related to …Read More.

Sassenach Tales and BEAUtiful Beginnings

Tuesday, February 16th, 2016

Greetings everyone! I’m Nadine, one of the newest interns at Beaufort Books. Keeping with the Beau name tradition, I’ll be going by the pseudonym, fittingly enough, Claire Beauchamp for the remainder of my time here. As you can probably tell, choosing the name was a no-brainer. Beau is coincidentally enough already a part of my …Read More.

Toto, We’re Not in “Texas” Anymore!

Friday, January 15th, 2016

Hi Beaufort Fans! I’m pretty new to the Beaufort Books family, so I’ll begin with an introduction. My name is Riley. I’m originally from a tiny town in Texas. My hometown is basically the Anti-NYC, but we do have a Wal-Mart and a Whataburger. And if you knew what either of those things were, you’d …Read More.

Happy Banned Books Week!

Tuesday, September 29th, 2015

Hello everyone! I’m the newest intern at Spencer Hill Press, hailing all the way from Philadelphia! The timing of this blog couldn’t be more perfect for me, as I’m finishing up my graduate thesis on Censorship in Children’s Literature. How lucky for me that my first blog post gets to be about Banned Books …Read More.

An Interview With Author Anne Gross

Monday, August 24th, 2015

How much emphasis do you put on strong voice/character? A plot-driven story is fun to read and to write because it’s easy to lose yourself in the rhythm. However, if the characters involved aren’t well developed, I tend to roll my eyes with the more dramatic plot twists. My ability to suspend disbelief is damaged …Read More.

Thursday, July 16th, 2015

Hello readers! Today is my last day as a Beaufort intern. It’s hard to believe that it’s been eight weeks, but something tells me the people who give out visas don’t particularly care about how time “feels”, so back to Canada I go. These past two months have been really amazing. New York is a …Read More.

Book Expos and Baudelaires

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015

Hello Readers! I’m one of the new interns here at Beaufort and I will be writing under the name Violet BEAUdelaire, after my favourite (note that spelling – yes, I am Canadian and no, I will not be giving up my Canuck roots while I’m here in NYC) character from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of …Read More.

My Farewell

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

Good Afternoon Readers, Next week I will be attending the Book Expo of America, or BEA, which I’ve been looking forward to since the first weeks of my internship in January. BEA is a huge trade show amongst both small and large publishers. It’s bound to be exciting and I, for one, cannot wait. But …Read More.

Dr. Seuss and Children’s Lit

Friday, February 20th, 2015

Good Afternoon Readers, As a Creative Writing major and a Children’s Studies minor, I am greatly interested in children’s and young adult literature. I’ve also grown up loving Dr. Seuss. My elementary school always celebrated Dr. Seuss Day, March 2nd, with green eggs, ham, and green bagels, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original, …Read More.

The Unlikable Protagonist

Thursday, February 12th, 2015

Hello Readers, I’m one of the new interns at Beaufort and I will be writing under the pen name BEAUlores Umbridge, a nod to my least favorite character in the Harry Potter series. Why? You might wonder. Because, despite being one of Harry’s main antagonists, Umbridge is an incredibly fascinating character to read about. She’s …Read More.

A Haze of Suspicion Surrounds Harper Lee’s New Novel

Friday, February 6th, 2015

BeauRegards to all, It’s been reported that Harper Lee is going to have another novel published. It is titled, Go Set a Watchman, and has been described as a sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird, featuring many of the same characters twenty years later. When I first heard this I was shocked—as I’m sure most …Read More.

Greetings, Blizzards and Reading

Monday, January 26th, 2015

January 26th, 2015 Hello all, As I am new to the Beaufort Blog, I will take this time to introduce myself. My name is Francis; I come from the town of Dobbs Ferry—a suburb of New York; and I bring to Beaufort a great passion for words and ideas, as I see my foray into …Read More.

Thrifting (For Books)

Thursday, December 11th, 2014

Good afternoon voracious readers, If you buy too many books and then cry when you look at your bank account, raise your hand. Well readers, I have extremely exciting news for you (just in time for the holidays.) I discovered a website that sells used books, some for less than half of the actual marketing price. …Read More.

The Nonfiction Novel

Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

Good evening, my dear readers, Today marks my last day as an intern with Beaufort Books. It’s been a whirlwind of a semester, but I’m so grateful that I had the chance to work here. From reading submissions, to brainstorming titles for upcoming books, to drawing upon my long-neglected and virtually-nonexistent math skills (suddenly I …Read More.

Adapting Books for the Stage

Monday, November 17th, 2014

Good afternoon, dear readers, It is time that I make a confession: I am not only a book junkie. I am also a theatre junkie. And so it always makes me very happy when these two loves of mine are merged. I’ve been thinking lately about the choice to adapt a book for the stage, …Read More.