The Brown Bookshelf interviews the current CSK Chairperson

Deborah Taylor is the current chairperson of the real Coretta Scott King Book Award committee. The members of the Brown Bookshelf talk with her "about the award's journey. Where it came from, where it's been and where it and publishing, in general, should go." Visit The Brown Bookshelf for the interview.

Mourning Mabel R. McKissick, Coretta Scott King Book Awards co-Founder

We learned via an American Library Association news release that Mabel R. McKissick, co-founder of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards, died on Friday, March 20, 2009.

Our condolences to her family and friends.