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John's An Abundance of Katherines receives a Printz Honor (2007)

story · status: followed over 4 videos (2007) · last event: update (2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied))

In January 2007 John got a call telling him An Abundance of Katherines had won a 2007 Printz Honor. In June he went to the ALA Annual Conference and accepted it at the Printz Award reception.

Told alongside: John: report back from the ALA Annual Conference on Tuesday (2007)

About: Michael L. Printz Award, An Abundance of Katherines, Sarah Urist Green, ALA Annual Conference

date event what video
2007-01-22 (happened 2007-01-21) told John tells how the Printz Committee called to say An Abundance of Katherines had won a 2007 Printz Honor, and shows the reaction footage and his phone call. Brotherhood 2.0, January 22, 2007 00:00:12
2007-01-23 update Hank congratulates John on the Printz Honor and reports that a bookstore owner, a big fan, had heard John won. (playful) Brotherhood 2.0: January 23rd 00:00:57
2007-06-22 update John is going to the ALA Annual Conference to accept the Printz Honor for An Abundance of Katherines. Brotherhood 2.0: June 22: The Senator 00:00:31
2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied) (happened 2007-06-25) update John shows the Printz Award reception on Monday night (25 June 2007), where a speaker recalls his Brotherhood 2.0 video of the phone call and Hank's toast, and a snippet of John's own speech. → refers to Brotherhood 2.0, January 22, 2007 June 26: The American Library Association Parties 00:01:17

Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).

What is said about it

7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2007-01-22 · Brotherhood 2.0, January 22, 2007 — John shows footage Sarah started filming shortly after the call, promising the voice of 'the yeti'; it records exclamations of disbelief and thanks. (playful) — 00:00:52
  • 2007-01-22 · Brotherhood 2.0, January 22, 2007 — John: On the phone John shares the news: the book is one of the runners-up for the Printz Award, a silver medal; the committee called but wouldn't tell him who won. — 00:01:33
  • 2007-01-23 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 23rd — Hank congratulates John on his Printz nomination and toasts the award, An Abundance of Katherines, and Katherine herself, sitting nearby and waving, then 'silver medals', teasing that it falls short of last time. (playful) — 00:00:03
  • 2007-06-22 · Brotherhood 2.0: June 22: The Senator — announcement: John: At the conference John will accept the Printz Honor for An Abundance of Katherines and speak on a panel with Judy Blume. — 00:00:31
  • 2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied) · June 26: The American Library Association Parties — John has footage of Nerdfighter Cynthia Lord winning the Newbery Honor for her book Rules, and of the Printz Award reception on Monday night. — 00:01:10
  • 2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied) · June 26: The American Library Association Parties — a guest: At the Printz reception a speaker recalls checking the Brotherhood 2.0 website for John's video of the phone call and his happy dance, and Hank's toast the next day. — 00:01:19
  • 2007-06-27 (said on 2007-06-26, implied) · June 26: The American Library Association Parties — John: Unsure how his own speech went, John plays its funniest snippet: against the shy-librarian stereotype, a story of a drunk librarian at a New Orleans casino holding a galley. (hedged) — 00:02:33