We will be releasing a press kit shortly. Meanwhile, for all media inquiries, please contact:
Lorraine Kleinwaks
Vice President, Book Wish Foundation
lorraine@bookwish.org
571-281-3117
Regarding What You Wish For (ISBN: 978-0399254543), our new book of short stories and poems for young adults:
- NorthJersey.com/The Record article about a New Jersey library's fundraiser in support of our Darfur refugee camp library program, 3/15/2012
- TIME For Kids article about our UN event, 10/26/2011
- Shelf Awareness article about our UN event, 10/19/2011
- Press Release for 10/17/2011 event at UN Headquarters, NY, co-hosted by UN Office for Partnerships and UNHCR
- Starred review in Booklist, first appeared in print 10/1/2011
- Press Release for book launch, 9/15/2011
- Publishers Weekly Review, 8/8/2011
- Alexander McCall Smith's interview with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, 7/7/2011
- Newbery Medal-winning author Karen Hesse's video, 6/15/2011
What You Wish For was released by Penguin/G.P. Putnam's Sons on September 15, 2011. We will donate 100% of our proceeds to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, to fund libraries in the refugee camps in eastern Chad that are home to more than 250,000 Darfuris.