The community and access coordinator at the Iowa City Public Library discusses their experience on the front lines of one of the nation’s most intense legal and legislative battles over the freedom to read and the very real impact book banning campaigns have on the LGBTQ community. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
With a wave of book bans and educational gag orders still surging across the country, an online panel this week explored how the bans are targeting and impacting the LGBTQ community—and how concerned communities can push back. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
James Kirchick applies the "secret city" trope to D.C.'s LGBTQ community, then mostly sidelines their voices. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2022-06-10 12:00:41 UTC ]
Over 1,000 books were banned in schools in the past year, with bans disproportionately targeting books on race and the LGBTQ community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2022-04-07 19:26:40 UTC ]
The Blair Partnership has appointed Israeli pop singer and Eurovision winner Dana International as an agent-at-large for writers from the LGBTQ community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-03 06:08:08 UTC ]
The book club has the goal of highlighting progressive work from writers of color and writers within the LGBTQ community. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2019-08-07 10:34:52 UTC ]
Nicholas Sparks has apologised to the LGBTQ community following the release of an email exchange from 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 23:46:19 UTC ]
"The Notebook" author released a statement after emails surfaced appearing to back at least some allegations of racism and homophobia made against him. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2019-06-17 18:44:43 UTC ]
For queer publishers, life can be tough: despite the corporate love of all things LGBTQ, there’s no money in itSomeone has queered the magazine shelves of McNally Jackson, the boujee bookstore in Soho, New York. The shelves are throbbing with thick, glossy, high production magazines with titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comic-Con featured the usual mobs of fans searching for movie and TV stars but the show also reflects ongoing change in the fan community, and publishers are presenting a broader selection of titles aimed at women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Deeply disturbed by the 2016 shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Father James Martin is using his new book, 'Building a Bridge,' to make the case that the Catholic Church needs to finally open its doors to members of the LGBTQ community. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Attendance continued to grow at TCAF 2017, which featured programming highlighting the LGBTQ community and celebrated anniversaries of independent publishers Image, Koyama Press and NBM. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster has given the Breitbart writer a $250,000 deal – so I decided the Chicago Review of Books would not cover any of its authors in 2017Last week, the literary world gasped when one of the largest publishers in the United States, Simon & Schuster, rewarded America’s most... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The CityServe movement started in famously liberal Portland, Ore., when an evangelical leader joined forces with the city's gay mayor, the LGBTQ community, and organizations of many stripes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]