The Language of Survival and Resistance: A Review of Shereen Malherbe’s Yassini Girls, by Zeynep Alp Book Reviews [email protected] Mon, 11/18/2024 - 15:22 Yassini Girls (Beacon Books, 2024), the new novel by Shereen Malherbe, invites readers into... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2024-11-18 21:22:51 UTC ]
Earlier this month, Jane Smiley’s A Thousand Acres was banned from the Iowa City Schools. Smiley is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 17 novels, two collections of short fiction, five nonfiction books, and eight books for young adults. She spoke to The Little Hawk, the student newspaper of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-12-19 09:59:29 UTC ]
With more adults and young adults looking for faith-based science fiction and fantasy books, publishers are responding by expanding imprints and new titles. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers use the power of imagery to reach kids, teens, and young adults with spiritual messages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
I’ve kind of given up telling non-publishing people that I write for young adults. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2022-01-11 01:13:46 UTC ]
Find fresh new graphic novels like Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds and Danica Novgodoroff for yourself or the young reader in your life. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2020-10-22 10:37:00 UTC ]
The Jhalak Prize, which annually awards the Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour, has launched a new, second prize for books for children and young adults. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 07:13:10 UTC ]
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen a spike in reading among young adults, a survey from The Reading Agency has found. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 02:12:37 UTC ]
New fiction on China's bestseller lists captures the contemporary sensibilities of young adults in the country's largest cities. The post China Bestsellers for July: An Urban Online Gaming Culture Drives Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-08-30 05:30:36 UTC ]
Street Noise Books, a new independent publishing house specializing in graphic memoir and illustrated nonfiction for young adults, will publish its first list in January 2020. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
As a recipient of the Arts Connects Us Grant I travelled to Ghana and Sierra Leone to meet with writers and publishing professionals working in the field of books for young readers to foster creative and collaborative exchanges between those contacts and publishing professionals and readers in... Continue reading >> [ Source: British Council global | 2019-03-19 11:10:28 UTC ]
Author Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, creator of more than 130 books for children and young adults, and known for her beloved series about boy detective Nate the Great, died on March 12; she was 90. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writer and Everyday Sexism Project founder Laura Bates talks to Caroline Carpenter about her first YA novel, The Burning. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Betty Miles, the pioneering feminist author of more than 25 books for children and young adults, died on July 19 at the age of 90. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Prolific author Patricia Hermes, creator of more than 50 books for children and young adults, died on July 11 at her home in Phoenix; she was 82. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
European graphic novel publisher Humanoids is adding Humanoids Kids, a new line of graphic novels for children and young adults, and Slice of Life, a new line of books focused on a variety of material aimed at older readers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magabala Books was born in 1984, when a group of Indigenous elders from the Kimberley in Western Australia decided to establish their own publishing house focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and illustrators, and telling Indigenous stories. Magabala publishes for a general... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
We meet four finalists in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and ask them how they create the words and images that capture kids' imaginations. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2017-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Robin Stevens and Simon Mason have won the inaugural awards for Best Crime Novel for Children and Young Adults respectively at the annual CrimeFest Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spain's Elisa Yuste talks us through leading concepts and directions in apps for kids and young adults in the coming year, including more apps for 'Android kids.' The post Top 10 Trends in Reading and Book Apps for Children appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]