Lamya H’s powerful memoir Hijab Butch Blues is an honest grappling with what it means to be queer, to be a devout hijabi Muslim person who resists gender normativity, to love faith and community. Seeking other queer women in Islam as a young person, H wonders if Maryam, whom no man has touched,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-06-29 11:12:00 UTC ]
At Asymptote, Sang Young Park discusses his English-language debut novel, Love in the Big City, an ambitious love story told in a colloquial tone with copious pop culture references. “Being a young writer in the twenty-first century is exactly like being a young person in the twenty-first... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Millions | 2022-01-31 21:30:58 UTC ]
Welbeck Children’s has scooped Be More Vegan by food blogger, chef and author Niki Webster – a "young person’s guide to being more plant-based". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-23 20:03:38 UTC ]
Oh, the copies of "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" every student receives when they graduate. There's nothing wrong with Dr. Seuss, of course, but by the time that young person in your family walks on the stage to claim her diploma, she's probably received that children's classic several times.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-09 18:35:00 UTC ]
US author Andrew Smith has won the Red Tentacle award at the Kitschies for his YA novel Grasshopper Jungle (Electric Monkey). Smith’s prize of £1,000 and a hand-crafted tentacle trophy was given by judges Adam Roberts and Frances Hardinge at a ceremony held at the Seven Dials Club. Fellow judge... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hot Keys Books has partnered with the Guardian to launch a new young person’s writing prize... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]