Geraldine McCaughrean, accepting award for Where the World Ends, warned that restricting the language children read risks creating a future underclass who are ‘easy to manipulate’Carnegie medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean has castigated the books industry for dumbing down language in children’s literature, warning that a new focus on “accessible” prose for younger readers will lead to “an underclass of citizens with a small but functional vocabulary: easy to manipulate and lacking in the means to reason their way out of subjugation”.McCaughrean was named winner on Monday of this year’s CILIP Carnegie medal for her historical adventure novel Where the World Ends, 30 years after she first took the prize, the UK’s most esteemed children’s literature award. She used her winner’s speech to attack publishers’ fixation on accessible language, which she called “a euphemism for something desperate”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Fall Became The Big Season in Publishing, SHOGUN Season 2 news, a RED, WHITE, & ROYAL BLUE sequel, and Amazon's Big Book Sale is Live...and Good. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Jedi youngling adventures, anti-racism for kids, a disinformation toolkit, and more of today's best children's book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-05-01 14:39:01 UTC ]
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In 'Attack from Within,' Barbara McQuade explores disinformation and the need to report, and defend, the truth. Her publisher, Seven Stories, is taking note—even as fact-checking remains scarce in book publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Zando's highest-visibility imprints are its collabs with celebrities, which are part of its mission to change the institutional racism that has plagued American publishing from its start. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-04-24 18:02:25 UTC ]
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Marker magic, rainforest discovery, Critter Club, a pangolin girl, and more of today's best children's book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-04-24 14:45:32 UTC ]
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Winners at the 2024 L.A. Times Book Prizes included Ed Park for fiction, Ivy Pochoda for mystery/thriller and the pro-Palestinian commencement speaker whose name has become a rallying cry for free speech. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-04-20 05:08:39 UTC ]
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The winners of the 36th annual Triangle Awards, which honor the year’s best LGBTQ fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and trans literature published in 2023, were honored at a celebration held at the New School in New York City on April 17. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bologna Children's Book Fair hosted a panel discussion exploring the crucial role that children's literature can play in educating and empowering young readers to become vocal advocates and change agents for a sustainable future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Five more publishers, including the remaining Big Five publishers, have now joined as plaintiffs to help defend against the state’s bid to lift the block on appeal on Iowa's book banning law, SF 496. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Shirley Yvonne Carby, Mitia Osman Tisma, and Anne Friebel win the inaugural PublisHer Excellence Awards at Bologna Children's Book Fair. The post At Bologna: PublisHer Names Its Inaugural Excellence Award Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The Bologna Children's Book Fair reports 31,735 trade visitor attendees in 2024, an increase of 10 percent over 2023. The post Bologna Children’s Book Fair Closes With 31,735 Trade Visitors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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180 titles have been submitted for this year's German Book Prize, established to 'draw attention beyond national borders' to German fiction. The post German Book Prize: 180 Novels Submitted by 106 Publishers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-10 17:03:14 UTC ]
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The weird world of Wayside School, magical baking, a pasta disaster, and more of today's best children's book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, in its 18th year, announces its core list of 2024 laureates from the UAE, Tunisia, Germany, China, and Egypt. The post The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Names Its Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-04-04 22:27:45 UTC ]
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An epic treehouse, a Loch Ness Monster adventure, Indigenous water protectors, and more of today's best children's book deals. Continue reading at Book Riot
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Twintuition, Mister Rogers poetry, dragon school, and more of today's best children's book deals! Continue reading at Book Riot
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These 24 picture book, young reader, and young adult books are the finalists for this year's Barnes & Noble Children's and Young Adult Book Awards. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-03-27 13:10:40 UTC ]
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