Fun, fantasy and feminism forecast for 2018

Editors and agents are predicting a continued focus on empowering female-led narratives and diverse voices in children’s and YA books in 2018. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]

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3 on a YA Theme: Books About the Book World

Get a glimpse of how books get made with these three YA books about publishing, authors, fandom, and the book world at large! Continue reading at Book Riot

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BookExpo 2019: Polis Debuts Diverse Imprint, Agora Books

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The Primadonna Festival: yes, not why

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The Most Anticipated Children's and YA Books of Fall 2018

Presenting our editors’ selections of eagerly awaited children's and YA books for the coming season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Middle Grade to dominate 'buzzy' Bologna Book Fair

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Our editors’ selections of eagerly awaited children's and YA books for the coming season. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Fun, fantasy and feminism forecast for 2018

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FutureBook’s 2017 Triple Threat: Big Asks and Diverse Voices

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CBI taps into feminist focus

Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) is launching a project to celebrate women and girls in children’s books to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage in the UK and Ireland next year, while a wave of feminist children’s and YA books is hitting bookshelves. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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On eve of Costa awards, experts warn that top books prizes are harming fiction

The dominance of three honours in the UK can be prohibitively expensive for small publishers, and end up discouraging risk-taking on ‘difficult’ authorsCutting-edge British literary fiction risks being undermined by its growing reliance on a handful of powerful book prizes, a leading literary... Continue reading at The Guardian

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