Lockhart: 'feminist YA is fun'

The best feminist YA fiction is fun to read and generates discussions about the issues facing women today, according to US author E Lockhart, currently touring in the UK. Lockhart’s new novel The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, published by Hot Key Books last month, is about a girl who takes on an elite all-male society at school, and Lockhart said society must continue to talk about the kind of “unspoken misogyny” described in the book. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fun, Feel-Good, & Empowering Middle Grade and YA Science Fiction and Fantasy

These middle grade and young adult science fiction and fantasy books are empowering and fun, and will provide the best light-hearted escape, like The Lost Ryū by Emi Watanabe Cohen. Continue reading at Book Riot

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Quiz: You’re Going on a Scavenger Hunt to Find Your Next Fun Queer YA Read

Take this quiz to go on a scavenger hunt and get a fun queer YA book recommendation based on what you find! Continue reading at Book Riot

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HCG buys 'funny, feminist' YA tale from Tuffs

Hachette Children's Group is to publish two books in a "funny, feminist, witchy" YA series from debut author Julia Tuffs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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PRH Children’s snaps up two feminist YA novels

Penguin has snapped up the rights to two feminist YA books, with plans to publish in 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Millwood Hargrave and de Waal front new feminist YA series Bellatrix

Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Kit de Waal are fronting a new feminist teen YA series from Hachette Children’s Group, called Bellatrix. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Egmont buys YA 'feminist firecracker'

Egmont has signed a "major" new YA book on sexism for its Electric Monkey imprint, from screenwriter Laura Steven. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Amy Poehler buys film rights to Hodder's feminist YA novel

Hodder Children’s Books, part of the Hachette Children’s Group, has acquired Moxie, a "timely and empowering" feminist YA novel from US author Jennifer Mathieu. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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3 on a YA Theme: July YA Releases for Your TBR

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YA Author Lee Wind Launches Kickstarter to Donate Books to LGBTQ+ Teens

Wind, who is also chief content officer at the Indie Book Publishers Association, is creating a limited collector's edition of his latest YA novel, initially published this spring by Chicago Review Press, as an incentive for donors to his Kickstarter campaign benefitting LGBTQ+ teens. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Online Enemies, A Fake Dating Roman Holiday, and More YA Book Talk and News for June 20, 2024

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Reese’s YA Book Club is Back

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Kobo isn’t the first on the color-ereader scene; Boox and Pocketbook have had color ereaders and tablets for years. Both of those companies make beautiful, premium devices that are highly capable and customizable — but they don’t offer the plug-and-play ereader experience of a Kindle or Kobo. Of... Continue reading at Engadget

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