Ahead of YALC 2015, Gemma Malley, director of communications at Book Trust and author of seven YA novels, takes a look at why authors write YA. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Body positivity campaigner and influencer Megan Crabbe and the inaugural Children’s Laureate Wales, Eloise Williams, are among the judges for the 2020 YA Book Prize, which reveals its shortlist later today (Thursday 26th March). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-25 18:44:12 UTC ]
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Naomi Gibson’s debut YA novel has been pre-empted in Germany and Russia, two weeks after being sent out by Chicken House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 04:24:57 UTC ]
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Olivia Lomenech Gill will illustrate Jessie Burton’s upcoming YA novel, Medusa, Bloomsbury Children’s Books has announced as it reveals the first three images. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-15 23:35:55 UTC ]
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers has launched a non-fiction writing prize for trans and non-binary writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 09:48:12 UTC ]
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In this episode, writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit reflects on her new memoir Recollections of My Nonexistence. Solnit talks to Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about the deep impact of gendered violence on daily life and what it means to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-12 08:49:53 UTC ]
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“Young Heroes of the Soviet Union,” by Alex Halberstadt, is a moving and often funny memoir about the author’s family and their history. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-03-11 16:29:22 UTC ]
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Today, Simon & Schuster announced their acquisition of the first book by Michael Schur, creator of postmodern morality play and philosophical sitcom The Good Place, otherwise known as the best thing on television for a while there. How to Be Good: A Definitive Answer for Exactly What to Do,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-10 16:57:41 UTC ]
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This week on The Maris Review, Rachel Vorona Cote joins Maris Kreizman for a special live interview at the Strand Bookstore to discuss her new book, Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today, out now from Grand Central. How much do you give of yourself in nonfiction: Maris... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-05 09:48:58 UTC ]
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Paul Theroux has received this year’s top prize at the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, winning the Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 00:09:23 UTC ]
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Martin Edwards has won the 2020 Diamond Dagger award for writers of “sustained excellence making significant contributions to crime writing”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-23 13:21:42 UTC ]
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Andersen Press is publishing Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle, a "visceral" historical novel about the real-life slave uprising against British plantation owners in Jamaica in 1760 known as Tacky’s War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-21 07:47:08 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children's is publishing Breathless, a new "personal" and "achingly romantic" YA novel by Jennifer Niven, in paperback this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 14:05:27 UTC ]
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Scholastic UK is publishing Keren David’s “highly topical, thrilling and thought-provoking” YA book exploring modern-day antisemitism in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-19 12:22:42 UTC ]
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David Fickling Books is publishing a new "laugh-out-loud" YA novel from former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine OBE, called Shades of Scarlet. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-16 23:38:58 UTC ]
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Shetland literature has a short history. Or, more accurately, the long history of Shetland literature has been truncated — the result of a double disadvantage, as far as official histories are concerned: an oral culture, in which few people could read or write, and a language that died out... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2020-02-13 12:54:04 UTC ]
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Amanda Yates Garcia is the guest. Her new memoir, Initiated: Memoir of a Witch, is available from Grand Central Publishing. Garcia is a writer, artist, professional witch, and the Oracle of Los Angeles. Her work has been featured in The Millions, The Los Angeles Times, Time Out, LA Weekly, GOOP,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-15 09:47:42 UTC ]
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Anna Wiener's memoir about her four-plus years working in startups never resolves the self-contradictions of her industry, city, or existence. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2020-01-13 23:50:00 UTC ]
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These 2020 YA book covers showcase disability representation -- and may be the start of the sea change we need. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-01-13 11:37:47 UTC ]
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Peter Riva’s Mbuno & Pero series continues to deliver intrigue, action, and camaraderie on the African continent. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Returning to earlier career experience in comics and graphic novels, Janna Morishima is focusing on visual storytelling in her relaunched agency venture. The post New Literary Agency Specializes in Children’s and YA Graphic Content appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-01-10 12:30:35 UTC ]
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