It’s been a pretty good week for some YA-related stuff! Sabaa Tahir released A Torch Against the Night, and it’s one of the biggest things that’s happened to the YA-reading community over the past seven days. Also for this week, a debate over how “90% of YA is crap,” an interview with a YA author, and how teen fiction is still pretty big with people who are not teens anymore.
News:
- Bloomsbury Anthology Pairs YA Authors and BookTubers, by Shannon Maughan, from Publishers Weekly
Blog Posts, Articles, and Reviews:
- ‘90% of YA is crap:’ the debate that dominated the Edinburgh book festival, by Sian Cain, from The Guardian
- Sabaa Tahir and Renee Ahdieh Ply Young-Adult Literature with Middle Eastern Lore, by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn, from IndyWeek
- Book review: Sabaa Tahir’s fantasy series grows up in A Torch Against the Night, by Samantha Nelson, from the A.V. Club
- Book review: “Another Brooklyn” will break and change your heart, by Drew Gallagher, from The Free Lance-Star
- Prolific teen book category still popular with adults after nearly 20 years, by Susan Winslow, for Daily Republic
Author Interviews:
- Wisdom from YA Authors on Leaving Home: Jacqueline Woodson, from NPR [Note: This is part of a series of YA author interviews by NPR – check them out on the NPR website!]
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