It seems that this week is a pretty good week for some YA-related news and freshly published essays, features, and lists! This week, we found out that Sherri Smith’s Flygirl will be read at Livermore Reads Together, and South Bank Center announces its literature line-up. Also, read about how it’s important to try to have diversity in YA even if you may get it wrong, and why there is “no such thing as the young adult novel.”
Happy reading, and see you next week!
News:
- Young Adult Authors Taking On School Shootings, by Mark Brodie, from KJZZ 91.5
- South Bank Centre Announces Christopher Eccleston, PJ Harvey, and Sarah Pascoe in Lineup for its Coming Literature Season, by BWW News Desk, from BroadwayWorld.com
- Livermore to Read ‘Flygirl’ Together, from The Independent
- From young readers to young writers, by Christine Schaefer, from Daily Reporter
Essays, Blogs, and Features:
- There Is No Such Thing As the Young Adult Novel, by Zan Romanoff, from The Millions
- Youthful literature creates honest space for self-discovery, by Aaron Durlauf, from The Daily Cardinal
- The Book that Made Me: authors reveal being drawn under the covers, by Joy Lawn, from The Australian
- Susan Dennard on getting diversity wrong, and why it’s important to try anyway, by Everdeen Mason, from The Washington Post
- Tim Burton’s Dark Sensibilities, Soft Touch Were Perfect for ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children,” by Shalini Dore, from Yahoo! Movies
Lists:
- Five Books for the Young Adult Fiction Fan, by Selina Falcon, from The Collegian
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