YA Round-up: January 2018

Hey everyone! January’s over, and it’s been a pretty long and busy first month of the year! Here’s some of the features and news you’ve probably missed! Check it out!

News

• Literary Sister Act: Sibling duo publishes YA sci-fi novel, by Cassandra Kyser, from VolumeOne
• First ever Northern YA Literature Festival comes to Preston, by Olivia Baron, from Blog Preston

Features, Essays, and Articles

• Why young adult fiction – and YA authors – thrive in Utah, by Sarah Harris, from Deseret News
• The Fault In Our Perceptions of YA Fiction, by Jo Bullen, from The National Student
• More diversity, fewer YA love triangles? Some predictions for children’s literature in 2018, by Ann Cannon, from Strib
• Book review: John Green’s ‘Turtles All the Way Down,’ an enlightening read, by Charles Hermesmann, from Burlington County Times
• The Remarkable Influence of A Wrinkle In Time, by Natalie Escobar, from Smithsonian.com
• Remixed book covers imagine a young adult book series that confronts racism, by Ada Tseng, from PRI

Lists

• Best of young adult fiction: classic and revolutionary reads for 2018, from The Conversation
• New Kids’ and YA Books: Week of 29 January, 2018, from Publishers’ Weekly