Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name removed from award

Posted on 06/25/2018 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

"Little House on the Prairie" "Little House in the Big Woods"

The Association for Library Service to Children Board voted on Saturday to change the name of the Laura Ingalls Wilder A...

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Tagged As: Awards, Children's literature, Classic literature, Diversity

Google Doodle honors writer Octavia E. Butler 

Posted on 06/22/2018 at 02:45 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Science fiction author

Today’s Google Doodle honors science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler on her 71st birthday. Butler, who died...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Science fiction, Women in literature

Study finds gender imbalance in major literary publications

Posted on 06/19/2018 at 03:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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An arts organization reports that female writers still don’t get their due when it comes to articles and reviews....

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Tagged As: Diversity, The Guardian, Women in literature

British novelist leaps to diversity policy's defense

Posted on 06/18/2018 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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If you’re sick of hearing about Lionel Shriver’s diversity comments, you may want to hit the back button on...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Scandal, The Guardian

Diversifying crime fiction

Posted on 06/18/2018 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Romance isn’t the only genre with diversity issues — detective fiction tends to be overwhelmingly white, mal...

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Tagged As: Diversity, The Guardian

Lionel Shriver: ‘It’s not fair to accuse me of racism’

Posted on 06/15/2018 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Lionel Shriver is the author of "We Need to Talk About Kevin"

Author Lionel Shriver, who has come under fire for her column criticizing her publisher’s diversity effort, tells...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Scandal

Author's comments on diversity make waves

Posted on 06/13/2018 at 04:04 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Novelist and journalist Lionel Shriver

Author Lionel Shriver is facing pushback from her comments about diversity in publishing. Shriver published a column in...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Scandal, The Guardian

Roxane Gay, Edmund White receive Lambda Literary Awards

Posted on 06/05/2018 at 10:57 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Lambda Literary is an organization that advances lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer literature

Roxane Gay and Edmund White were among the winners at last night’s Lambda Literary Awards. The “Lammys&rdquo...

Tagged As: Awards, Diversity, Memoir, Women in literature

Author Q&A: Alexis Daria

Posted on 06/11/2018 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Writer Alexis Daria

It’s easy, popular, and fun to bemoan the sheer amount of reality TV shows. That said, they’ve yielded some...

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Why are middle-aged women invisible on book covers?

Posted on 05/25/2018 at 11:11 AM by Jeffrey Bruner

Novels by Elizabeth Strout, Elena Ferrante and Allison Pearson all feature middle-aged women but don't depict them on the cover.

That’s a really good question raised today by Alison Flood over at The Guardian: “It seems the book world do...

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Tagged As: Cover design, Diversity, The Guardian, Women in literature