What “cancel culture” is doing to YA fiction and writers

Posted on 06/21/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You’ve undoubtedly noticed the surge in high-profile instances of authors facing scrutiny for how they depict marg...

Categories: Behind the scenes

Tagged As: Diversity, The Guardian, Young adult literature

Suzanne Collins is writing a prequel to "The Hunger Games"

Posted on 06/17/2019 at 09:35 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The odds are in Hunger Games fans' favor: Suzanne Collins is writing a prequel to her bestselling YA dystopian ...

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Tagged As: Young adult literature

The popularity of summer reading programs: Why market children’s and young adult books this season

Posted on 06/06/2019 at 11:17 AM by Guest Author

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Summer reading programs offer a great opportunity for authors to market children’s books and young adult books. Ta...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Marketing, Young adult literature

John Boyne defends book about boy and his transgender sibling

Posted on 05/31/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author John Boyne has pushed back publicly at critics of his latest book, My Brother’s Name is Jessica. The book,...

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Tagged As: The Guardian, Young adult literature

Revised version of YA novel accused of being racist is coming out

Posted on 04/30/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Amélie Wen Zhao pulled her debut novel earlier this year after advance readers called it racially insensitive. On...

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Tagged As: Diversity, Young adult literature

You can listen to "The Baby-sitters Club" in August!

Posted on 04/30/2019 at 01:57 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our fall road trip plans just became a million times more exciting: The entire Baby-Sitters Club series comes out in aud...

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Tagged As: Audiobook, Young adult literature

Author Q&A: C.A. Gray

Posted on 05/01/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Today we’re interviewing C.A. Gray, the author of three YA Amazon bestselling trilogies. Piercing The Veil (magic...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Young adult literature

Polish priest under fire for burning Harry Potter books

Posted on 04/04/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We’re considering having an artist friend sketch up a bingo card for Harry Potter news. Square could be “new...

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Tagged As: The Guardian, Young adult literature

Harry Potter and the expensive early-edition book

Posted on 04/03/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Also in the “not an April Fools’ Day joke” category: A rare early copy of Harry Potter and the Philoso...

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Tagged As: Memorabilia, Young adult literature

How Laurie Halse Anderson processes rape victims' stories

Posted on 03/19/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Since publishing Speak, the young-adult novel that addressed rape head-on, author Laurie Halse Anderson has heard from c...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Memoir, NPR, Young adult literature