This week! Books! Hoo boy we have a lot of links this week and before I get to your weekly dose of publishing controversies, let’s start with some good publishing industry news. Thanks to a generous donation by the wonderful Celeste Ng, We Need Diverse Books is launching a publishing industry intern program that will […]
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How five authors are changing the YA world (This week in books)
This week! Books! I really loved this feature in Elle on five amazing authors who are reshaping the young adult fiction landscape: Tomi Adeyemi, Akwaeke Emezi, Elizabeth Acevedo, Angie Thomas, and Nic Stone. Daniel Frank took a look at the most beloved and most hated classics according to Goodreads users. The Godfather at 4.37 and […]
The state of diversity in publishing (This week in books)
This week! Book! First up, I’m going to be taking a quick one week blog break to focus on revisions on my new novel and my travels (see above). I’ll still be answering emails though, so feel free to reach out for editing. The blog be back the week of February 10. The fallout from […]
“American Dirt” stirs controversy (This week in books)
This week! Books! The 2010s were a strange decade for book publishing, and n+1 really nailed this assessment of the changes, key players, and foibles. Definitely give it a read. Huge news over at Knopf, who announced that Reagan Arthur would be stepping into the role vacated by the late Sonny Mehta. Arthur was his […]