How
Multicultural Is Your Multiverse?
As the publishing industry as a whole wrestles with issues of diversity, speculative fiction steps into the fray. As Jordan Brown at HarperCollins says, "SF/F has long been the province of marginalized voices telling stories that break – aggressively, at times – from mainstream media and values." He reiterates the importance of children and young adults seeing a wide range of heroic narratives in their fiction. "This is the age at which they learn whose stories 'matter,' and, thereby, what each of us is allowed to contribute to society." more
'PW'
Panel: Lack of Diversity Threatens Publishing
At a panel about the lack of diversity in the book publishing industry, hosted by PW last week, attendees grappled with some grim numbers: 36% of the U.S. population identifies as a person of color, while roughly 10% of U.S. children’s books have content targeting minority readers. According to a number of publishing professionals on the panel, the issue threatens the industry's longterm viability. more
WNDB
Announces New Initiatives A week after announcing an award for published authors and a grants program for emerging voices, all named after the late Walter Dean Myers, We Need Diverse Books has announced several more major initiatives: a January 2015 Diversity in the Classroom rollout, two new partnerships, and a crowdsourced fundraising campaign – all intended to fulfill WNDB's mission of making books "with diverse, non-majority narratives" accessible to readers. more
IN THE MEDIA
From the New Yorker:
This week's controversial story: The Percy Jackson Problem. Click here
From the Atlantic:
The 8 Habits of Highly Successful Young-Adult Fiction Authors. Click here
From the Daily Beast:
The Casual Genius of Marcel the Shell Author Jenny Slate. Click here
From Rolling Stone:
Why Robbie Robertson's Son Wrote a Kids' Book About His Dad. Click here
From Metro News:
The Seven YA book series fuels binge culture. Click here |
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From USA Today:
J.K. Rowling tweets what she is – and is not – working on. Click here
From Galleycat:
Pearson Picks First Book to Oversee the 'We Need Books' Platform. Click here
From The Week:
The uncomfortable truth in The Giving Tree. Click here
From Shelf Life:
Tavi Gevinson on her Rookie Yearbook Three. Click here
From Seven Days:
Vermont author Tanya Lee Stone celebrates her 100th book. Click here |
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