Happy Friday! Some things that happened this week: VIDA, an organization dedicated to supporting women in literature, published their count for 2014 – a great look at gender disparity in publishing. They focus on books for adults, but lately they have expanded to counting women in color and children’s literature, so take a look. We Need Diverse Books announced non-profit status; research was published about immigrant groups in the United States that will give you insight into the populations you might serve; and pre-conference buzz got going for BEA, YALLWEST, and Outlawed, so look for talk from conference attendees on publishing news, YA trends, and censorship this weekend.
Books/Reading/Authors
- @aishacs ICYMI: WNDB is now officially a non-profit! :-) http://pwne.ws/1a2pGoi
- @BuzzFeedBooks Salman Rushdie accidentally reveals what he thinks of classic books: http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahgalo/salman-rushdie-accidentally-reveals-what-he-thinks-of-classi
- @pubspotlight New Kids’ Book Festival for Boston http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/66135-new-kids-book-festival-for-boston.html … via @publisherswkly
- @Candlewick Interview on @NPR Here and Now with @LesleaNewman will run at 12:20 EDT, or check back here after to listen online: http://ow.ly/LlE5b
- @brkteenlib The results of my survey on YA book covers & gender: http://ow.ly/LjMHm I hope of interest to the fabulous @maureenjohnson @haleshannon
- @CicadaMagazine “Teenage girls don’t look for ‘role models’ in fiction; we look for precedents” #HelenaCoggan http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/apr/08/helena-coggan-teen-author-interview
- @debreese Thanks, @BookRiot, for the opportunity to talk abt books I read/love. http://bookriot.com/2015/03/31/reading-lives-23-debbie-reese/ … @CynLeitichSmith @aishacs @diversebooks
- @yainterrobang Plenty of boys talk masturbation in #yalit. http://www.yainterrobang.com/list-of-the-week-ya-books-with-female-masturbation/ … Our list of the week is ten YA novels featuring female masturbation.
- @penguinrandom The 2014 @VIDA_lit survey of women in literary arts is out today: http://ow.ly/LiyIk #VIDAcount
- @YAReviewNet Okay #quietYA is the best #YAlit hashtag I have seen in some time. Great recs on there. L
- @staceyleeauthor 10 Reasons Why You Should Write Historical Fiction straight from my pen: hehe. http://blog.janicehardy.com/2015/04/ten-reasons-why-you-should-write.html … @Janice_Hardy
Movies/TV
- @YAHollywood #THEVAMPIREDIARIES @cwtvd Star @NinaDobrev Leaving Series! http://youngadulthollywood.com/tv/the-vampire-diaries-star-nina-dobrev-leaving-series/
- @YAHollywood Luke Grimes Joins THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN Cast http://youngadulthollywood.com/film/luke-grimes-joins-the-magnificent-seven-cast/
Contests/Giveaways
- @MundieMoms SMOKED by Mari Mancusi; Cover Reveal & Giveaway http://mundiemoms.blogspot.com/2015/04/smoked-by-mari-mancusi-cover-reveal.html
- @AmieKaufman The cover of ILLUMINAE’s up on @Cuddlebuggery, and you can win an annotated ARC full of behind-the-scenes secrets! http://cuddlebuggery.com/blog/2015/04/06/cover-reveal-giveaway-illuminae-by-jay-kristoff-and-amie-kaufman/
- @TinaConnolly Four days left to win a copy of Seriously Wicked on Goodreads! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/127849-seriously-wicked
- @RMFNYC Going to @YALLWEST this weekend? Meet @randomhousekids authors & get T-SHIRTS! @elockhart @jenniferniven @NicolaYoon [photo]
- @stephkuehn Hey, 15 copies of DELICATE MONSTERS are up for grabs over at Goodreads. Go enter and good luck! https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/132019-delicate-monsters
Teen Services/Librarianship/Professional Food for Thought
- @Ebonyteach (Writing & still thinking about my question, “How do you teach to power when you thought your life’s calling was to the oppressed?”)
- @bust_magazine Maya Angelou Is On A Stamp—But USPS Got One Major Thing Insultingly Wrong http://bust.li/1N9IBQq
- @LeanneNarramore @glaad @Lavernecox REPORT: How National Media Outlets Cover Transgender News Stories http://mediamattersforamerica.tumblr.com/post/115851806723/read-our-full-report … http://mm4a.org/1E4X0HN
- @pewresearch 54% of black immigrants hold U.S. citizenship, higher than among all U.S. immigrants (47%) http://pewrsr.ch/1FraeLo
- @CarolrhodaLab “If we don’t buy books at our bricks-and-mortar bookstores, if we fail to use our libraries, we risk losing them.” http://ow.ly/Lo7ZP
- @goodmaggie librarian network of playlists on spotify for use by public, does that exist? #librarylife
- @ypulse 42% of Hispanic Millennials & 25% of African-American Millennials use the internet only through mobile http://ow.ly/Lj8Jm
Just for Giggles
- @mallelis me: *experiences profound loneliness and desire for human contact*
*my phone rings*
me: WHAT ASSHOLE IS *CALLING* ME - @TheToast Ayn Rand’s Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows | http://the-toast.net/2015/04/09/ayn-rands-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows/
- @BillMurray You should be required to read a book for every 10 selfies you take.
- @AthertonKD I have stolen
The cars
That were in your
RaceAnd which
You were planning
to use
In crimesForgive me
They were
So fast
And so furious
–Hannah Gómez, currently reading Blythewood by Carol Goodman
