One more weekend before Labor Day! The end of summer goes fast. Here are some of the things that had people buzzing on Twitter this week. Wednesday was the anniversary of the amendment which gave women the right to vote. Two television reporters were killed by a domestic terrorist. Here’s what happened in the book, pop culture, and library worlds this week.
Books/Reading/Authors
- @JanniLeeSimner Are you too strange for fiction? http://www.zazzle.com/too_strange_for_fiction_tshirt-235051054610283445 …
- @quirkbooks Matching A Book By Its Cover: A Visual Exercise http://bit.ly/1JxmX7p
- @theswanky17s If you’re a debut young adult or middle grade author being pubbed in ’17 we’ll be launching the Swanky site w/ membership info next week!
- @TLT16 Foster Teens and Orphans in #Yalit #scifi http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2015/08/reflections-of-reality-foster-teens-and-orphans-in-young-adult-science-fiction-a-guest-post-by-kerry-sutherland/ … a guest post
- @miss_print If you’re looking for YA Historical/Fantasy titles heavy on adventure and light on romance, I have a list for that: https://brooklyn.bibliocommons.com/list/share/323466277_bklynemmac/495416788 …
- @epicreads Pick a dog, get a book recommendation! http://bit.ly/1EiRbIY #NationalDogDay
- @skrishna Today on @HeyPanels I wrote THE SMART GIRL’S GUIDE TO PRIVACY by @violetblue from @nostarch http://panels.net/2015/08/26/lock-it-down-maintaining-privacy-in-the-gutters/ …
- @tehawesomersace Aversive Racism and the Traditional Publishing Model http://justinaireland.com/dammit-this-is-a-blog/2015/8/27/aversive-racism-and-the-traditional-publishing-model …
- @believekarolina Always and forever, amen. http://electricliterature.com/why-we-do-weird-things-an-interview-with-ottessa-moshfegh-author-of-eileen/ …
Movies/TV
- @THR MGM Nabs Hot YA Novel ‘Everything, Everything’ (Exclusive) http://thr.cm/diC5yJ
- @yainterrobang Congratulations to @eleanorherman! http://www.yainterrobang.com/legacy-of-kings-tv-rights/ … TV rights to LEGACY OF KINGS were sold to Warner Bros. Television!
- @YAHollywood .@MAZERUNNERMovie #THESCORCHTRIALS Clip Fest http://youngadulthollywood.com/film/maze-runner-the-scorch-trials-clip-fest/ …
- @susanjohnsonq Warner Bros. Options Hot YA Book ‘Sky Is Everywhere’ (Exclusive) http://ift.tt/1KaZ45R
#movie#news - @GalleyCat
#ColinFarrell Will Play a#Wizard Named Graves in the#FantasticBeasts Movie http://adweek.it/1InVIIy
Giveaways/Contests
- @TheSweet16s Cover reveal and giveaway for Samantha Mabry’s YA magical realism debut, A FIERCE AND SUBTLE POISON, over at YA… http://fb.me/3P40klyAK
- @simonteen Check out the cover reveal + giveaway of @annstampler‘s #HowToDisappear over at @teenreads! http://ow.ly/RlnTU
- @penguinusa Enter by 8/31 for your chance to #win 10 of our biggest @PenguinTeen books this Fall! #readYA http://ow.ly/Rm2mW
- @ChristinaFarley Enter to win an ARC of HOLDING SMOKE by Elle Cosimano (coming 5/3 from Disney*Hyperion) & check out the cover reveal! http://www.yabookscentral.com/blog/it-s-live-cover-reveal-holding-smoke-by-elle-cosimano-giveaway-international …
Librarianship/Youth Culture/Youth Services/Social Media
- @lbraun2000 “Americans of all ages generally trend in same direction about when it is OK or not to use cells in public settings.” http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/08/26/americans-views-on-mobile-etiquette/
- @IArtLibraries This is an awesome blog post about the power in reading picture books aloud to high schoolers: http://owl.li/Rq9ej by @AkaMsCrowley
- @LEEandLOW The Opposite of Colorblind: Why it’s essential to talk to children about race: http://blog.leeandlow.com/2015/08/27/the-opposite-of-colorblind-why-its-essential-to-talk-to-children-about-race/ …
- @sljournal IMLS Publishes Report on Learning in Libraries | LJ INFOdocket http://ow.ly/Rsy9E
- @Latina .@Nas is planning to help Latino & African American students in a big way: http://bit.ly/1MUfiR8
- @TheFrisky Librarians Are Delivering Books By Bike To Low-Income Neighborhoods http://frsky.me/1MUneln
- @variety Snapchat Adds Mashable, IGN, Tastemade to Discover Platform http://bit.ly/1fGdsEG
— Hannah Gómez, currently reading Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
