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From the Washington Post:
Banned Books Week: Here’s why we can't afford to shelve the debate. Click here  
From Mental Floss:
Ten 21st-Century Bestsellers People Tried to Ban (and Why). Click here
From the Bookseller:
In a new survey, nearly three quarters of young people prefer print. Click here
From Myth & Mystery:
Rick Riordan announces the name for his new Norse mythology series. Click here
From Fox News Latino:
A Peruvian author files $250m lawsuit against Disney, claiming Frozen plagiarized her autobiography. Click here
From Variety:
The Maze Runner's box office success: how it avoided the YA curse. Click here
From Deadline:
Patrick Carman's Floors has been sold to Disney. Click here
From Bustle:
A Conservative Christian Woman Is Rewriting 'Harry Potter' So It Doesn't Make Kids Witches Anymore. Click here
From the New Yorker:
Henry James and the Great YA Debate: an essay. Click here
From Elle:
Poisoned Apples: What If Fairy Tales Were Feminist? Click here
From A Fuse 8 Production:
Surprise! It’s Racist! Unwanted Children's Book Surprises. Click here
From Bustle:
TFIOS Can Teach These 7 Real Life Lessons, So Don't Ban It. Click here |
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From the Huffington Post:
Dav Pilkey: My Book Makes Kids Laugh, And It Was Banned Anyway. Click here
From BuzzFeed:
Take a quiz: how well do you know your banned books? Click here
Also from the Bookseller:
The magazine is launching its own YA prize in the U.K. Click here
From the Los Angeles Times:
The Go the F— to Sleep author announces a f—ing sequel. Click here
From the Wall Street Journal:
A decade after his controversial memoir, author James Frey blends fiction and reality in a new way. Click here
From MTV News:
The Maze Runner will get a new prequel, The Fever Code. Click here
From Metro News:
Five young adult films to look forward to in 2014 and 2015. Click here
From the Guardian:
The Story of the Little Mole is 25: The book nobody would publish that went on to be a bestseller. Click here
From the Rejectionist:
A response to the New Yorker's YA essay. Click here
From the Atlantic:
B.J. Novak Proves That Kids' Books Don't Need Pictures. Click here
From Publishing Perspectives:
French children's book illustrators decorate a Paris pediatric hospital. Click here
From the Toast:
Children's Picture Books Made Horrific: Love You Forever. Click here |
Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
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