Sharyn Vane, Author at Book and Film Globe

The SCBWI Tries To Regroup

July 14, 2021July 19, 2021 Sharyn Vane 2 Comments April Powers, Razan Abdin-Adnani, SCBWI, Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators goes super-bureaucratic to battle charges of antisemitism and Islamophobia

FICTION

The Killer Nextdoor

July 13, 2021July 20, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Agatha Christie, Megan Miranda, Reese's Book Club, Such A Quiet Place, The Last House Guest

A lakeside community turns ominous in Megan Miranda’s latest thriller

NON-FICTION

Don’t ‘Forget the Alamo’

July 5, 2021July 13, 2021 Sharyn Vane 1 Comment Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, Forget the Alamo, Jason Stanford, PEN America

After conservative critics complain, history museum pulls out as host hours before book event

FICTION Young Adult

YA Literary Supergroup Teams up for Gorgeous ‘Blackout’

June 22, 2021June 28, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Blackout, Dhonielle Clayton, nic stone, Nicola Yoon

Interconnected stories of teen love in NYC

FICTION

Watch Out for ‘The Other Black Girl’

June 1, 2021June 12, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Publishing, The Other Black Girl, Zakiya Dalila Harris

Summer’s buzzed-about debut novel confronts the racial dynamics of publishing

FICTION

Two New Literary Thrillers Work the Shallow End

May 3, 2021May 11, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Jodi Picoult, Joshilyn Jackson, Liane Moriarty, Mother May I, Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister

Diverting page-turners that fall short

Education FICTION NON-FICTION Politics Young Adult

Battle Over School Reading Lists Continues in Suburban Austin

April 27, 2021May 13, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Carmen Maria Machado, In The Dream House, Jacqueline Woodson, Kiss Number 8, Laurie Halse Anderson, Leander ISD, Margaret Atwood, PEN America, Shirley Jackson, The Handmaid's Tale, The Lottery, V is for Vendetta, Y: The Last Man

PEN America joins fight after Leander ISD “pauses” book recommendations

FICTION NON-FICTION Politics

The ALA’s Annual Banned Book List: A Sobering Snapshot of American Censorship

April 6, 2021April 9, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Alex Gino, All American Boys, American Library Association, Banned Book List, Brendan Kiely, George, Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds, John Steinbeck, Laurie Halse Anderson, Of Mice and Men, Something Happened In Our Town, Speak, Stamped, To Kill A Mockingbird

Parents and school boards still want to pull titles from shelves

FICTION Young Adult

Dav Pilkey Pulls Book Because of Racial Stereotypes

March 30, 2021April 6, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Captain Underpants, Dav Pilkey, Ook and Gluk, Scholastic

‘Kung-Fu Cavemen’ are no more

CREATORS FICTION Remembrance Writers Young Adult

America Mourns Beverly Cleary

March 28, 2021March 30, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Beverly Cleary, Faith Salie, Jenny Han, Judy Blume, Ramona Quimby, Reese Witherspoon, Viola Davis

Tributes pour in for beloved children’s author, who passed away last week at 104

COMICS FICTION Politics

The Cancellation of Dr. Seuss

March 3, 2021March 8, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, Dr. Seuss, If I Ran The Zoo, Jim Jordan, Madison Cawthorn, Ted Cruz, The Cat In The Hat

Dr. Seuss’ literary estate pulls six early books for questionable content, setting off a political firestorm

COMICS

Brand New Nubia

February 23, 2021March 1, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments DC Comics, LL McKinney, Nubia, Robyn Smith, Wonder Woman

DC gives Wonder Woman’s Black twin sister a new teen graphic novel

TELEVISION

C’est ‘Lupin’

February 5, 2021February 8, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments George Kay, Ludivine Sagnier, Lupin, Omar Sy

The caper series, which cleverly re-invents a classic French character, could use a stronger supporting cast

AUTHOR STUFF FICTION NON-FICTION

The Book and Film Globe Publishing Power 30

February 1, 2021February 24, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Allison Hill, Amanda "Binky" Urban, Amy Einhorn, Ann Binney, Bill Clegg, Broadside PR, Celeste Ng, Dana Canedy, David Bowles, David Gernert, Dignidad Literaria, Ebony LaDelle, Ellen Levine, Erin Kodicek, James Daunt, Jonathan Karp, Julie Barer, Kimberly Burns, Krishan Trotman, L.L. McKinney, Leigh Haber, Linda Duggins, Lisa Lucas, Lois Kim, Madeline McIntosh, Michael Taeckens, Myriam Gurba, Pennie Clark Ianniciello, Publishing Power 30, Queressa Robinson, Reagan Arthur, Reese Witherspoon, Roberto Lovato, Saraciea J. Fennell, Tracy Sherrod, Whitney Peeling

Our annual list of the book business’s most influential gatekeepers

FICTION Young Adult

‘Concrete Rose’: a Compassionate Prequel to ‘The Hate U Give’

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Concrete Rose, The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas’s love letter to Black boys everywhere

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