Sharyn Vane, Author at Book and Film Globe

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Two New Literary Thrillers Work the Shallow End

May 3, 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, 2021April 30, 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

Banned Book List

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

Pilkey

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

Beverly Cleary

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

Dr. Seuss

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

Nubia

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

Lupin

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

Publishing Power 30

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

Concrete Rose

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

White Ivy

Poison Ivy

November 11, 2020November 23, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments House of Mirth, Susie Yang, White Ivy

‘White Ivy’: an “Asian-American ‘House of Mirth’”

Ring Shout

The Walking Klan

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Lovecraft Country, P. Djèlí Clark, Ring Shout, Watchmen

In P. Djèlí Clark’s ‘Ring Shout,” the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s are actual monsters

Grown

FICTION Young Adult

Groomed

September 15, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Grown, Tiffany B. Jackson

YA novel ‘Grown’ highlights the dangers for teenage Black girls in relationships with older men

Jordan Marie Green

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS FICTION Politics Writers Young Adult

Jordan Marie Green Plays with ‘Fire’

September 2, 2020September 8, 2020 Sharyn Vane 8 Comments Dancing With Fire, Flatiron Books, Hawai'i, Jordan Marie Green, Macmillan, Melanie Conklin

Another YA author pulls book after criticism about cultural representation

I May Destroy You

‘I May Destroy You’ Shows Us Everything

August 24, 2020August 25, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Adele, Harriet Webb, I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Seth Rogen, Weruche Opia

On the day of the U.S. finale on HBO, what does Michaela Coel have in store?

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