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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Strike Continues With No Sign of an End

November 30, 2022December 8, 2022 Katie Smith 2 Comments Angie Thomas, Barbara Kingsolver, Gail Carson Levine, HarperCollins, Ibram X. Kendi, Meg Cabot, Padma Lakshmi, Veronica Roth

As the labor action enters its third week, we interview a key union member

Colorful wall of books on the shelfs at the rotunda in Stockholm Stadsbibliotek (Public Library), April 22, 2017. The building is from 1928 and the architect is Gunnar Asplund. (Photo: Stefan Holm/Shutterstock)

Book Challenges Reach Record Highs

April 4, 2022 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments American Library Association, Angie Thomas, Ashley Hope Perez, Dolly Parton, FReadom Fighters, Gender Queer, George M. Johnson, Imagination Library, Jonathan Evison, Lawn Boy, Maia Kebab, Toni Morrison

Library association urges people to unite against book bans

Book and Film Globe Podcasts

BFG Podcast #035: Censorship and a One-Star Matrix

December 27, 2021June 16, 2022 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Ashley Hope Perez, Jonathan Evison, Laurence Fishburne, Laurie Halse Anderson, Neal Pollack, Podcast, Sharyn Vane

Not just the week—the YEAR—in books, film and excellent tv

FICTION NON-FICTION Young Adult

A Realistic List of Books You Can Get Young Adults To Actually Finish

August 23, 2021March 29, 2022 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments A Child Called It, Angie Thomas, Ben Mikaelsen, Between Shades of Gray, Candy, Concrete Rose, Dave Pelzer, Demon Slayer, Divergent, Go Ask Alice, Jenny Han, John Green, Kevin Brooks, Lucy Christopher, Rainbow Rowell, Rick Riordan, Rupi Kaur, Ruta Sepetys, S.E. Hinton, Sara Zarr, Sonya Sones, Stephen King, Stephenie Meyer, Stolen, Story of A Girl, The Outsiders, Twilight, Veronica Roth

Who would you trust more? Time Magazine? Or our resident teacher librarian?

Blackout

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

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

Juneteenth

CREATORS FICTION Writers Young Adult

Juneteenth Book Fest Celebrates Black Authors

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Jason Reynolds, Juneteenth, Juneteenth Book Fest, Kayla Ancrum, LL McKinney, Tochi Onyebuchi

Organizers put new festival together in three weeks

#PublishingPaidMe

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS Writers

#PublishingPaidMe Reveals Racial Disparities

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments #PublishingPaidMe, Angie Thomas, Chip Cheek, Jessmyn Ward, Mandy Len Catron, Roxane Gay

White writers report large advances and ad dollars

Police Brutality

Six Great Films About Police Brutality

June 1, 2020June 5, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Antoine Fuqua, Denzel Washington, Do The Right Thing, Fruitvale Station, Hate, La Haine, Malcolm X, Mathieu Kassovitz, Michael B. Jordan, Radio Raheem, Ryan Coogler, Spike Lee, The Hate U Give, Training Day

The movies have been warning us for decades

Lauren Myracle

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS FICTION Writers Young Adult

YALLSTAYHOME Festival Replaces White Moderator After Digital Outcry

April 28, 2020May 1, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Christina Soontornvat, George M. Johnson, Kelly Yang, Lauren Myracle, YALLSTAYHOME, YALLWEST

“Straight white boys are being erased too” is not the message people wanted to hear