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BookExpo 2018: Connecting Children’s Books with Readers
Authors, publishers, and booksellers gathered for a panel discussion on efforts to reach young readers
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BookExpo 2018: WNDB Panel Looks to 'Diversity 2.0'
We Need Diverse Books, the grassroots organization committed to promoting greater inclusivity in children’s literature and the publishing industry, hosted a discussion titled "Life Cycle of a Diverse Book" on June 1, as part of BookExpo.
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'Just Write Your Own Fairy Tale': Chris Colfer on His 'Land of Stories' Series
At BookExpo, actor turned writer Chris Colfer spoke with 'NYTBR' editor Pamela Paul about the paperback release of the sixth and final book in his bestselling The Land of Stories series.
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BookExpo 2018: YA Editors Aim to Further Diversify Character Diversity
The five editors presenting this year’s YA buzz books at a BookExpo panel on May 31 underlined the importance of inclusion in book acquisitions.
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BookCon 2018: YA Authors and a Former President Draw Fans to Javits
BookCon 2018 drew about 20,000 booklovers to the Javits Center this past weekend. While many attendees were there to see their favorite bestselling YA authors, others wanted to meet a debut novelist named Bill Clinton.
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'Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel': You Can Judge a Book By Its Musical
The creators of the six-time Tony Award-winning musical 'Dear Evan Hansen' have collaborated with a novelist to turn their story into a YA novel.
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BookCon 2018: Tomi Adeyemi: What If Harry Potter Had Been Black?
Rooted in West African mythology, Tomi Adeyemi's YA debut is a colossal hit. She talks about activism, Harry Potter, and writerly perseverance.
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BookCon 2018: MEGA Middle Grade
Today's "Middle Grade Blowout" panelists Rachel Renée Russell, John August, Daniel José Older, and Zach King will discuss the ever-broadening middle grade category with moderator Soman Chainani, author of the School for Good and Evil series.
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BookCon 2018: Nicola Yoon from Page To Screen
The YA superstar wants her books to help readers understand themselves better.
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BookCon 2018: Renegade Super Heroes
Meyer's new trilogy pits supposed heroes against supposed villains—the Renegades versus the Anarchists— but of course it's not that simple.
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BookCon 2018: We Need Diverse Books: Beyond Diversity 101
We Need Diverse Books has grown alongside BookCon, working for greater inclusiveness in publishing.
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BookCon 2018: Wake-Up Call For America: President Bill Clinton And James Patterson
The former president and the world's most prolific thriller writer conjure a suspenseful—but, they say, entirely possible—scenario in the White House.
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BookCon 2018: Mysteries and Thrills in the Age of Fake News
Today's headlines seem to be taking cues from the pulpiest novels.
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BookCon 2018: The Comforts of Horror
Kara Thomas (The Cheerleaders), Kiersten White (The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein), and Marisha Pessl, whose first YA novel is Neverworld Wake, talk about the benefits of reading scary books, navigating boundaries in YA fiction, and finding their stories.
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BookCon 2018: Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Work of Empathy
Meet the Pulitzer-winning editor of a groundbreaking anthology of essays on the experiences of refugees.
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BookCon 2018: Social Media Poetry Explosion
Poetry is going viral, and the poets of [Dis]Connected can tell you why Social media poetry is suddenly everywhere: on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and increasingly in print, too.
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BookCon 2018: Who Says Princesses Don't Wear Black?
The duo behind the Princess in Black series have created a worldwhere princesses can throw tea parties and fight monsters
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BookCon 2018: Four Sci-Fi Authors Talk Reality, Identity, And #Fearlesswomen
Four sci-fi authors—Charlie Jane Anders, Seth Dickinson, S.L. Huang, and V.E. Schwab—will appear in not one but two panel discussions. Riffing on the panel titles, we asked them how reality, identity, and fearless female characters influence their work.
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BookCon 2018: Mariko Tamaki and Brooklyn Allen: Checking In with the Lumberjanes
Camp is in session! Writer and graphic novelist Mariko Tam-aki and illustrator Brooklyn Allen are at BookCon to discuss their chapter book series based on the Lumberjanes comics.
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BookCon 2018: Abbi Jacobson on the Move
Broad City's Abbi Jacobson opens up in her third book, I Might Regret This.