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bookgazing) wrote2010-01-22 10:37 am
bookgazing) wrote2010-01-22 10:37 am
News Flash
A little news update:
Bloomsbury is going to change the US cover of ‘Magic Under Glass’ due to the pressure exerted by readers. Great to know protests make a difference!
However, as Zetta Elliott says it appears ‘brown skinned’ means something different to the author than it does to others. You can judge for yourself by reading the author’s response and then think about what the book trailer (which in my opinion clearly portrays a young black woman) means.
At ‘Bookshelves of Doom’, Leila is highlighting the racial difference between the illustrations and descriptions within ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’ books and the cover art without.
This year I’m involved in helping get Renay’s Nerds Heart YA contest going, along with Michelle, Amy and Trish, while Renay applies herself to the classics in university. The official announcement’s been made by Michelle so I’m free to link you to the separate blog that’s been created to provide a central hub for all this year’s information. The Twitter account is once again live so that you can follow all developments that way if you prefer.
This year the tournament’s going to focus on finding books that haven’t received much blog love, were published in 2009 and that feature characters, or are written by authors, who fit with the five categories of diversity we’ve identified (see blog for all details). The contest is going to be even bigger than it was last year, as an extra sixteen brackets have been added to increase the amount of books that receive exposure. The call for nominations and judges for the brackets will go out later and I really hope anyone who reads YA will get involved in some way so we can make the longlist, the shortlist and the actual contest as competitive as possible. Renay’s way of getting visibility for YA that was languishing in the shadows, worked so well last year I really want this year’s contest to do her proud.
Sorry this took me so long to announce but Amanda has won my blogiversary draw. Your copy of Stardust is in my room waiting to go off to you, just email me your details (see my profile or sidebar for email address).
Finally, not news but I want to say sorry for having been such an infrequent blogger and commenter since Christmas. So much to catch up on and January is probably the busiest month for me personally and work wise this year. I think I have my balance back now though so you should see me dropping in on your interesting conversations with more regularity. I know you haven’t been without content to read, or commentators to talk to with me missing, but I hate when people drop by here and I haven’t had time to check my feed reader for their posts in weeks.
Bloomsbury is going to change the US cover of ‘Magic Under Glass’ due to the pressure exerted by readers. Great to know protests make a difference!
However, as Zetta Elliott says it appears ‘brown skinned’ means something different to the author than it does to others. You can judge for yourself by reading the author’s response and then think about what the book trailer (which in my opinion clearly portrays a young black woman) means.
At ‘Bookshelves of Doom’, Leila is highlighting the racial difference between the illustrations and descriptions within ‘The Mysterious Benedict Society’ books and the cover art without.
This year I’m involved in helping get Renay’s Nerds Heart YA contest going, along with Michelle, Amy and Trish, while Renay applies herself to the classics in university. The official announcement’s been made by Michelle so I’m free to link you to the separate blog that’s been created to provide a central hub for all this year’s information. The Twitter account is once again live so that you can follow all developments that way if you prefer.
This year the tournament’s going to focus on finding books that haven’t received much blog love, were published in 2009 and that feature characters, or are written by authors, who fit with the five categories of diversity we’ve identified (see blog for all details). The contest is going to be even bigger than it was last year, as an extra sixteen brackets have been added to increase the amount of books that receive exposure. The call for nominations and judges for the brackets will go out later and I really hope anyone who reads YA will get involved in some way so we can make the longlist, the shortlist and the actual contest as competitive as possible. Renay’s way of getting visibility for YA that was languishing in the shadows, worked so well last year I really want this year’s contest to do her proud.
Sorry this took me so long to announce but Amanda has won my blogiversary draw. Your copy of Stardust is in my room waiting to go off to you, just email me your details (see my profile or sidebar for email address).
Finally, not news but I want to say sorry for having been such an infrequent blogger and commenter since Christmas. So much to catch up on and January is probably the busiest month for me personally and work wise this year. I think I have my balance back now though so you should see me dropping in on your interesting conversations with more regularity. I know you haven’t been without content to read, or commentators to talk to with me missing, but I hate when people drop by here and I haven’t had time to check my feed reader for their posts in weeks.