A Is for Anansi conference
If you’re in New York City and have the time (i.e., you’re not out volunteering or salvaging your own home) the A Is for Anansi conference at NYU this weekend is still on, despite the university being shut down for …
Tag: fantasy
Nanowrimo resources: diversity in your Nano (writing cross-culturally)
Are you starting off on your yearly Nanowrimo marathon? If so, perhaps you’re thinking about how to diversify your cast or settings. Preferably both, right? This month I’m working on at least one new diversity post, but I also thought …
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Tu’s third season: Release the hounds!
Now that yesterday was the official release day for Diverse Energies, both fall Tu books are officially out! Go forth and purchase! Tell your friends! Tell your family! Buy one for the dog! It looks like the hardcover is not …
ALA–Summer of the Mariposas and Diverse Energies!
Will you be at ALA in Anaheim? So will Guadalupe Garcia McCall, author of Summer of the Mariposas! Guadalupe will be there to celebrate her first book, Under the Mesquite, and its win of the Pura Belpre Author Award, but …
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New book list: Recent YA high fantasy
Mostly because I was curious how much of it was out there in the last couple years with paranormal and dystopian being so popular, I made a list of high fantasy for young adults published in the last couple of …
Fall books cover reveal: Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Check it out at The Open Book!
Review roundup–Cat Girl’s Day Off
Like I said yesterday, people are loving our spring books just as much as they loved those we published in the fall (for which we’re still getting reviews in–maybe I should do another roundup of those). Here’s what people are …
Review roundup–Vodnik
Tu’s spring books are getting great reviews! Here’s what people are saying about Vodnik. Kirkus Reviews (full review): An American teen encounters monsters both fantastical and human in the land of his birth. After a fire destroys their home, Tomas …
So, a few things have happened recently
In case you’ve missed the tweets/Facebook posts about these things, I thought I’d put them all here for you to refer to. Last week’s #yalitchat on Twitter now has a full transcript. An abridged post, getting to the meat of …
Hugo nomination time
Since it’s award nomination time for the Hugos in particular, and because other awards are either gearing up for nominations or are getting toward the voting side of things, I thought I’d follow the example of John Scalzi, Lou Anders, …