Diversity in the News: May 2nd — May 9th, 2013
ON OUR RADAR
- Lionsgate Acquires Film Rights for R.J. Palacio’s Wonder via the CBC
- This, That, Both, Neither: The Badging of Biracial Identity in Young Adult Realism at YALSA
- YA Author Maureen Johnson Calls for an End to Gendered Cover Designs with a “Coverflip” Challenge via the CBC
- Racial and gender inequalities in YA literature covered in new issue of YALSA’s Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults at American Libraries Magazine
- Historical fiction starring girls at the Horn Book
- Amazing TED talk: “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Adichie
- The “Radioactive Energy” of Bullies | An Interview with Meg Medina via SLJ
- Award-Winning Author Fredrick McKissack Dies at 73 via the Brown Bookshelf; also at SLJ; great video interview with Patricia and Frederick via Reading Rockets
- DiversifYA: Michelle Smith – the author of Kingdom Come (May 22) talks about mental illness and stigma. More great interviews here.
- Marie Lu answers burning questions about the final Legend novel ‘Champion’. Plus, the cover! – EXCLUSIVE at EW
- Navajo Nation’s First Poet Laureate: Luci Tapahonso via AICL
- Five YA Novels Featuring a Protagonist with Asperger’s or Autism at Ink & Pen
- It’s Not What You Think: Mexican Americans in YA at YALSA’S The Hub
- Books about the Asian American Experience: Marie Lu on JOURNEY TO TOPAZ via Diversity in YA
- Here’s to You, Mrs. Berenson at Fuse #8 — author Dr. Chitra Divakaruni (Grandma and the Great Gourd) shares the story of how a Chicago librarian influenced her as a recent immigrant
- Anne Frank’s Diary Too ‘Pornographic’ For 7th-Grade Students, Claims Michigan Parent at the Huffington Post
- 10 Diverse Dystopian YA Books at Diversity in YA
PINTEREST ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW
NEW RELEASES
- Mystic (Soul Seekers Book #3) by Alyson Noel (May 7, St. Martin’s Press)
- Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong by Prudence Shen and Faith Erin Hicks (May 7, First Second)
- Coda by Emma Trevayne (May 7, Running Press)
AWARD NEWS
- NPR’s Michele Norris to Be Presented with 2013 Impact Award at The Children’s Choice Book Awards Gala on May 13 at the CBC
- Inaugural SingTel Asian Picture Book Award to be announced in May – “the award will be presented annually for an outstanding unpublished picture book with a distinctly Asian theme.”
- SCBWI Crystal Kite Members Choice Awards announced for its fifteen regional divisions
EVENTS
This Month
- May is Asian-Pacific American month
- Until June 9:The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Presents: Latino Folk Tales: Cuentos Populares Art by Latino Artists
- May 10: REFORMA Northeast Chapter 9th Annual Joint Mini Conference: “Libraries Break Barriers: How Libraries and Librarianship Opens Doors“
- May 14: *Children’s Book Week event* — From the Heart: Illustrating Across Race & Cultureat the Watertown Free Public Library – bilingual and bicultural author-illustrator Anne Sibley O’Brien talks about creating 31 books about diverse people, places & cultures
- May 14, 3pm E.S.T.: REFORMA webinar “to support library workers facing various laws and regulations passed or being considered in various states and counties around the nation limiting library services and access to information for immigrants”
- May 16: CBC Diversity panel: “Diversity on the Page, behind the Pencil, and in the Office” at Charlesbridge
