Posts about diversity

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Cross-posted from Tu Publishing: A big thanks to Alana Joli Abbott, who arranged the online auction to benefit our Kickstarter campaign, and to everyone who[…]

Tu Publishing in the news, last day of auction

Cross-posted from the Tu Publishing website: We’ve gotten a little press lately: the Galesburg, IL, Register-Mail and the Galva, IL, Galva News recently ran stories[…]

Elf insurance

I haven’t been keeping up well with my LiveJournal friends list. Every time I think I might, I get daunted by how long it’s been[…]

Reading beyond reality: interview with Cindy Pon at Tu Publishing

In continued celebration of the theme of Teen Read Week, even if the week itself is over, I interviewed author Cindy Pon about her new[…]

Tu Publishing update, anthology contest

And also, a big thanks to those who have pledged to Tu Publishing this week. We’re getting closer to our goal. Once I catch up[…]

Updated video–please respond to that for the video challenge

On Tuesday, I challenged everyone (teens, especially) to respond to my video with videos of their own talking about their experiences with reading and multicultural[…]

Liar cover change

This just in (and you probably didn’t hear it here first): Bloomsbury is listening to the protests, and changing the book jacket for Justine Larbalestier’s[…]

Links for the cover issue

Via the Brown Bookshelf, John Green discusses the cover issue for Justine Larbalestier’s book in a thorough way, taking into account all the changes our[…]

Questions I have about our industry in general

I added these to my last post, because some readers pointed out that it sounded like I was defending Bloomsbury’s choice of cover, which wasn’t[…]

Book lists: Multicultural SF/F for MG and YA

ETA: If you’re just googling into this list now, please see my booklists over on Pinterest, which I keep much more up-to-date than this page[…]