
Gay in YA, and the Circle of Suck
There has recently been an online debate that has sprung up between an agency and two authors, discussing the issue of deleting a gay storyline in a book. I am

There has recently been an online debate that has sprung up between an agency and two authors, discussing the issue of deleting a gay storyline in a book. I am

TEAM HUMAN, by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan Coming out spring 2012 A girl and a vampire fall madly in love… The girl’s best friend is deeply unimpressed. What

I was exceedingly pleased and excited to get a starred review for The Demon’s Surrender from the Bulletin Center for Children’s Books. Starred reviews are fancy! And rarer for later

The time has come to talk of many things: namely, my love for lunatics in love and subverted clichés. Some of you may remember a time lo these many years

So I was reading a book the other day, and in it was a heroine who described herself as plain and unappealing and unlovable. Fine by me, I thought, and

I was lying out in the sunshine yesterday reading a Gothic novel (as is my way) and felt a sense of absolute and profound wellbeing. ‘Good lord, I love books’