Young Adult book issues in the news
I've rounded up a selection of Young Adult book news from around the web this past month:
- Let's talk about sex - in Young Adult fiction from the BBC. "There isn't any one subject I wouldn't write about when it comes to sex," says author Non Pratt. Patrick Ness agrees with Non, saying: "There is absolutely no topic that is off limits." He says that young readers will work out for themselves what kinds of books they can handle.
- How Australian dystopian Young Adult fiction differs from its US counterparts from The Conversation. For children and adolescents, the tyranny of adults can make any world dystopian. Real or fictional – no apocalypse required. But how does our Australian young adult fiction (of the dystopian variety) differ from that being produced in the US? And why do teenagers love dystopia so much?
- James Dawson: Young Adult literature should celebrate being gay from The Telegraph. James Dawson and Cassandra Clare, who both appeared at London's Young Adult Literature Convention last weekend, speak out about LGBT representation in books for teens.
- That time a YA book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction from Huffington Post. In 1939 Marjorie Rawlings won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for a novel that was meant to appeal to younger readers.
- 11 experimental Young Adult books that break out of the box from Bustle. These 11 experimental YA books are the exact pieces you need to add a bit of punch to your bookshelf. Your brain will thank you.
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