The Passed Note raids the internet each week to secure delectable goods for your YA palate. Hot from our screen to yours are young adult author interviews, essays on craft, and sizzling book recommendations and reviews.
Summer is the perfect time to travel without the pressures of tests, research papers, and memorizing the Quadratic Formula for the umpteenth time. This article links book settings with real-life travel destinations. We’re ready for a YA road trip!
And what better treat to begin our summer adventure than with this spicy interview on sex and sci-fi in YA with Kendare Blake, Alyson Noël, Ann M. Martin, and Melissa De La Cruz.
Remember Bustle’s YA suggested books for Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws? Well good news, Harry Potter fans: We’ve got your Slytherin and Gryffindor recommendations ripe for the sorting!
Gender identity and sexual orientation as focal points in young adult fiction are flourishing, and this article in Publishers Weekly illuminates that “those narratives now show a broader range of relationships within friendships and families.” The need for diversity in YA is pressing, and books such as Jaye Robin Brown’s Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit spark new dialogue in teen LGBTQ lit.
Seeking to combat gender discrimination while providing girls a chance to express themselves through the power of writing, Girls Write Up, launched by the Stella Prize, takes place this week in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. “The program of panels and practical workshops explores the relationships between language, gender and power, and the effects of unconscious bias on our sense of self.”
Speaking of girl power, check out this author spotlight on the 28-year-old writer with an ambitious deadline.
Our first issue is finally live! We also have a playlist to accompany the read. Enjoy and let us know what you think.
This post was written by one of our editorial team, Megan Parker.
