Otherwise known as, A List Of Things I Bookmarked Months Ago But Didn’t Ever Get Around To Posting On My Blog. <\/p>\n
\u2013<\/strong> In January, the American Library Association announced the 2013 Rainbow List<\/a> of LGBTQ1<\/a><\/sup> books for children & teenagers. At the end of last year, YALSA also blogged<\/a> about LGBTQ books appearing on lists of the year’s best Young Adult literature and mentioned “several books with secondary or tertiary characters who are LGBTQ and aren\u2019t necessarily struggling with their sexuality . . . It\u2019s wonderful to have books about teens dealing with issues of sexuality and gender, but to me, it says more about the status of LGBTQ characters in YA fiction that there are so many books where the sexuality of gay, bisexual, transgendered, or otherwise queer characters isn\u2019t an issue.” Hear, hear!2<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n \u2013<\/strong> Remember the kerfuffle a couple of years ago when the Booker Prize judges decided to shortlist books based on ‘readability’ rather than ‘literary quality’? Even though I don’t agree with all of Jeanette Winterson’s criteria<\/a> for determining whether a novel is Literature, I laughed out loud at this: “The most unreadable books I have read recently were Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight<\/em> series.”<\/p>\n \u2013<\/strong> I was also interested in this article<\/a> by Lionel Shriver about how women authors behave when shortlisted for literary awards, compared to men: “Any victory that translates into beating someone else makes women feel guilty.” Ms Shriver is impatient with such ‘girly’ attitudes. When asked whether she was surprised that her novel We Need To Talk About Kevin<\/em> had won the Orange Prize, this was her response: <\/p>\n “No,” I said. And then I made a wrong answer worse by adding, “It’s a good book.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I wonder if her overt self-confidence, and the reactions of others to this, have more to do with her being a self-confident American living in self-deprecating Britain than her being an ‘ungirly’ woman novelist. I’m also surprised that she believes that literary awards inevitably go to a ‘good book’.3<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n \u2013<\/strong> There’s been a lot of discussion about New Adult books<\/a> lately, although I’m still trying to figure out what constitutes Young Adult<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/strong> Courtesy of The Hairpin via Bookshelves of Doom<\/a>, here are some text messages written by the characters of Little Women<\/em><\/a>. For example, Jo and Meg:<\/p>\n Jo, Father still isn\u2019t dead See also, Texts from Jane Eyre<\/em><\/a>: <\/p>\n DID YOU LEAVE BECAUSE OF MY ATTIC WIFE \u2013<\/strong> Australian bloggers may be interested in the 2013 Best Australian Blogs Competition<\/a>, while writers for children and teenagers might like to check out the Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program<\/a> (which I’ve previously written about here<\/a>, for New South Wales writers only) and the Text Prize<\/a> (for Australian and New Zealand writers only). <\/p>\n \u2013<\/strong> Finally, because you can never have too much Kate Beaton<\/a>, here’s her take on various Nancy<\/a> Drew<\/a> book<\/a> covers.4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n _____<\/p>\n Otherwise known as, A List Of Things I Bookmarked Months Ago But Didn’t Ever Get Around To Posting On My Blog. \u2013 In January, the American Library Association announced the 2013 Rainbow List of LGBTQ1 books for children & teenagers. 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\nreally?<\/strong>
\nI saw him not four hours ago
\ncould have sworn he died at sea<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nIS THAT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT
\nyes
\nabsolutely
\nBECAUSE MY HOUSE IN FRANCE DOESN\u2019T EVEN HAVE AN ATTIC
\nIF THAT\u2019S WHAT YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n