Read a Preview of Jeff Vandermeer’s New Endangered Species Conspiracy Novel
Jeff Vandermeer, author of Annihilation and Borne, will release a new endangered species conspiracy novel on April 6. But you can read a preview of Vandermeer’s new novel Hummingbird Salamander right now. The novel will cover topics like climate change and ecoterrorism, and a portion of profits will go towards conservation efforts.
This Year’s World Book Day Predicted to be the Biggest Yet
Today is World Book Day, and organizers are predicting it will be the biggest ever. A pre-event on Wednesday had a record 20,000 children participating online, which was more than 20 times the amount of people who attended a single event in previous years. World Book Day is a charity organization based in the UK, but the day is marked in over 100 countries across the globe. You can read more about their mission statement on their website.
Author Carmen Maria Machado Defends Her Memoir After High Schools Pull Sexually Explicit Books from Book Clubs
In Leander, Texas, several books that were being read by student-led book clubs have been pulled for further examinations following complaints of sexually explicit content. One of those books? Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir In the Dream House. When asked to comment about the controversy, Machado defended her work and said the themes were appropriate for students to be discussing in their book clubs. Machado said, “I really wish that we would teach relationship education and relationship skills alongside sexual education because a lot of young people come into relationships not having any sense of what is considered normal or healthy.”
Saying it Louder for the People in the Back: Kids Need Queer Books
All kids need queer books. In fact, everyone needs queer books. And if you didn’t get the memo, here’s why we all need queer books.