Nikki Giovanni Talks About Libraries Supporting Readers on Earth and Mars Nikki Giovanni champions libraries—on Earth and Mars—at Columbia’s Books in Bloom festival. Read More
‘Shakti Girls’ Author Shetal Shah Uses Poetry to Tell the Stories of Indian Innovators Shetal Shah’s “Shakti Girls” celebrates Indian diaspora heroines with poetic bios to uplift young readers. Read More
Jenny Han Talks Asian Representation in Books on ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ Tour Jenny Han’s “The Summer I Turned Pretty” hits Prime Video after her Netflix success with “To All the Boys.” Read More
‘Ashes of Gold’ Author J. Elle Shares How She Crafted ‘Wings of Ebony’ Fantasy YA Series With Black Duality in Mind Fantasy young adult author J. Elle is marking the end of her Wings of Ebony duology about a Black teen Read More
Activist-Author Kimberly Jones Promotes ‘How We Can Win’ After Viral Speech In summer 2020, author Kimberly Jones was known for her young adult novel, I’m Not Dying with You Tonight, co-authored Read More
‘Joy Luck Club’ Author Amy Tan Shares How Her Work Became an ‘Unintended Memoir’ For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Netflix debuted a two-hour documentary about Chinese American best-selling author Amy Tan Read More
Author Natasha Diaz Wants Us to Know Black Jewish Stories Matter When Natasha Díaz discovered her debut novel was excluded from a Black Jewish book list, she went to Twitter to Read More
‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Stars Karyn Parsons and Daphne Maxwell Reid Talk Writing Life The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-stars Karyn Parsons and Daphne Maxwell Reid spent Saturday talking about their literary ventures at Read More
‘Paper Gods’ Author Goldie Taylor Shares Inspiring Words After Book Picked Up for TV The Daily Beast editor-at-large Goldie Taylor will have her 2018 best-selling sexy thriller Paper Gods turned into a series produced Read More
YA Author Kimberly Jones Explains Civil Unrest Logic in Viral Video A young adult author’s video interview discussing how race, socioeconomic status, and history are the root of the latest civil Read More
Author Jia Tolentino and Model Kaia Gerber Discuss What to Take From ‘Trick Mirror’ During Quarantine The novel coronavirus quarantine has produced another celebrity book club. Supermodel Kaia Gerber, daughter of the legendary Cindy Crawford, started Read More
Author Dhonielle Clayton Says Students Called Her a Racial Slur on Zoom The Belles author and We Need Diverse Books chief operating officer Dhonielle Clayton says she was called the n-word several Read More
Black Fantasy YA Authors Discuss How They Are Revolutionizing the Genre Up-and-coming Black fantasy young adult authors convened on a YouTube video chat hosted by Black Girls Create to go deeper Read More
Samantha Irby Shares How She Went From Author to TV Writer Comedic essayist and blogger Samantha Irby wrote a lengthy article about how she was tapped to be a part of Read More
Kidlit Author Kelly Yang Says She Was Called a Racial Slur While Teaching Class Middle grade and young adult novelist Kelly Yang posted on Twitter that she was called a “Chinese virus” on an Instagram Live video. Read More
Ashli St. Armant Jazzes Up the Girl Detective Tale Inspired by the girl detective stories from her childhood, Ashli St. Armant recently released her debut audiobook “Viva Durant and the Secret of the Silver Buttons” on Audible. Read More
‘Queenie’ Author Candice Carty-Williams Discusses Heavy Themes in Her Popular Book Guest contributor Kidan Araya talks about seeing Queenie author Candice Carty-Williams on her Nov. 19 D.C. book tour stop. Candice Read More
Women Authors Attack Sarah Dessen Critic in Social Media Uproar This past week, young adult author Sarah Dessen tweeted a quote from a college article by a woman who campaigned Read More
Well-Read Black Girl Founder Glory Edim On ‘Cultivating Joy’ In Her Growing Book Club Renowned Black women’s book club Well-Read Black Girl is coming to Los Angeles, with the New York-based founder welcoming the Read More
Author Event: Laura Dave, Robinne Lee and Gretchen Bonaduce for National Reading Group Month The Women’s National Book Association Los Angeles chapter held its annual Great Group Reads event at Skylight Books last week Read More
