‘American Fiction’ Screenwriter’s Oscars Speech Takes on Creative Risk Cord Jefferson wins for American Fiction, urging Hollywood to back bold, stereotype-defying stories by artists of color. Read More
Investing in the Success of Black Authors SHE LIT: Investing in the Success of Black Authors💰 Publishers need to put up more money to support Black authors. Read More
Authors Argue B&N’s Stocking Policy Hurts Sales SHE LIT: Authors Argue B&N’s Stocking Policy Hurts Sales 💸 Barnes & Noble doubles down on decision to restrict which Read More
Another Famous Author Complains About Diversity SHE LIT: Another Famous Author Complains About Diversity 😒 Joyce Carol Oates joins the ranks of James Patterson of bringing Read More
Simon & Schuster Loses Publisher to Book Deal SHE LIT: Simon & Schuster Loses Publisher to Book Deal 📚 Dana Canedy, the first Black person to hold the Read More
Controversy Mars ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Film SHE LIT: Controversy Mars ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Film 🎬 The novel became a runaway hit in 2018. Now, it’s Read More
In Female-Dominated Publishing Industry, Pay Gaps Persist SHE LIT: In Female-Dominated Publishing Industry, Pay Gaps Persist A union representing hundreds of employees from a major publisher vote 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
Will Great Reflection Usher More People Into The Book Industry? *|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* View this email in your browser June is Pride Month! Join the #shelitbookclub this Sunday at 11 a.m. Read More
Book Festivals Highlight Diverse Works Amid Banned Books Movement Maryland book festivals spotlight literary diversity and free speech amid rising book bans nationwide. Read More
Well-Read Black Girl, Liveright to Publish Fiction Debuts by Female, Nonbinary Writers Black women’s book club leader Well-Read Black Girl announced Thursday its partnership with W.W. Norton & Co. imprint Liveright for Read More
We Need Diverse Books Stops Using #OwnVoices Term The nonprofit initiative to have more children’s books reflect all identities in the literary industry says it will no longer Read More
How Moments of Racial Tension Are Shaping YA Literature Six well-known Black female authors with best-selling credentials came together to announce their joint project of a young adult novel Read More
Literary Agents Who Accused Another of Racist Act Start Legal Defense Fund Days after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, the city exploded into protests. An argument on whether or Read More
After Creating #PublishingPaidMe, LL McKinney Hosts Juneteenth Book Fest L.L. McKinney, the author behind A Blade So Black, A Dream So Dark, and the upcoming third novel in the Read More
‘The Vanishing Half’ Dominates the Charts Amid #BlackStoriesMatter Movement Brit Bennett’s long-awaited sophomore book sits in the number one spot on The New York Times Best Sellers list as Read More
Recognizing Racial Injustice Delays and Defines Announcements: June 2020 Celebrity Book Club Picks The deaths of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd and the subsequent worldwide protests to combat racial injustice affected Read More
#PublishingPaidMe Reveals Pay Discrepancies Between Black and White Writers Going into the third week of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, book Twitter went down another road Read More
Agents Resign After Red Sofa Literary Owner Calls Police on ‘Straight Up Looters’ in Minneapolis As the death of an unarmed Black man killed at the hands of police in Minneapolis sparks protests, a local Read More
Publisher Flubs Quarantine House Tweet by Forgetting Authors of Color Little, Brown and Company shared a quarantine house tweet Monday morning to its almost half a million followers, but it Read More
