Toeing the YA Line
YA is popular right now, there’s no denying that. Most of the best-selling fiction, especially in genre, is identified as YA at the moment (well, whatever isn’t ghostwritten by someone for James...
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Cussing up a storm
A very interesting Guardian piece about why teens don’t cuss in novels. This is actually something we thought long and hard about with respect to Debris Dreams, as witnessed by this earlier post on the...
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YA, New Adult, and sexin’ it up
The Telegraph recently did an interesting, if slightly fluffy, piece that talked about “New Adult” and threw in some discussion of sex in books meant for younger readers. Now, my problem here is that...
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Acquisitions Announcement: SWORD
We’re very, very pleased to be able to announce a new member of the Candlemark & Gleam family: Amy Bai, and her phenomenal epic YA fantasy, Sword! Prophecies are just nursery rhymes for gullible...
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YA, dystopia, and economic uncertainty
NPR has cottoned on to the economic insecurity that’s pervading YA literature these days, it seems. Dystopias are nothing new. They’re an excellent form of allegory, haunting and cautionary tales...
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Acquisitions Announcement: Space Surfers
Big news! We’ve got a new book! From an old friend, no less! Anne E. Johnson is known to most of you as the author of the fantastically fun sci-fi noir Webrid Chronicles, including Green Light...
View ArticleToeing the YA Line
YA is popular right now, there’s no denying that. Most of the best-selling fiction, especially in genre, is identified as YA at the moment (well, whatever isn’t ghostwritten by someone for James...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cussing up a storm
A very interesting Guardian piece about why teens don’t cuss in novels. This is actually something we thought long and hard about with respect to Debris Dreams, as witnessed by this earlier post on the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
YA, New Adult, and sexin’ it up
The Telegraph recently did an interesting, if slightly fluffy, piece that talked about “New Adult” and threw in some discussion of sex in books meant for younger readers. Now, my problem here is that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Acquisitions Announcement: SWORD
We’re very, very pleased to be able to announce a new member of the Candlemark & Gleam family: Amy Bai, and her phenomenal epic YA fantasy, Sword! Prophecies are just nursery rhymes for gullible...
View ArticleClik here to view.
YA, dystopia, and economic uncertainty
NPR has cottoned on to the economic insecurity that’s pervading YA literature these days, it seems. Dystopias are nothing new. They’re an excellent form of allegory, haunting and cautionary tales...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Acquisitions Announcement: Space Surfers
Big news! We’ve got a new book! From an old friend, no less! Anne E. Johnson is known to most of you as the author of the fantastically fun sci-fi noir Webrid Chronicles, including Green Light...
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