BookCon was either a snoozer this year, or you almost got killed
According to Publishers Weekly, that is. In an article titled “Mixed Reviews for this Year’s Literary Fan Fest,” PW’s Claire Kirsh reports that BookCon, the YA fan festival that follows on the… Read more »
Two for Tuesday: Let’s write a novel about publishing together!
Topics discussed: Thomas Pynchon, our Thomas Pynchon petition, the huge success of our Thomas Pynchon petition, liking books, loving books, #amreading, the We Love Books Party, the Constitution Party, arsenic,… Read more »
Two For Tuesday: What time is it? BEA time!
Topics discussed: BEA, BookCon, ReedPop, Tom Jones, the title of this post refers to BEA but we don’t get to it until something like word 1,500, oh well, live with… Read more »
#WeNeedMoreDiverseBooks at BookCon
When the guest speakers for this year’s BookCon were announced, the line-up was about as white as white could be. The entire roster, all 31 of them, including one feline,… Read more »
#WeNeedDiverseBooks hits Twitter
Though the campaign began earlier this week, the official launch of #WeNeedDiverseBooks began yesterday afternoon. There’s a Twitter conversation at 2 PM today and a Diversify Your Shelves chat on… Read more »
BookCon is carefully considering your feedback about whether everyone everywhere should be so, so white
I owe the organizers of BookCon an apology. Last week I discussed their problems with diversity on their panels this year. But I jumped the gun. I got impatient. Diversity… Read more »
Wear shades to BookCon, it’ll be blindingly white in there
All of the thirty-one announced guest speakers at the newly rebranded BookCon portion of this year’s Book Expo America are very white. Even the cat. Even the goddamned cat is… Read more »