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Most US book bans target children’s literature featuring diverse characters and authors of color
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 13 November 2024
... books featuring diverse characters or nonfiction books about historical figures and social movements. The top banned books were “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” by Maia Kobabe, which was banned by ...
Carl Sagan’s scientific legacy extends far beyond ‘Cosmos’
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 06 November 2024
... best-selling science fiction novel, or “The Dragons of Eden,” his Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book. Millions more saw him popularize astronomy on “The Tonight Show.” What ...
The woman who revolutionized the fantasy genre is finally getting her due
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 09 October 2024
... ly, Del Rey ran away with the Science Fiction Book Club Award during that prize’s first nine years of existence, winning seven of them. The imprint’s titles also won three consecutive August Der ...
Peruvian writers tell of a future rooted in the past and contemporary societal issues
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 31 August 2023
... lves, writes César Santivañez, the editor of a collection of Peruvian speculative fiction, in the prologue of the book. Titles of several Peruvian speculative fiction books.Rocío  ...
Announcing The Conversation's new investigative unit – we're looking for collaborators in academia
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 21 June 2023
... g author of six nonfiction books and a longtime investigative reporter at The New York Times and several other national outlets. Here is what Kurt wrote about how our first investigation was conducted ...
Summer reading: 5 books that explore LGBTQ teen and young adult life
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 31 May 2023
... interest in the interplay between sexuality and literature – for recommendations of young adult fiction books that feature LGBTQ characters. What follows is a list that Alexander, who has just stepped ...
Novelist, academic and tattoo artist Samuel Steward's plight shows that 'cancel culture' was alive and well in the 1930s
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 24 February 2023
... retiring from tattooing, Steward lived a quiet life in Berkeley. He still wrote frequently, producing a handful of fiction and nonfiction books. Steward died in California in 1993 at the age of 84. Despite ...
A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 19 January 2023
There's a small but growing number of books for younger readers that feature main characters with disabilities.Wavebreakmedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty ImagesDisability representation is slowly ...
One of the Best Horror Fiction Books of 2022 Is Madhouse, a Collection of Stories Set in a Mental Institute
(Newsfile)
Created on 28 December 2022
New York, New York--(Newsfile Corp. - December 27, 2022) - Stephen Ball, the prolific multi-genre author of Office Drone and Random Acts of Violence, has announced the forthcoming release of his new short ...
Sci-fi books for young readers often omit children of color from the future
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 01 December 2022
... class on fantasy literature, I noticed there were hardly any science fiction books for readers under 12. This discovery prompted me to spend the... Children of color are hardly ever central characters ...
5 books and films that tell the story of the trauma of the Partition of India and its aftermath
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 12 August 2022
... memoir based in part on the Partition and my parents’ childhood, I hunted for nonfiction books and memoirs written by witnesses, but when I found little, I turned to fiction and poetry. One of the ...
Summer reading: 5 books on the joys and challenges of LGBTQ teen and young adult life
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 16 June 2022
... interest in the interplay between sexuality and literature – for recommendations of young adult fiction books that feature LGBT characters. What follows is a list that Alexander – who serves ...
The real world: 4 top beginners tips for writing realistic fiction
(Top Stories)
Created on 28 January 2022
... start their journey to writing amazing contemporary realistic fiction books? The below are four awesome tips to get you started: Choose a contemporary setting A realistic fiction novel ...
Why do I need anything other than Google to answer a question?
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 24 May 2021
... – they are in the reference section at the back of nonfiction books or at the bottom of Wikipedia articles. Each points to another work. These citations tell you what other books and sources the ...
Consider These 6 Points Before Hiring Book Printing Services
(Business News)
Created on 06 April 2021
... genre you write. Fiction books come in different dimension compared to manuals. It is also essential to consider the aesthetics of the book. The trim size you choose will determine the page count. You ...
The white supremacist origins of modern marriage advice
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 27 August 2020
... Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus” sold over 50 million copies and was the best-selling nonfiction book of the 1990s. The book’s central message is that men and women do not naturally like ...
3 things 'ZeroZeroZero' gets right about the cocaine trade
(The Conversation USA)
Created on 08 July 2020
...  modern cocaine trade that’s rarely seen on screen. It is loosely based on Italian journalist Roberto Saviano’s nonfiction book by... 'ZeroZeroZero' is a drama based on truth that shows a cle ...
Kylie’s hut: bushfires destroyed the writing retreat of an Aussie literary icon
(Top Stories)
Created on 10 June 2020
...  Kylie would insist on paying him […] she only paid him about 25 pounds which was a lot of money in that time. Metcalfe was memorialised in her non-fiction book The Man on the Headland (1971). From ...
JumpStart, Subsidiary of NetDragon, Collaborates with Beach House Pictures To Develop First-Ever Neopets Animated TV Series
(ACN Newswire)
Created on 15 February 2020
... an properties such as the 1970s action heroine Cleopatra Wong and Mr. Midnight, a best-selling kids horror fiction book series.For investor enquiries, please contact:NetDragon Websoft Holdings LimitedMs. Mag ...
Inside the story: The Trauma Cleaner - a beautiful meditation on death and decay
(Top Stories)
Created on 23 January 2020
... and the Australian Book Industry Award General Non-Fiction Book of the Year. While the title may speak of a provocative premise – what is... Sarah Krasnostein’s The Trauma Cleaner has won many ...