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Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailing
Read full article: Booksellers association apologizes for anti-trans mailingThe American Booksellers Association is apologizing for sending a publication widely criticized as anti-trans, Abigail Shrier’s “Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters,” in a recent mailing to independent stores.
David and Nicola Yoon launch YA imprint for people of color
Read full article: David and Nicola Yoon launch YA imprint for people of colorNEW YORK – Best-selling authors David and Nicola Yoon are launching a Random House Children's Books imprint for young adult romance novels by and about people of color. They are calling the imprint Joy Revolution and plan to release the first books in 2022. “I loved romantic comedies and romance novels when I was younger. “All readers deserve to see themselves represented in the books they read," Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children's Books, said in a statement. David Yoon is known for such novels as “Frankly In Love” and “Super Fake Love Song.” Books by Nicola Yoon, his wife, include “The Sun Is Also a Star" and “Everything, Everything.”