This Week on Books Direct -
17 February 2018
Here's a list of some great articles you may have
missed this week. Enjoy!
I Wrote A Book - Here’s What I Learned by Nils Ödlund for Mythic Scribes
Nils
looks back on how he took his story from just another idea to a completed
novella.
‘Hurtful’ Harper Lee And Mark Twain Dropped From Minnesota Curriculum by Alison Flood for The
Guardian
To Kill a Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn are to be dropped from
Duluth area classes because of ‘uncomfortable atmosphere’ their use of racial
slurs creates.
Thirteen Reasons Why Author Jay Asher Has Been Accused Of Sexual Harassment by Laura Bradley for Vanity Fair
The author, whose novel
became a hit Netflix series, is no longer a member of the Society of Children’s
Book Writers and Illustrators, which says he violated its harassment code.
Thirteen Reasons Why Author Jay Asher Denies All Sexual Harassment Claims
by Zoah Hedges-Stocks for The Telegraph
The
author of Thirteen Reasons Why, the young adult novel about suicide that inspired the
Netflix hit of the same name, has released a statement denying all of the
sexual harassment claims against him.
Maze Runner author James
Dashner, facing allegations of sexual misconduct, has been dropped by his
literary agent
White House Budget Proposal Continues To Miscalculate The Value Of Libraries by Kathi Kromer for District Dispatch
In
its FY2019 budget, the White House proposed eliminating the Institute for
Museum and Library Services and hundreds of millions of dollars dedicated to
America’s libraries through the Library Services and Technology Act.
A Reimagined BookExpo Is Unveiled by Jim Milliot for Publishers Weekly
After
an extensive listening tour in which BookExpo executives met with a range of
industry members, the organizers of book publishing’s largest trade show have
added new elements to the event aimed at adding more value for booksellers.
Blooper-Proof Your Novel: How To Find And Fix A ‘Reality Violation’ by Jessi Rita Hoffman for Writer’s Digest
Whoops!
It’s a goof in a Hollywood production, and we congratulate ourselves on
catching it. We all get a laugh out of bloopers we find in the movies, but when
they show up in a novel we’ve written, they aren’t quite so funny.
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