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2024 Books
"I also wanted to write about somebody really grabbing life with both hands, and sometimes I think teens are better than this than adults!"
LGBTQIA+ YA books still to come in 2024: July – December
These upcoming LGBTQIA+ YA releases are not to be missed
Adam Sass on his new YA novel, Cursed Boys and Broken Hearts
"As I wrote Grant’s story, what began as a sweet-n-simple second chances romance turned into something shockingly personal."
Seema Yasmin on the power of abortion stories
"Abortion is healthcare, they were saying, without uttering a word."
Rufaro Faith Mazarura’s Let the Games Begin inspired playlist and giveaway
"Making playlists for my characters was one of my favourite parts of the writing process"
Elliot Fletcher on the Grumpy x Sunshine trope and her debut rom-com, Whisky Business
"I believe the beauty of a truly great grumpy-sunshine story lies in the healing journey the characters are unwittingly walking."
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Rachael Fernandes on musicals and her new YA novel, The Mercury in Me
"Being able to turn up every week to see the same faces gave a sense of belonging, and helped me tie to something in my early twenties"
K.A. Linde shares her top bookish retellings
"The feeling that you can know exactly where a story is going and have no idea at the same time. That’s the beauty of a good retelling."
Jennifer Hennessy on her adult rom-com debut, Degrees of Engagement
"For a YA audience intimacy is much more about feelings versus physical sensation, so I had to make that distinction deliberately as I wrote."
Must read 2024 LGBTQIA+ releases for YA readers: January – June
These titles are a TBR necessity.
Quiz: which Bite Me, Royce Taslim character you are?
Are you more Agnes or Royce? It's time to find out!
Alexandra Rowland on their hilarious new fantasy novel, Running Close to the Wind
"Comedy is so, so important, and we just don’t talk about that often enough"
Taleen Voskuni on the evolution of the Armenian rom-com
"Many Armenians reached out to me and told me how seen the book had made them feel"