N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth trilogy is about the end of history. At the 2018 Hugo Awards, presented last night at WorldCon 76 in San Jose, California, she made history. “I am on this stage accepting this award for pretty much the same reason as every previous Hugo winner,” Jemisin said. “Because I worked my ass […]
The nominations for the 2018 Hugo Awards are in, and you’ll excuse us if we’re feeling a slight sense of déjà vu. It’s not only the fact that there’s a fair bit of overlap with this year’s Nebula Awards ballot (particularly in the Best Novella and Best Short Story categories); it’s also the fact that five […]
Mark down October 17, 2017, as a phenomenal day in the advancement of diverse teen lit. From Queer YA’s Patron Saint Malinda Lo and the critically acclaimed and marvelously prolific Jason Reynolds to beautiful and relevant newcomers like Nic Stone and Rebecca Podos, today’s got something for so many voices rarely heard, and damn are […]
In December I shared 26 January–June fantasy books I couldn’t wait to read, and now I’m back with a double-decker stack of glorious YA fantasy hitting shelves from July to December. Here there be dragons, of course, but also feminist fairy tales, genre-hopping big-house mysteries, vividly transporting tales of the fey, coming-of-age stories infused with African myth, and […]