Gay Ivey, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Amid calls to ban certain books from libraries and schools, research shows that students benefit when they have the ability to choose which materials they want to read.
Royal romances have been popular teen fantasies since The Princess Diaries – and earlier. Now, smash-hits like Red, White and Royal Blue are part of a wider queer young adult fiction boom.
Simmone Howell pays tribute to the life and work of ‘kind and hilarious gem’ Gabrielle Williams, acclaimed Australian author of young adult fiction, who died on Saturday.