Congratulations Mike Chen!

'She also documented how few women were in federally sponsored clinical trials for AIDS drugs...
That was significant, she told The San Francisco Chronicle, because “the clinical trials are the only way you can get treatment.”' Long helped save so many lives.

2026 Books from Pura Belpré Winners 2026 books from past Pura Belpré Medal and Honor winners!

There are a bunch of 2026 books coming out from past Pura Belpré winners. I collected them all here: 100scopenotes.com/2026/03/23/2...

2026 Books from CSK Winners A roundup of 2026 books from past Coretta Scott King winners!

What are former CSK winners up to this year. Let's have a look. Every single 2026 book from past Coretta Scott King Award winners. 100scopenotes.com/2026/03/30/2...

My brother just published a book about his experience blowing the whistle at USAID. I am biased, but the book is gripping and important. Please read it. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Into-t...

It’s infuriating when a woman comes forward about a man raping her in his hotel room after drinking and the response is “Why would she go to his room?” “Why would she drink with him?” This is Mike Pence logic. Women should be allowed to hang out with men without expecting they will be raped.

I know many people who have crossed the border very reluctantly- aging parents, kids' weddings, sick friends, business trips etc. So I think the percentage who don't care is probably a lot lower than that...hope so, anyway!

This book eternally has a special place in my agent heart, @tomryanauthor.bsky.social @robinstevenson.bsky.social 💜

Me tooooo!!! Tom and I had so many plans and it would have been SO MUCH FUN. But I love that you found it as a teen despite the pandemic, and hope it brought you some joy!

Thank you Eric! Had the best time writing this with Tom, and will never forget you phoning to tell us you'd found a publishing home for our book ❤️

Book censorship has so many far-reaching consequences, especially in the world of children’s publishing. Whoever your audience, if you’re an author you should be screaming about this.

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Absolutely, to all of this. I worked as a sexual assault counsellor for ten years, and even now- 20 years after leaving that work- I feel the effects of that. My worldview was altered by the hundreds of stories I heard. It is unbearable that this still happens every day, to so many women.

Publishers are “stepping back” from LGBTQ+ books amid bans & the current GOP president - LGBTQ Nation "In the face of so many book bans and so much concern about decreasing school library sales of queer content" publishers are "passing" on LGBTQ+ books.

This is from January, but it's something I've been asked about a lot lately so I'm sharing this again: The impact of book bans on both royalties and school visit income has been very significant for queer authors (eg. 70% drop), and the threat to the future of LGBTQ+ books is serious and alarming.

"Books and literature will never completely go away. What has been disappearing, and what will continue to disappear, are choices, voices, and perspectives that do not align with the regime at hand and white supremacy."

I will (probably) not try standing on my head 😅

My writing process right here (except that I don't have this kind of porch so I walk around the neighborhood until I think of a story.)

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Ugh I hope you are feeling better soon. Migraines are awful. I have finally started getting fewer (yay menopause I guess) and it's such a relief (touching wood superstitiously as I say this)

Right?! Strange times.

These people are not refugees by any normal definition and I'm not sure why we are referring to them as such. The US slammed the door in the faces of thousands of refugees who had already been approved to resettle there. One friend of mine had been waiting for a decade. She's still waiting.

It's misleading to refer to this group as refugees in the headline. Meanwhile, thousands of actual refugees who had been promised resettlement in the US- people who had been interviewed and approved, often after waiting for years- are still stuck in precarious and often dangerous situations.

I'd be back in school in a heartbeat if I thought there was a chance of this being true!

The Third Period Comeback, Aug 11, 2026.

Hockey.
Family.
Necromancy.

An excellent policy, though I imagine a challenging one to keep up with!

Exactly.

And they write, "Every so often we have a reader ask us what "clean" means. It certainly isn't meant to be the opposite of "dirty"..."

But the word clean is the literal opposite of dirty. So why use that word? Seems like a deliberate appeal to those who do in fact see sex and queerness as dirty.

Fuck this. As an industry, we are in an existential crisis of book banning because of homophobia and transphobia weaponized by racist authoritarians. “Dirty books” are not the problem. Censorship is.

Make whatever books you like, but don’t you dare call other books dirty in your shitty marketing.

Call for nominations for board of directors, Fundraising & Events Chair - PEN Canada Board members are expected to contribute to PEN activities, participate in quarterly board meetings, and take part in committee work.

We're looking for new board members 📣

In particular, we are looking for those from Atlantic Canada, as well as those with a background in fundraising or events (residing anywhere in #Canada).

The deadline to express interest in Monday April 13, 2026.

Learn more: pencanada.ca/news/call-fo...