Watch The 70th National Book Awards Live
Tonight, November 20th, you can tuck yourself in with a book and tune into this live stream at 7:15 pm ET to watch the 70th National Book Awards, which LeVar Burton is hosting! Who will win the Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction awards?
New Day More Hate
Upshur County public library in West Virginia library removed the picture book Prince & Knight by Daniel Haack from shelves because of homophobic protesters. Daniel Haack “hit back at protesters, suggesting that anyone concerned the book could ‘turn someone gay’ should remember ‘all the gay adults who grew up only reading about straight romances.’”
Awesome New Imprint
Heartdrum is a new imprint from HarperCollins Children’s Books which will focus on publishing books by Native creators. Running the imprint, which will begin publishing in 2021, are Cynthia Leitich Smith who is a member of the Muscogee Creek Nation and Rosemary Brosnan. “The Heartdrum name and logo pay tribute to the connection between the drumbeat and the heartbeat it evokes of the Native community.”