Cover Reveal for Upcoming YA Fantasy Novel from Roshani Chokshi, Evelyn Skye, and Sandhya Menon
Pie Lady Books on Instagram has an exclusive cover reveal for an upcoming YA fantasy title from Roshani Chokshi, Evelyn Skye, and Sandhya Menon. The novel, Three Kisses, One Midnight, is described as “a delicious concoction of storytelling about best friends who discover that love is the most powerful magic of all.” The book comes out on August 30th, and is available for preorder right now.
Netflix Loses Move to Get $5M Queen’s Gambit Suit Tossed
On Thursday, a federal judge denied Netflix’s request to dismiss Soviet chess icon Nona Gaprindashvili’s $5 million lawsuit, accusing the limited series The Queen’s Gambit of sexism and historical inaccuracy. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips wrote in a ruling revealed Thursday, “The fact that the Series was a fictional work does not insulate Netflix from liability for defamation if all the elements of defamation are otherwise present.” The series The Queen’s Gambit is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. Gaprindashvili has objected to a line in the final episode that mentions the chess player by name and claims that she’d never faced off against men. “The allegation that Gaprindashvili ‘has never faced men’ is manifestly false, as well as being grossly sexist and belittling,” the chess legend’s defamation complaint from September 2021 said. Gaprindashvili has requested a jury trial.
Author Nic Stone Responds to Controversy Over Dear Martin
Author Nic Stone has responded to the controversy in Monett, MO over her YA novel Dear Martin. The school district has pulled the novel from an English class because they claim teachers did not follow the correct protocol to have it added to curriculum. While Nic Stone says she understands protocol has to be followed, her biggest issue is the fact her book was replaced with To Kill A Mockingbird. ”What Dear Martin attempts to do is show how racism is experienced by the people actually experiencing it,” Stone says. “As opposed to showing it through the lens of someone else. Someone who is kind of looking at it from the outside and doing their best to be empathetic but experience and empathy are very very different.”
Mayor Withholds Library Funds Because of Queer Materials; You Can Help Raise It
In Ridgeland, Mississippi, mayor Gene McGee is withholding $110,000 in funds to the public library until they removed all “homosexual materials.” Now the library is fighting back, and here’s what you can do to help.