Introduction to Black Lives Matter Series
As I set up this series, I had a number of people ask me “what made you think of connecting what’s happening to queer YA?” I want to address this question before we get into [...]
GayYA Community Survey
Hey everyone! It's almost the end of 2014 (??!?!?!??!?!!!!!). We're looking ahead at the new year, and planning out what 2015 will look like. GayYA is driven by the community, and we want to go where your [...]
The Question of Queering the Mainstream Novel: A Conversation with authors Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith
The story behind the story is sometimes, as they say, stranger than fiction. Stranger is the title of a Viking November release by Rachel Manija Brown and Sherwood Smith and, if you read this book, as I did [...]
How Do I Love “Teeth”
by Chiara Teeth (Simon Pulse, 2013) How do I love Teeth? Let me count the ways. I love Teeth with the depth of the oceans, and the force of its waves. I love [...]
Call For Black Lives Matter Series Guest Bloggers
We are looking for up to seven guest bloggers to write posts for a Black Lives Matter series. Topics can range from what Black Lives Matter means to you in relation to queer YA, to [...]
Hey, Dollface: Pushing the Boundaries of YA in 1978
It was around then I began to realize that there was some current between Chloe and me that was unlike anything I’d ever experienced before; it was a vague, clouded feeling that I couldn’t quite [...]
Shadowplay by Laura Lam: Review
by Georgie Having read Laura Lam’s Pantomime - and loved it - I was super excited to read its sequel, Shadowplay, which follows Micah Grey’s journey as a fugitive after the tragedy at the end [...]
Author Interview: Becky Albertalli
Maybe you have heard about this upcoming book called Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, which releases next year (April 7th), or maybe you haven't, either way I'm here to tell you about it and [...]
Author Interview: Ami Polonsky
Gracefully Grayson, which we reviewed earlier this month, is a middle-grade book about a transgender girl and it's Ami Polonsky's debut novel. We had the pleasure of interviewing Ami about her amazing book and her writing process. Gracefully Grayson [...]
Cover Reveal Exclusive: The Tear Collectors by Billy Jolie
We have the great happiness of hosting our first ever exclusive cover reveal for The Tear Collectors by Billy Jolie. The Tear Collectors is a self published YA novel featuring a gay teen! THE TEAR COLLECTORS is [...]