Book Review: Unicorn Hunting by A.R. Hellbender
Reviewer: Leslie Rewis 3.5/5 stars 152 pages Unicorn Hunting by A.R. Hellbender was a very surprising read. Most of the YA fiction that I have read about queer characters tends to focus more on their [...]
Review: Bottled Up Secret by Brian McNamara
Bottled Up Secret by Brian McNamara is out on shelves today! We received a review copy through netgalley. Brendan Madden is in the midst of his senior year of high school and couldn’t be happier. [...]
Call for Volunteers
UPDATE AS OF 10/30/14 AT THE BOTTOM. In the past few months, we have been witness to GayYA’s explosion. It’s been amazing and incredible and shocking and in all honesty, we were not at all [...]
Welcome to Gay YA’s first ever Book Club!
We are reading our very first book, a steampunk/fantasy called Pantomime by Laura Lam. You can check your library, or order it online from Amazon US, UK, or Canadian, Barnes & Noble, Indiebound, Powell's, Book Depository, Waterstones, Hive, [...]
Are Coming Out Stories Still Relevant in 2014?
by Amy Dunne Are coming out stories still relevant in 2014? It’s a question that can divide opinion. A little while ago, I attended a literary event that was full of people I didn’t know. [...]
When Two Dads Are Better Than One
By Jessica Verdi Website: http://jessicaverdi.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessVerdi When I began writing my first novel, My Life After Now (which was published in April of 2013), there were so many factors on my mind and story [...]
Book of the Month Fan Artist Feature: Laya
We're starting up a new feature to go along with our [...]
Driving Lessons
An Interview with Annameekee Hesik- Writer of Lesbian YA! My favorite part about bookstore readings is the end. No, not just because I can finally get off the stage (writers were not meant to be [...]
Recap: #JustGrace Book Launch
The JustGrace book release part was a co-launch of Rachel Gold's new book Just Girls, and Juliann Rich's book Searching for Grace. It was so much fun guys. You shoulda been there. We were invited to [...]
Writing Noir for Teenagers
by Greg Herren When I was a teenager back in the Pleistocene era, I didn’t read books for teenagers. I learned how to read when I was four, and by the time I was ten [...]