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LGBTQIAP+ YA Books by Asian Authors 2021

By |2021-05-14T07:04:06-05:00May 14th, 2021|Categories: Archive, Book Lists, Fun Things, New Releases|

by Kaitlin Mitchell Rom-coms and historical fiction and sci-fi and graphic novels--these Asian YA authors have got all of your queer reading needs covered! This list includes recent and upcoming LGBTQIAP+ young adult books written by Asian writers, so get your wallets and library cards ready! Available Now: The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar When Dimple Met Rishi meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this rom com about two teen girls with rival henna businesses. When Nishat comes out to her parents, they say she can be anyone she wants—as long as she isn’t herself. Because [...]

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Black History Month Book List 2021

By |2021-02-01T07:31:36-05:00February 1st, 2021|Categories: Archive, Book Lists, Fun Things, New Releases, New Voices|

By Kaitlin Mitchell Happy Black History Month, readers! To start February off, we’ve put together a list of 16 LGBTQIAP+ YA books by Black authors. This list includes both recently released titles from 2020 that you can pick up today as well as upcoming 2021 titles you can mark your calendars for now! From fairy tales reimagined to horror, authors you’ve already fallen in love with to debuts you’ll want more from immediately, this list has some major star power. As always, we hope this list helps readers find their new favorite books well beyond Black History Month--amplification [...]

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Queer YA Debut Interview: Ryan Douglass

By |2020-12-22T18:55:13-05:00December 23rd, 2020|Categories: Archive|

Hello readers! As a special treat, we have one more queer YA debut interview to share before the new year! Huge thanks to Ryan Douglass, author of the THE TAKING OF JAKE LIVINGSTON (July 13, 2021), for participating! Question 1: What part of being a debut are you most excited about? I’m excited to see how readers who like it are impacted by it but I'm also somewhat worried about the level of exposure that comes with having a book out in the world. Question 2: Have you received any great debut year advice? I think “take some [...]

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2021 Queer YA Debut Interviews Pt. 2

By |2020-12-17T18:42:28-05:00December 17th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Fun Things, New Releases|

by Kaitlin Mitchell Hello readers! We hope you've been enjoying our 2021 queer YA debut interviews. If you haven't read part 1 yet, make sure you check them out after reading part 2 below! Happy reading! 2021 Queer YA Debut Interviews Part 2 ACE OF SPADES by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé June 1, 2021 (US) & June 10, 2021 (UK) Question 1: What part of being a debut are you most excited about?  Seeing reactions from young Black readers! Question 2: Have you received any great debut year advice?  Loads, particularly advice from both my agent and seasoned authors which is [...]

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2021 Queer YA Debut Interviews Pt. 1

By |2020-12-16T11:27:20-05:00December 16th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Fun Things, New Releases, New Voices|

by Kaitlin Mitchell There's something special about the end of the year for book lovers. Roundup posts and best-of lists. Holiday book shopping for loved ones--and a present or two for yourself. And, of course, the excitement for the next year's new releases. With the new year finally approaching, YA Pride is here to make your 2021 tbr lists a bit longer. This week, we have two roundup posts featuring interviews with several 2021 debut authors of queer YA books! Happy reading! 2021 Queer YA Debut Interviews - Part 1  YESTERDAY IS HISTORY by Kosoko Jackson February 2, [...]

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What I Do Have

By |2020-09-20T18:30:16-05:00September 21st, 2020|Categories: Archive, New Voices, Writers on Writing|Tags: |

by Kaitlin Mitchell My name is Kaitlin. Maybe you’ve seen me around book twitter, boosting marginalized creators and clutching my own words close. I admit, I am a serial tweet-deleter. Given my comfort sitting in the background, I’m willing to bet that most who read this post will have no idea who I am.  If you look at my twitter bio and scroll down my profile, you will learn a little about who I am. Fantasy writer. YA Pride social media manager and co-editor. Senior college student.  You will also quickly learn who I am not. I am [...]

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We Are Connected

By |2020-08-22T16:40:15-05:00August 23rd, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Guest Blog|Tags: |

by Adib Khorram Queer bookish joy. That brief seemed like an easy one at first. There’s lots of moments of queer bookish joy! I love joy! I love books! I’m queer! This was supposed to be easy! But I forgot. The quarantimes make everything hard. There are days when I feel almost normal. When I can follow a routine that’s not too far removed from what life was like before. And then there are days when I can’t motivate myself to do anything. When I sit on the couch and play [...]

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Interview: Kacen Callender, author of Felix Ever After

By |2020-07-03T06:10:23-05:00July 3rd, 2020|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Fun Things, Guest Blogs|Tags: , , , |

Aaron H. Aceves, author of This Is Why They Hate Us (Spring 2022), interviews Kacen Callender, author of Felix Ever After.  Hi, Kacen! In the span of only two years or so, you’ve published two Middle Grade books, two Young Adult books, and a novel for adults. First of all, how are you so damn prolific! Haha, thanks! Honestly I tend to work on multiple novels all at the same time, jumping from one WIP to the next, so I usually end up with about five projects within a quick succession. But, then, I have to retreat back into the [...]

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Queer YA Books by Black Authors Spreadsheet

By |2020-06-09T06:38:59-05:00June 9th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Book Lists, Fun Things|Tags: , , |

Hello readers! One of our core missions at YA Pride is to promote books that have been systematically pushed to the margins of queer young adult literature. Over the past days, the YA Pride team has been brainstorming ways to better promote Black writers of young adult literature and get their voices into the hands of readers. Today, we are publishing a spreadsheet of current and upcoming queer YA titles by Black authors that we will continue to update as future book deals are announced. In addition to author and title, our spreadsheet features the LGBTQIAP+ representation of [...]

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LGBTQIAP+ Black History Month Book List 2020

By |2020-03-28T13:39:53-05:00February 6th, 2020|Categories: Archive, Book Lists|

by Kaitlin Mitchell Happy Black History Month, readers! It has been an absolute joy putting together this list for the third consecutive year. As the landscape of publishing slowly changes, it is our duty to uplift queer Black voices, to promote and to celebrate their stories, so these stories can continue to be told. So these stories can get the recognition they deserve both within our publishing community and all across the world. I want to thank the following authors for being wonderful contributors to the diverse books movement and for showing queer Black teens everywhere that [...]

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