Two for Tuesday: Let’s write a novel about publishing together!
Topics discussed: Thomas Pynchon, our Thomas Pynchon petition, the huge success of our Thomas Pynchon petition, liking books, loving books, #amreading, the We Love Books Party, the Constitution Party, arsenic,… Read more »
Two For Tuesday: What time is it? BEA time!
Topics discussed: BEA, BookCon, ReedPop, Tom Jones, the title of this post refers to BEA but we don’t get to it until something like word 1,500, oh well, live with… Read more »
#WeNeedMoreDiverseBooks at BookCon
When the guest speakers for this year’s BookCon were announced, the line-up was about as white as white could be. The entire roster, all 31 of them, including one feline,… Read more »
#WeNeedDiverseBooks hits Twitter
Though the campaign began earlier this week, the official launch of #WeNeedDiverseBooks began yesterday afternoon. There’s a Twitter conversation at 2 PM today and a Diversify Your Shelves chat on… Read more »
BookCon is carefully considering your feedback about whether everyone everywhere should be so, so white
I owe the organizers of BookCon an apology. Last week I discussed their problems with diversity on their panels this year. But I jumped the gun. I got impatient. Diversity… Read more »
Wear shades to BookCon, it’ll be blindingly white in there
All of the thirty-one announced guest speakers at the newly rebranded BookCon portion of this year’s Book Expo America are very white. Even the cat. Even the goddamned cat is… Read more »