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ICYMI, this week in book advocacy, we have:
📝 a call to action in support of Maryland public libraries
📝 good news from Florida
📝 free virtual author chats in classrooms!
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I’m SO honored to present the cover of BLOOD JUSTICE, the sequel to the bestselling YA fantasy, BLOOD DEBTS—a contemporary Game of Thrones set in New Orleans for Black & Black Queer teens.🩸⚖️
Art: Tomasz Majewski
Design: @lworrelldesign
Preorder🔗bit.ly/PreorderBloodJustice
ALT The cover of BLOOD JUSTICE by Terry J. Benton-Walker
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Super excited to share the trailer for our new animated series #YoungLove with you. We all worked really hard on this one and I hope you all get a chance to check it out on @streamonmax next week on September 21st. Enjoy and share if you can.
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I stumbled across a wonderful review today that said OUT OF BODY is like a YA GET OUT that’s subtle with its themes but no less powerful. I’m truly floored by somebody just getting my book so much🥹. If this sounds like your thing, links are below to add it on GR or preorder ☺️
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Just wanted to let y’all know that THE WHITE GUY DIES FIRST is up on Goodreads. 👀😈
Make sure you add it to your shelves so you can be notified for giveaways!!
🔗: goodreads.com/book/show/1989…
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Hey #DMV come on out Thursday September 14, 2023 Williams and Sonoma in Bethesda, MD
I'll be having a 🔥 conversation with Chef JJ about his brilliant new cookbook on #rice cuisine.
#riceisculture
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There are TWENTY new #BlackRomance releases for you to check out this week 💜
Find the full list here --> girlhaveyouread.com/new-rele…
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It’s time for the “all black books have trauma” discussion AGAIN. I wasn’t gonna say anything but I did. I’m tired of black creators playing in Black authors faces. If YOU can’t find black books that are happy and joyful then YOU need to take a look at where you are getting
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🎊 Happy Publication Day to FLIPPING BOXCARS by @CedEntertainer! Check the link in bio to learn more about his tour, starting TODAY. 🤩
Grab your copy of FLIPPING BOXCARS wherever books are sold!
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Curlfriends is a fun new graphic novel for Black tween girls
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LAST WEEK to apply for a 2024 WNDB mentorship! We're offering 15 mentorships total across four categories: illustration, picture book writing, middle grade writing, & young adult writing.
Applications close on 9/15 @ 11:59 pm ET—info & form here: bit.ly/WNDBMentorship
ALT Apply for a 2024 WNDB Mentorship with one of these creators! Shirley Ng-Benitez, Adriana Hernández Bergstrom, Katie Mazeika (Illustration); Meera Sriram, Aya Khalil, Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, Laurel Goodluck (Picture Book); Meredith Ireland, Justine Pucella Winans, Gail D. Villanueva, Margeaux Weston (Middle Grade); Jen Ferguson, Aiden Thomas, Katherine Locke, and Crystal Maldonado (Young Adult). Applications now open from August 15 to September 15, 2023.
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EBOOK DEAL: Haven't read our starred anthologies yet? Or loved them and want more portable copies? These two are on sale in ebook form for only $1.99 this week!
✨ Flying Lessons (MG): bit.ly/3ZcYZaX
✨ A Universe of Wishes (YA): bit.ly/4876fta
ALT W-N-D-B anthologies Flying Lessons & Other Stories as well as A Universe of Wishes are on sale for $1.99 each from September 11 to September 18, 2023.
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If you’re still looking to take advantage of B&N’s preorder sale, THE PARTNER PLOT is available for preorder! It has modern day marriage of convenience and a second chance romance! 🩷👰🏽♀️💍
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-par…
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Subs are open for #FIYAHLitMag Unthemed issue with Guest Editor @oldmannelson until October 31st!
🔥 Short fiction 2,000 – 7,000 words
🔥Novelettes up to 15,000 words
🔥Poetry no more than 1,000 words
Send us your weird, sweet, & funky stories:
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
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The author’s goal with her debut book is to help Black women everywhere divorce themselves from perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and fear.
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#Giveaway Alert! 🎁✨ Head over to @goodreads for a chance to win a paperback copy of THE WOMEN COULD FLY by @megiddings, a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother.
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Baby… lissen…. when I tell you, Hide & Seeker is one of my all-time favorite Middle Grade books! I screamed when I first saw this announcement. I BEEN seated! 🪑
🔜NEW Book-Coming Soon-September 5, 2023
📖NIGHTMARE KING
Daka Hermon @dakadh, Scholastic Press @Scholastic
Preorder👇🏿
bookshop.org/a/8348/97813387…
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