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Anuja Madan
Sep 22, 20223 min read
CFP: Postcolonial Children’s & YA Fantasy
CALL FOR PAPERS Postcolonial Children’s & YA Fantasy Special Issue of The Lion and the Unicorn Guest Editors: Naomi Wood, Kansas State...



Malin Alkestrand
Dec 14, 20216 min read
Mothers and Murderers in YA Dystopian Literature
In Christina Henry’s The Girl in Red (2019), a dystopian re-telling of Little Red Riding Hood, a pandemic called “the cough” strikes. The...


Mary Stephens
Jan 22, 20196 min read
Embracing Body Diversity in "Undead Girl Gang" and "Gabi: A Girl in Pieces"
Recent discussions about children’s and young adult literature have focused on diversity—or the lack thereof—in the field. Activists and...


Mandy Suhr-Sytsma
Oct 16, 201810 min read
“A General Has to See the Whole Field”: The Life-Giving Power of YA Fiction from Indigenous Canada
You can’t talk about Indigenous young adult literature in Canada without talking about residential schools: the abusive government- and...


Tanja Nathanael
May 17, 20186 min read
An Interview with Faroese YA Author Rannvá Næs Hoydal
The following interview was conducted with Faroese author Rannvá Næs Hoydal via email in 2011. I had requested a review copy of her book...
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