@DrAudreyCoussy “‘Just be careful’: Sexual Desire and Autism in YA Novels” is now available to read/ download. ijyal.ac.uk/articles/10.24…

A few days left to propose your guest-edited special section of International Journal of Young Adult Literature's 2024 issue!

Incredible team, amazing journal, would absolutely recommend you get a proposal in! And yes I’m biased because I loved working with them but it’s still all true 🙂

Yan Du’s “When Paper Puppy Meets Beijing Doll: Reading Adolescent Female Sexuality in Two Chinese Youth Novels” is now available to read/ download ijyal.ac.uk/articles/10.24…

A really delightful article on sexual desire and neurodifference written by the lovely @DrAudreyCoussy. We love seeing our authors’ work being shared and discussed 🧡

Another wonderful article by Yan Du exploring the representation of female sexuality in two iconic Chinese YA texts. A fascinating read and one we recommended you download immediately! 🧡

We love Ritwika Roy’s article on contemporary Indian young adult novels as a form of rebellion against prevalent taboos regarding sex and sexuality. We highly recommend you download, read and spread the word about this wonderful research! #YASexy 🍎🍌🍇🥝🍉🍐🍑🍆

#CallforPapers! The editorial board welcomes submissions on the cultural functions and representations of “the child” including historical perspectives; digital culture; literature, art, film, and television by/for children and young adults; and more: bit.ly/JeunesseCFPb

We adore Carrie Spencer’s article and we reckon you should go read it as soon as you can! It offers a fascinating perspective on Queer (Im)possibilities of representations of bisexual characters in contemporary YA. Make sure you download it immediately! #YASexy 🍑🍆🍓🍌🍒

We want to offer a huge congratulations to Yan Du on the publication of their debut picturebook! As one of our conference delegates Yan Du also contributed a fabulous article for our Special Section in International Journal of Young Adult Literature yeehoopress.com/product/my-poc…

If you would also like to read more about Yan Du’s creative process, she also wrote an article which you can read here: kathytemean.wordpress.com/2023/05/04/boo…

My Pocket Bathroom was wonderfully written by Yan Du and beautifully illustrated by Erin Vanessa

This is so bloody exciting! Not only are they an amazing friend but they are also incredibly talented. Congratulations @SFLayzell I can’t wait to see it his little beauty out in the world living it’s best book life!! ❤️📚❤️

CONGRATULATIONS @SFLayzell!!!!!!!

And last but by no means least, a fabulous article by Stephanie Lyttle rounds off our special section in International Journal of Young Adult Literature . Exploring examples of polyamorous love triangles, Lyttle poses the freedoms such representations can provide for both the reader & the genre. A must read for all!

Don't forget to mail us your submissions before 15th August!

Delighted to see my article on #childrensdetectivefiction out with Crime Fiction Studies! Are you curious about how the classic whodunit formula is adapted for a young audience?🕵️ Click the link below👇 euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.336… International Crime Fiction Association #childrensliterature #childrenslitscholarship #whodunit

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