Tag Archives: YA fiction

A Pentecost Linkdump

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Cora

Today is Pentecost or Whitsun weekend, which is a public holiday in Germany. Well, tomorrow, i.e. Monday is a public holiday and those of us working in school like yours truly get Tuesday off as well. So hurray for a … Continue reading →

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More on the controversial topics of the day

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Cora

There are several controversies going on at the moment, so here is a round-up of interesting discussions and challenging links:

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Nihilism in YA Fiction

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Cora

After the “nihilism in fantasy” discussion a few months ago, we now seem to be having the “nihilism in YA” discussion, kicked off by this article in the Wall Street Journal in which the paper’s YA reviewer complains about YA … Continue reading →

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Don’t write off vampires just yet!

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Cora

There has been some gleeful reaction to this USA Today article, which states that sales of vampire fiction have dropped compared to 2009. Never mind that the article is actually summing up a whole lot of trends, that Stieg Larsson … Continue reading →

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Linkdump for a busy day

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Cora

I finished up that big translation job, but I’m pretty done for. So here’s a couple of neat links: Damien G. Walter has a neat post about what a writer has to do in order to write. For the linguistically … Continue reading →

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