A teenage view: Milo Morris
I have the privilege of working with some very, very awesome teenagers. And recently, the Trowbridge Young Writers Squad have been considering diverse writing. We talk a lot over here about...
View ArticleHero How To, and The Last Days of Kartika
Today, I’m so excited to welcome Wi-Moto Nyoka to DiversifYA! Wi-Moto is a creator, playwright, and accidental producer of Hero How To, the musical-theater prequel to the webseries The Last Days of...
View ArticleWriting Diverse Kidlit: The Riddle of the Timekeeper
Today, Claribel Ortega joins us to talk about Emerald Kipp and The Riddle of The Timekeeper, and the role diversity played in writing the novel. Claribel is a graduate of the SUNY Purchase journalism...
View ArticleDiversiTheme: The Invisible Orientation
Today, we’re so delighted to have Julie Sondra Decker back at the blog! Julie joined us a little while ago to talk about asexuality, and today she’s back with a fantastic guest post. She’s also...
View ArticleUNDER THE LIGHTS, cover reveal!
Today, we have a first for DiversifYA: a (partial) cover reveal! More specifically, the cover for UNDER THE LIGHTS, the fantastic sophomore novel by long-time DivYA supporter and all around Queen of YA...
View ArticleUS cover reveal: THE LAST LEAVES FALLING
Last week, I think, I said something about how we rarely ever do cover reveals here on DiversifYA. And honestly, we try to focus on interviews above all. They’re our core business after all. But...
View ArticleRing out the old, ring in the new
Dearest readers, I’ll be honest, I planned to write this post weeks ago! But things have been happening in diversity land — due to a certain We Need Diverse Books fundraiser — and frankly, I’ve been...
View ArticleDiversifYA Returns!
Friends, Romans, Countrymen… you may have noticed our long and unexplained absence. Perhaps you mourned our regular interview posts which once diversified your morning reads. Perhaps you wondered where...
View ArticlePlace and Displacement, some thoughts about identity
Today, the fabulous Moira Young joins us for some musings about identity and writing. Moira is from Vancouver, BC and now lives in the UK. A former actor and opera singer, her debut novel, Blood Red...
View ArticleApocalypse Fiction and Disability
Today, we interrupt our scheduled programming for a special guest post by Holly Kench! Holly is one of the editors of the upcoming Defying Doomsday, a project we at DivYA heartily support. So have a...
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