YALSA has selected the five finalists for the 2021 William C. Morris Award, which honors a debut book for young adults. The winner will be announced at the ALA Youth Media Awards ceremony on January 25, 2021. The finalists are:
Black Girl Unlimited by Echo Brown
The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley
It Sounded Better in My Head by Nina Kenwood
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Candidates for the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Awards Announced – Publishers Weekly
‘Harriet the Spy’ author Louise Fitzhugh’s secret, subversive life – New York Post
Picture this: these beautiful books help children read the world – The Conversation
The ten best children’s books of 2020 – Smithsonian Magazine
Why nostalgia for classic children’s books is a problem – tes
LIBRARIES
Amazon Publishing in talks to offer e-books to public libraries – Publishers Weekly
Library leaders brace for budget cuts – Inside Higher Ed
They will kill your library, too – Current Affairs
UK’s public libraries record another year of cuts, with yet more on the way – The Guardian
YA LIT
10 new YA books to put on your wishlist – Book Riot
17 great YA books to gift your friends (or yourself) in 2020 – Refinery29
Q&A with April Henry – Mystery & Suspense
Waking Brain Cells 