Comments on: The Importance of Diversity in YA Fiction http://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-diversity-in-ya-fiction/ Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:36:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Review of Realm of the Goddess | http://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-diversity-in-ya-fiction/#comment-38911 Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:36:49 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12602#comment-38911 […] first heard of the Realm of the Goddess in a blog with author Sabina Khan on Women Writers, Women Books. As the mother of two daughters, it was this that got my […]

]]> By: Gill James http://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-diversity-in-ya-fiction/#comment-37621 Sat, 27 Dec 2014 19:46:57 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12602#comment-37621 I am a champion of diversity. We need to make sure, however, that diversity itself does not become the issue. Diversity is there and should be reflected. The issue is not that the child is black, that the parent is gay or that the friend is disabled. These circumstances are as much a part of life as that some are good at maths, others have pet dogs and many like chocolate. It is life in all of its diversity.

]]> By: In the Media: 30th November 2014 | The Writes of Woman http://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-diversity-in-ya-fiction/#comment-32600 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:33:15 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12602#comment-32600 […] Khan, ‘The Importance of Diversity in YA Fiction‘ on Women Writers, Women’s […]

]]> By: Sabina Khan http://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-diversity-in-ya-fiction/#comment-32538 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 05:31:13 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12602#comment-32538 In reply to Louisa.

Louisa, there are definitely many more books now which feature diversity in terms of characters and subject than there were even three or four years ago. I take that as a sign of even better things to come.

]]> By: Louisa http://booksbywomen.org/the-importance-of-diversity-in-ya-fiction/#comment-32514 Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:32:25 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12602#comment-32514 Great points! Of course young people want to read about characters from different cultures — it seems obvious, but perhaps not an easy sell for big publishers? I’m so glad you decided to take the plunge and write your own novel. And I’m glad that today you’ve found more diversity in YA fiction!

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