Morning Links: July 2
Cover of Dragon Hoops, by Gene Luen Yang
A/V
At Broadway World: Inside Rehearsals of Because of Winn Dixie at Goodspeed Musicals (Video).
Book Awards
At the Guardian: Miles Franklin Award 2019: Shortlisted Australian Authors ‘Unafraid to Take Risks’.
Book Challenges & Censorship
At the BBC: NI Prisons Change Policy on Paramilitary Books. “From now on, books will be allowed into the prison "unless they breach specific guidelines which include the promotion of, or support for terrorism/paramilitaries, or overtly promote or encourage the commission of criminal acts".“
Booklists
At Bustle: 27 New Books Out In July 2019 To Get You Through The Sweaty Days Of Summer.
At EW: 20 New Books to Read in July. Man, if I had more time, I’d put together a spreadsheet to track how much crossover there is between all these lists—I keep seeing the same books again and again and again.
Cheap Reads
Courting Darkness, by Robin LaFevers
Dietland, by Sarai Walker
Horrorstör: A Novel, by Grady Hendrix
Excerpts & Unveilings
At EW: First Look: Gene Luen Yang Gets Personal in New Graphic Novel Dragon Hoops. Oooo, look, we can already preorder!
Publishing
At the CBC: 19 Canadian Writers to Watch in 2019.
So it looks like the gentleman who did the cover art for The Poet X not only used someone else’s image without their permission, but also plagiarized their work. This is a good time to remember that authors very, very, VERY rarely have any input whatsoever regarding cover art (and also a good time to remember that The Poet X is wonderful and to make time for it if you haven’t already):