WNDB + #Indies = <3

The first ever We Need Diverse Books author reception at NAIBA was a remarkable success! Thanks, independent booksellers, for all you do to increase diversity in literature!

                        

Next up: the Baltimore Book Festival.

• Ellen Oh (PROPHECY)
• Karen Sandler (TANKBORN Trilogy)
• Caroline Richmond (THE ONLY THING TO FEAR)

ICYMI: highlights from this week's social media

• Reading Rainbow mentioned WNDB on Twitter, and Monday our publishing liaison, Hannah Ehrlich of Lee & Low books had an excellent article on the Reading Rainbow blog Debunking 3 Common Myths About Diverse Books.
• PEN.org invited WNDB to submit an essay for #BannedBooksWeek, and I.W. Gregorio responded with an essay on Why We Need Diverse LGBTQI Books.
• Also for #BannedBooksWeek, the inimitable Malinda Lo crunched the numbers and suggests that diverse books are more likely to be challenged.
• Team member Meg Medina was interviewed by the NEA about Telling the Story of You.
• Advisory board member Jacqueline Woodson discusses Brown Girl Dreaming on NPR.

Future events: