If you follow me on Twitter you know that I’ve been reading and loving this fantastic new anthology edited by Rose Fox and Daniel José Older.
Rather than write a review, I tweeted my reactions as I read and archived them for all of you to read. Check it out!
I don’t really have much more I can say without spoiling the book. I am so pleased with how well it turned out. This anthology reinforces the transformative power of fiction both for readers and writers. I really do thank the creators for this gift. And I want to share it with you. In collaboration with the publishers Crossed Genres, I’m hosting a special giveaway! I will give away 5 ebook editions of Long Hidden to teachers and librarians in Canada. Then 1 of those 5 teachers or librarians will win 10 paperback editions of Long Hidden for their class or library if they promise to add to their assigned reading list or library programming schedule. I’m so excited!
Ebook Giveaway Rules:
- Giveaway will run from May 19th to June 1st.
- 5 winners will be announced on June 2nd.
- Winners will receive their prize by email.
- Participant must be a teacher at the high school level or higher, a librarian at the high school level or higher, or a public librarian. **
- Participant must have the authority to assign (or strongly suggest) reading materials to the community they serve. **
- Participant must be in Canada.
- Participant must enter using the form below.
** Armchair BEA special!!! For a limited time ALL Canadian residents are eligible to enter! Tell your friends!
Paperback Giveaway Rules:
- Giveaway will run from June 2nd to June 30th.*
- 1 winner will be announced on July 7th.*
- Books will be shipped to the address provided to me by the winner.
- Only winners of the ebook giveaway are eligible to participate.
- To enter, participant must email me (connect@leonicka.com) with their thoughts on the anthology and their commitment to add the anthology (or selected stories from it) to their assigned reading list or to the library’s programming schedule.
*If all eligible participants enter before June 30th, the winner will be announced the following Monday. Does that all make sense? Please share this with the Canadian educators and librarians you know! And if you are an eligible participant ENTER NOW!!! a Rafflecopter giveaway
Ahhh Leonicka, love this giveaway! I totally noticed your tweets about this anthology and I would love to take a crack at it.
This is an excellent idea! I would love to have a classroom copy (digital or paper) for reading aloud and lending. So many book rooms are filled to the brim with fiction that reiterates problematic representation(s) and further marginalizes so many of our students, instead of engaging them and celebrating and validating their identities. Whoever lands this copy will be lucky indeed but, even better, I imagine this will help Long Hidden find its way into classrooms and libraries across the country. Hooray!
That’s awesome that you are giving them away to teachers and librarians!
Completely understandable! I assumed that was the reason behind the restriction. Having worked in schools at both levels, I’d say it’s a pretty accurate call in terms of what content is considered acceptable for teachers to showcase to their students. That said, there are definitely some students who could handle that material, and may be reading that sort of thing independently. I have a few of them in my Grade 8 classrooms, and I do give or suggest higher level reading material to those kids, often with a note home to touch base with the parents if I think some of the content might raise eyebrows. It’s a case-by-case basis thing, and an ongoing dialogue between teacher, student, and parents. But even if I wouldn’t hand out copies on the side or put it in the school library, I’m positive that there’s got to be at least one story in the anthology that I would want to share with the whole class and either have a discussion about or get reaction essays on.
TL;DR – Your restrictions are sensible, but leaving it up to individual educators is a really cool thing, and selfishly I’m glad you opened the restrictions up.
Thanks for having the giveaway. :D
I’m starting to reconsider my earlier restrictions. The high school and older rule was in place because there’s some heavy content in the anthology but maybe it’s best to leave it to the educators discretion? Anyway, thank you for entering and I wish you good luck!
Oh, this is so exciting! I’m really glad that I have the opportunity to enter despite being only a middle school teacher, not a high school teacher. I missed the Kickstarter and have been kicking myself in the pants ever since; this is exactly the sort of work I’d like to support more of, and I am very interested in sharing sections with my students, as our student body is overwhelmingly people of colour. Even if I don’t win, I’d like to do so anyway. These kids deserve to see themselves represented in media a hell of a lot more than they do now.
It sounds like a great read! I hope I win!!
YAY! This is a collection I’ve wanted since first hearing of it; relevant, necessary and by all accounts amazing. Yes Please.
I’ve been loving your tweets on this collection, and would love to win!
Very excited to read this collection!