There are only two months left in 2013 (where did the time go?!) and I’m panicking. I’m struggling with my Heritage Reads challenge, y’all. I don’t think I’m going to make it. Yes, I’ve had some successes. In fact I have completed several of the categories already: 5 Native writers 6 East Asian writers 5… Read Post
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#DiverseCanLit TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
I often rely on anecdotal information when I speak about the lack of diversity in Canadian publishing. I’ll talk about the demographics of my publishing class, my difficulty finding diverse books on shelves, and compare the number of books about black children to the number of books about dinosaurs. However the work by Cooperative Children’s… Read Post
Why I Focus on Diverse Authors, not Characters
In last year’s POC Reading Challenge, the goal was to read as many books written by people of color or that included characters of color. This year my Heritage Reads challenge focuses solely on the number of authors of color I read. For example, Beverly Jenkins only counts once even though I read two of… Read Post
5 South Asian Writers
Milestone number two of my Heritage Reads challenge is complete! I read the work of five South Asian writers and was very pleased at the variety. At first I was worried that all the books would be about female infanticide. I’d read enough novels on the topic that I was beginning to think it was… Read Post