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25 Featured Books by Authors of Color at BEA

Check out these awesome books featured at BEA, all from diverse authors!

A Self-Published Bright Spot at BEA

I was trekking out of Manhattan after a day of hardcore BEA-ing, transferring trains to head back to Brooklyn, when ...

Return of the Book Jedis: The Well-Readheads at BEA 2014

LH: Once again, we have faced the Javits Center and survived! How was your BEA this year, muffin? RJS: It ...

I Need Diverse Books: BookCon, Donald Sterling, and AMERICANAH

I hope you’ll forgive the cliché, but in the past week, my worlds have collided. Noisily. First, there was BEA’s ...

Blindingly White: BookCon, John Green, and Knowing When It’s Time to Speak Up

The whole BookCon thing sucks. We agree on that, right? As an internet community, we bookish people seem to be in ...

My Dream Kidlit Panel (BookCon Edition)

Book Expo America, particularly BookCon, has been getting a lot of heat recently for its selection of speakers. It started ...

Reading Globally: Book Riot and Chuck Wendig Take Iceland

Book Expo America took place more than two months ago. I did not write this post because I was waiting ...