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Tag: Representation

November 20, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Coming Home to the Library, a guest post by Yasmin Rahman

Looking back, it seems ridiculous that I, an avid book lover and organiser extraordinaire, did not realise that being a librarian was the perfect job for me.

September 27, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Seeing Yourself in a Story, a guest post by Michelle Mohrweis

Stories let us see ourselves doing things and having adventures. They let us imagine ourselves in those places and know that we are valid.

August 2, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Beads on a Necklace: A Story Collective, a guest post by Kimberly Behre Kenna

Jett’s story grew from my wonderings of how my life would’ve been different if I’d had access to age-appropriate books featuring characters who had survived trauma. I might not have felt so alone or ashamed. I might not have waited decades to tell my secret.

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Jane Austen, Cowboys, and Comics, a guest post by Rey Terciero

June 6, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

The idea bubbled up practically overnight:  the story of a young, gay, Hispanic teen (that’s me), who falls in love with a cowboy (that’s Texas), who may or may not be a killer (and that’s Jane Austen).

Cute, Sensitive, Funny: Creating A Happily Ever After, a guest post by India Hill Brown

May 31, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

I’m a sucker for a good happily ever after. I believe that most people deserve one, and deserve to see people like themselves have one. Which is one of the reasons I wrote Rhythm & Muse, to fill a void that I wasn’t finding at the time. A black, teenage boy finding his.

We Have Always Been Here; We Always Will Be, a guest post by Kate Fussner

May 30, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Growing up, I loved fairy tales and Greek myths. As a young queer person, I was keenly aware of how LGBTQIA+ characters never appeared in these stories.

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Bringing Black Panamanian Culture to Children’s Books, a guest post by Tamika Burgess

January 3, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Writing Sincerely Sicily was very liberating, as it allowed me to thoroughly share my background in a way I have never been able to do before.

The Beauty of Rejection, a guest post by Charity Alyse

November 16, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Dear reader, let my life be a lesson: Let not the pains of rejection keep you silent. Instead, let them be the contrary wind that pushes your sails onward listen to the wants permeating within your heart and quiet your every wondering brain.

He Couldn’t Read It, So He Wrote It, a guest post by Justin Arnold

November 11, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I wanted to write a party mix of all of it, those things that I love, in a story world where I and everyone else exists, because that’s the book I wanted to read as a teen but couldn’t find.

Joyful Representation in the Age of Book Bans, by author Maya Prasad

October 12, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Author Maya Prasad joins TLT to discuss joyful representation in the era of book bans

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