As many publishers in the world industry put new stress on diversity, the IPA’s chief speaks on Elsevier’s experience with LGBTI employees–and readers.
Publishers in Japan Produce LGBT-Themed Books for Students
From Japan Today’: at the ministry of education’s urging, Japanese publishers Otsuki Shoten and Popular Publishing have created children’s books on the LGBT experience.
International Publishers Association Condemns Verona Mayor’s Books Censorship Agenda
‘The IPA and its Freedom to Publish Committee denounces’ Verona’s mayor’s plan to pull books promoting same-sex family contexts from libraries and schools.
Submissions Open for the UK’s Polari First Book Prize 2016
Submissions now are open for the 2016 Polari First Book Prize, for debut books that explore the LGBT experience in poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction.
New Publisher Query Books Focuses on Lost LGBT Classics
Ken White, former manager of San Francisco’s Books Inc., has launched Query Books, a publishing company focusing on republishing significant LGBT books.
Harmony Ink Press: Reaching Out to LGBTQ+ Youth
Harmony Ink Press’s Anne Regan discusses the publisher’s move into LGBTQ+ YA books, the reaction from readers, parents and teachers, and the publisher’s plans for the future.
Carolina Lawmakers Cut College Funding Over Gay-Themed Books
The South Carolina House of Reps has voted cut $69,000 in funding to two public universities that assigned gay-themed books as reading for incoming freshmen.
Survey Underway on LGBT Reading Habits and Book Discovery
The Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF) and St. Cloud State University are surveying LGBT readers about the books they read and how they find them. Here’s how to participate.
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Literature 2011 Nominees
–>From the Press Release: Los Angeles, CA — Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Edward Albee and Gold Dagger Award-winning crime fiction writer Val McDermid will be special honorees at the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards ceremony to be hosted by comedienne Lea DeLaria on Thursday, May 26 in New York City at the School of Visual Arts Theater. Tony Award-winning …