Towards diversity in young adult fiction: Australian YA authors’ publishing experiences and its implications for YA librarians and readers’ advisory services

Booth, Emily; Narayan, Bhuva

doi:10.1080/24750158.2018.1497349

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“…The Australian publishing industry, especially the Australian YA fiction (young adult fiction) market, has been affected by the larger overseas markets in the long term [8]. The group of people most affected by this situation is Australian YA book bloggers, who usually share reading experiences about new novels on networks.…”

Section: Australian Ya Fiction and Print Booksmentioning

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“…The group of people most affected by this situation is Australian YA book bloggers, who usually share reading experiences about new novels on networks. According to Booth and Narayan in 2018, "While many YA book-bloggers are university students rather than teenagers, they come from all walks of life and professions including bookselling, publishing, and libraries, but they can be defined as readers and online reviewers of YA fiction [8]." The book review part from bloggers is vital in the contemporary publishing process, and strong connections between international publishers and Australian YA book-bloggers are formed through communication on social media.…”

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confidence: 99%

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An Analysis of the Future of YA Print Fiction in Australia and America

Zhang¹

2023

Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)

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With the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales of printed books have been affected to varying degrees worldwide. For a while, the future trends of the print book industry were met with concern. This paper uses young adult fiction sales in Australia and the United States as a study to analyse the impact of the pandemic on print book sales. The article also examines the question of whether e-book distribution can replace the print segment in the young adult fiction sector.

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Section: Australian Ya Fiction and Print Booksmentioning

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Section: Australian Ya Fiction and Print Booksmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Analysis of the Future of YA Print Fiction in Australia and America

Zhang¹

2023

Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)

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“…This concept has been discussed in recent studies of diversity in publishing. Booth and Narayan identify themes of "visibility" and "possibility" in the value that writers from marginalized communities attribute to their books for teenage readers, "either through the book's literal 'place' in the market or through the positive representations … of what is 'possible'" [10].…”

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#Ownvoices, Disruptive Platforms, and Reader Reception in Young Adult Publishing

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The concept of #ownvoices writing has gained traction in contemporary publishing as both a genre of reader interest and a focus for debates about authors’ rights to write cross-culturally. This paper examines tensions the #ownvoices movement reveals between the commissioning, publishing, and critical reception of a book, using debate about Craig Silvey’s Honeybee, an Australian novel focalized through a young trans protagonist but written by a straight male author. Drawing on the theory of recognition, it analyzes author and publisher media interviews, social media, and literary reviews in mainstream publications, which are given context through with selected interviews with Australian publishers. Misrepresentation and appropriation are concerns for many readers, while judgements about aesthetic quality vary. Structures within the book industries limit the economic representation of diverse creators which, in turn, has implications for the diversity of experience represented in young adult fiction and its literary quality.

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“…Anita Heiss [ 21 ] interviewed Australian Indigenous authors in Dhuuluu-Yala , which gathers First Nations writers’ opinions of Australian publishing and its workings, although the writers’ reflections were not collected in tandem with their presses’. Also, Booth and Narayan [ 5 , 6 ] interviewed seven young adult (YA) writers about their experiences publishing and promoting their titles.…”

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Amplifying Silenced Voices Through Micro- and Small-Press Publishing

Martire

2021

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This research uses exploratory, mixed-method case studies to explore the relationship between Australian micro- and small presses (MSPs), their publishing and promotion of writers of difference (WODs), and the relationship to Couldry’s (2010) concept of voice . Through structured interviews with two publishing houses and their WODs, I (a) identified MSPs’ strategies for publishing and promoting silenced and neglected writers, thus facilitating the expression of voice ; and (b) learned how MSPs’ authors respond to their publishers’ efforts to promote voice , and what publishing strategies they suggest for the industry. This research offers a novel contribution to publishing studies and communication for social change.

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Towards diversity in young adult fiction: Australian YA authors’ publishing experiences and its implications for YA librarians and readers’ advisory services

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

An Analysis of the Future of YA Print Fiction in Australia and America

An Analysis of the Future of YA Print Fiction in Australia and America

#Ownvoices, Disruptive Platforms, and Reader Reception in Young Adult Publishing

Amplifying Silenced Voices Through Micro- and Small-Press Publishing

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