So, just like with the original link list, it'll start small and continue to grow throughout the year.
So what counts? Well, a variety of stuff, but just as an example:
- Discussion blogposts
- Lists of authors
- Lists of diverse books
- Goodreads lists
- Articles about diverse books
- Interviews with diverse authors and/or about diversity in books
Some stuff that DOESN'T count:
- Book reviews (although link-ups and lists of reviews are acceptable, this isn't a place for individual reviews)
- Amazon/Goodreads etc. links to individual books
- Non-bookish stuff
- Spam
I'm not responsible for 3rd party content, or for the books the links recommend. If there's a problem with any link, just let me know in the comments below
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This post is FREE for all, but if you would like to support me, Dora Reads, and the Link List, you can buy me a coffee here.
Previous Link Lists
General
Disability
Disability in Kidlit - website dedicated to representations of disability (inc. mental illness, learning disabilities, and non-neuro-typical people,) in Young Adult and Middle Grade (kids') books
General
All Our Worlds - Diverse Fantastic Fiction - a resource for diverse Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Speculative fiction
We Need Diverse Books
We Need Diverse Books (YouTube Channel)
Lesbian
The Lesbrary - blog focussed on lesbian and F/F books
LGBTQ+
The Gay YA
The Lesbrary - blog focussed on lesbian and F/F books
Native Americans
American Indians in Children's Literature - excellent blog run by Debbie Reese looking at representation of Native Americans, especially in children's books
People of Colour (PoCs)
Rich In Color - website dedicated to YA by or about People of Colour (PoCs) and Indigenous Peoples
Lists
Disability(also see Mental Illness/Mental Health, Non Neuro-Typical/Neuro-diverse/Autistic Spectrum, and Learning Disabilities)
Accessible Books - also under Learning Disabilities
Dyslexia-friendly picture books - Book Trust list
Cancer
Cancer Awareness Month - Book Trust list of books
World Cancer Day 2017 - list from Book Trust of YA fiction dealing with cancer
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Cerebral Palsy - Goodreads list of fiction and non-fiction titles from user Danielle
Accessible Books - also under Learning Disabilities
Dyslexia-friendly picture books - Book Trust list
Cancer
Cancer Awareness Month - Book Trust list of books
World Cancer Day 2017 - list from Book Trust of YA fiction dealing with cancer
Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Cerebral Palsy - Goodreads list of fiction and non-fiction titles from user Danielle
Deaf
Deaf Awareness Week - Book Trust list of kids books
Dementia - also under Mental Illness/Mental Health
Children's books on dementia - Book Trust list
Down's Syndrome - also under Learning Disabilities
Down's Syndrome Awareness Week - Book Trust list of kids books
Eating Disorders - also under Mental Illness/Mental Health
Eating Disorders Awareness Booklist - Book Trust list of YA and MG titles
General
Books to develop understanding of disability - Book Trust list of kids' books
Books with positive images of disability - Book Trust kidlit list, which includes YA
Casual Inclusion of Disabled Characters - list from Book Trust of kids' books (mainly picture books) which include disabled characters without making it an issue
General
#OwnVoices Middle Grade Fiction - list from LibrarianDest @ King County Library System @ Seattle Public Library
Diversity Bingo 2017 Options - list of diverse books which would count for #DiversityBingo2017 from I Live and Breathe Words
Give Short Fiction a Chance! - 12 Diverse Short Story Collections And Anthologies That Will Win You Over - Naz @ Read Diverse Books
Indigenous Peoples (also see People of Colour (PoC) and International/World-Lit/Geography-categorised)
Native Americans
AICL's Best Books of 2016 - 2016 kids' books approved by American Indians in Children's Literature
#OwnVoices Representation: Native American Authors - Sarah Strange @ YA Interrobang
International/World Lit/Geography-categorised
(not including Europe, US, Canada, Aus & NZ)
(also see Indigenous Peoples and People of Colour (PoC))
Asia (general)
Asian YA: Awesomely Asian 2017 YA/MG Books - list from Airy Reads
Books With LGBTQIA Asian Protagonists - #ReadDiverse2017 - list from Naz @ Read Diverse Books
Africa
Books set in Africa - Book Trust list
India
An Indian Summer? - Book Trust #ownvoices list of Indian books
Books about India - Book Trust list
Queer and Indian - A Goodreads list of LGBTQ+/Queer books that are either set in India or have an Indian protagonist from user Smita Vanniyar
South America
South American stories - Book Trust #ownvoices list
South Asia
#OwnVoices Spotlight: South Asian Authors - list by Sarah Strange @ YA Interrobang
Learning Disabilities (also see Mental Illness/Mental Heath, Non Neuro-Typical/Neuro-Diverse/Autistic Spectrum, and Disabilities)
Accessible Books - also under Disabilities
Dyslexia-friendly picture books - Book Trust list
Down's Syndrome - also under Disabilities
Down's Syndrome Awareness Week - Book Trust list of kids books
LGBTQ+
Aromantic
The Aromantic and Asexual Speculative Fiction Database - huge resource from Claudie Arsenault
Asexual
The Aromantic and Asexual Speculative Fiction Database - huge resource from Claudie Arsenault
F/F (book lists focussing on female same-sex romance)
9 Lesbian Romance Audiobooks To Warm Your Heart On Chilly Nights - Casey @ Autostraddle
Manga Hype: Ladies Loving Ladies Edition - list of f/f manga from Megan Cavitt @ Book Riot
General & Queer
2017 LGBTQ+ YA - from BCLA LGBTQ Interest Group
8 Queer High Fantasy Books For Your Epic Sword-Wielding Needs - focuses on queer women; Casey @ Autostraddle
Books With LGBTQIA Asian Protagonists - #ReadDiverse2017 - list from Naz @ Read Diverse Books
Four Queer Black Canadian Women Writers You Should Be Reading For Black History Month - Casey The Canadian Lesbrarian
Out and About - LGBTQ Books For Teens - list from Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
Queer and Indian - A Goodreads list of LGBTQ+/Queer books that are either set in India or have an Indian protagonist from user Smita Vanniyar
Lesbian
9 Lesbian Romance Audiobooks To Warm Your Heart On Chilly Nights - Casey @ Autostraddle
10 Works of Black Lesbian Short Fiction - list from Bina @ WoCReadsThe Aromantic and Asexual Speculative Fiction Database - huge resource from Claudie Arsenault
Asexual
The Aromantic and Asexual Speculative Fiction Database - huge resource from Claudie Arsenault
F/F (book lists focussing on female same-sex romance)
9 Lesbian Romance Audiobooks To Warm Your Heart On Chilly Nights - Casey @ Autostraddle
Manga Hype: Ladies Loving Ladies Edition - list of f/f manga from Megan Cavitt @ Book Riot
General & Queer
2017 LGBTQ+ YA - from BCLA LGBTQ Interest Group
8 Queer High Fantasy Books For Your Epic Sword-Wielding Needs - focuses on queer women; Casey @ Autostraddle
Books With LGBTQIA Asian Protagonists - #ReadDiverse2017 - list from Naz @ Read Diverse Books
Four Queer Black Canadian Women Writers You Should Be Reading For Black History Month - Casey The Canadian Lesbrarian
Out and About - LGBTQ Books For Teens - list from Jefferson-Madison Regional Library
Queer and Indian - A Goodreads list of LGBTQ+/Queer books that are either set in India or have an Indian protagonist from user Smita Vanniyar
Lesbian
9 Lesbian Romance Audiobooks To Warm Your Heart On Chilly Nights - Casey @ Autostraddle
Non-Binary
Reviews of trans and/or non-binary lit by trans and/or non-binary reviewers - directory of trans and/or non-binary people's reviews of literature that depict these genders, compiled by xanwest
Pansexual
Diversity Recs: Pansexual Characters - list from Two Book Thieves
Transgender
6 Excellent Books by Trans Authors Available as Audiobooks - Casey Stepaniuk @ Book Riot
Reviews of trans and/or non-binary lit by trans and/or non-binary reviewers - directory of trans and/or non-binary people's reviews of literature that depict these genders, compiled by xanwest
Six Canadian Trans Women Writers You Should Know - list from Casey the Lesbrarian
Transgender Women
Six Canadian Trans Women Writers You Should Know - list from Casey the Lesbrarian
Mental Illness/Mental Health(also see Disabilities, Non Neuro-typical/Neuro-Diverse/Autistic Spectrum, and Learning Disabilities)
Dementia - also under Disabilities
Children's books on dementia - Book Trust list
Eating Disorders - also under disability
Eating Disorders Awareness Booklist - Book Trust list of YA and MG titles
General
Books to Support Understanding of Mental Health - Book Trust list of YA titles related to mental health
Non Neuro-Typical/Neuro-diverse/Autistic Spectrum
(see also Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, and Mental Illness/Mental Health)
Asperger's Syndrome and Autism - list from Book Trust of YA titles
People of Colour (PoC)
(also see Indigenous Peoples and International/World-Lit/Geography-categorised)
Asian (ethnicity)
Asian YA: Awesomely Asian 2017 YA/MG Books - list from Airy Reads
Books With LGBTQIA Asian Protagonists - #ReadDiverse2017 - list from Naz @ Read Diverse Books
Black/African-American
10 Poetry Collections by Black Women #BlackHistoryMonth - list from Bina @ WoCReads
10 Works of Black Lesbian Short Fiction - list from Bina @ WoCReads
100 Best Children's Books for African American History Month - Karina Glaser @ Book Riot
2016 MG & YA Titles by African Americans - Kids' and Teens' books; Zetta Elliott
African American Historical Fiction For Teens - Jefferson-Madison Regional Library list
African American Historical Fiction For Teens [PDF] - PDF printable file of Jefferson-Madison Regional Library list
Black History Month - Book Trust list of #ownvoices black fiction
Four Queer Black Canadian Women Writers You Should Be Reading For Black History Month - Casey The Canadian Lesbrarian
General
11 Romance Authors of Color You Should Be Reading - list from Jessica Pryde @ Women Write About Comics
Read Harder 2017: Books Featuring PoVs from People of Color - list from Angel Cruz @ Book Riot
Indian (ethnicity)
An Indian Summer? - Book Trust #ownvoices list of Indian books
Queer and Indian - A Goodreads list of LGBTQ+/Queer books that are either set in India or have an Indian protagonist from user Smita Vanniyar
Latinx
8 Great Latino Books Published in 2016 - list from Rigoberto González @ NBC News
South American stories - Book Trust #ownvoices list
Religious Diversity
General
Religious Diversity in Fantasy - includes characters with spiritual and religious beliefs in fantasy novels, but NOT beliefs specific to a fantasy world. Goodreads list from user Miranda
Muslims
#OwnVoices Muslim Books to Read in 2017 - list from Angel Cruz @ Book Riot
100+ Muslim Authored Books - Goodreads list by Papatia Feauxzar
Muslim Squad - (adult) Fiction by Muslims - Goodreads list by user Jess W
Muslim Squad - (adult) Fiction featuring Muslims by non-Muslims - Goodreads list from user Jess W
Muslim YA - Goodreads list from user Emmy Neal
The Big End of the Year Book List: Islamic Fiction Edition - list written at the end of 2016 by Umm Juwayriyah
Diverse Authors Spotlights, Bibliographies, Q&As
Alphabetical*
(* Please let me know if I've made a mistake with someone's name! I try my best, but it's not always clear which names are surnames, and I'm really sorry if I've got something wrong.)
B
Blackman, Malorie
Top 10 books by Malorie Blackman - Book Trust list of books
D
Duffy, Carol Ann
Carol Ann Duffy - Book Trust list of books
S
Shaabneh, Nevien
A Q&A With Nevien Shaabneh, Author of "Secrets Under the Olive Tree" - from Naz @ Read Diverse Books
Advice For Writing Diversity
Writing Diverse Side-Characters
Writing, Tonto & The Wise-Cracking Minority Sidekick Who Is The First To Die - post by author Cynthia Leitich Smith
Writing Native American Characters and/or Culture
Indian 101 for Writers, Part Four: Aargh! - excellent advice on avoiding stereotypes from Alison DeLuca and Kara Stewart
Indian 101 for Writers, Part Two: Know Whereof You Speak (aka Don't Make It Up or Rely on What You *Think* You Know) - excellent advice from Alison DeLuca and Kara Stewart
Stereotypes and Tropes
Not all tropes are bad - far from it, but so many can be used harmfully against marginalised groups.
It's important to learn about tropes and how they affect our perceptions, especially of groups that are all too often stereotyped or dehumanised.
Avoiding Stereotypes
Indian 101 for Writers, Part Four: Aargh! - excellent advice on avoiding stereotypes from Alison DeLuca and Kara Stewart
Writing, Tonto & The Wise-Cracking Minority Sidekick Who Is The First To Die - post by author Cynthia Leitich Smith
Native American Stereotypes
Indian 101 for Writers, Part Four: Aargh! - excellent advice on avoiding stereotypes from Alison DeLuca and Kara Stewart
YAY FOR THIS LIST!! Definitely a big help :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! XD
DeleteStill working on this, but I really like what I see so far! Link collections like this are sure to benefit a lot of people ^.^
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Wow, great list!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work :)
Dinh @ Arlene's Book Club
Thank you! Remember to keep checking back, and if you come across any links, please submit them on the Google doc! :)
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