The weekly web ramble (9/19)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– The 2014 longlist for the national book awards for young people’s literature

– ABA’s Winter/Spring 2015 Indies Introduce Debut Authors and New Voices list

– 10 stupid arguments people use to defend comic book sexism

<– AUTHOR TALK

– Malinda Lo finds diverse books are disproportionately targeted for censorship

– An interview with Jasper Fforde

– A Q&A with Ann Leckie

– 10 questions with Kelli Stanley

WEB READS –>

– Read the first twelve chapters of The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill

– Check out an excerpt from The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry

– Read an excerpt from Poisoned Apples by Christine Heppermann

– Check out the first chapter of The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare