Links to start the week:
- At Ploughshares, I’m talking about Twelfth Night as my favorite Christmas show.
- Thanks to Molly for including The Chance You Won’t Return on this list of favorite 2014 YA novels!
- A new story from the His Dark Materials universe.
- Character death and children’s media.
- Writing prompts to jump-start your creativity.
- “In Rose Under Fire, the need to communicate is as strong as the need for sustenance.” Elizabeth Wein’s 2014 BGHB Fiction Honor Speech is a must-read, as is Rose Under Fire.
- The side effects of being an English major.
- What does it mean to be a strong female character?
- Travel posters for fictional places.
- Loving living near Boston, one of the top 10 cities for book lovers.
- I think we could all do with a little more mudita.
- Reason #12 why school librarians are necessary.
- A powerful post about ‘quiet homelessness’ and an economic reality for so many around us.
Ploughshares, huh? That’s pretty impressive. Twelfth Night is my favorite of the comedies. Malvolio (and his garters and yellow stockings) is such a delicious twit! On my way to go read the post.
Yay for Team Twelfth Night!