TV/Movies
The Shadowhunters are back ! After a rally of fan outcry, Constantin Films announced they will continue production of the City of Ashes film.
Rachel Cohn’s sci-fi novel Beta is set to be developed as a TV series by ABC.
Jennifer Lawrence hasn’t put book adaptations behind her just yet. She is headed to star in the adaptation of the literary novel Burial Rites.
Political thriller writer David Baldacci’s 2014 middle gradefantasy series has been optioned for a film
Publishing
Simon & Schuster is launching a sci-fi, fantasy and horror imprint to acquire books for readers of “YA and above”. This will be the publisher’s first imprint dedicated to the genre.
Literary agents get together and talktrends in young adult fiction including; what’s dead, what they are looking for and what they want more of.
Fans waiting for the final book in the Daughter of Smoke and Bone trilogy can take solace in Laini Taylor’s a novella entitled Night of Cake and Puppets.
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The final book in the Mara Dyer release date has been pushed back to 2014. Michelle Hodkins explains why.
Tiffany Schmidt announces she will publish Once Upon a Crime Family, a duology set to be published with Bloomsbury Walker Kids.
On The Web
Ebookfriendly.com has 6 infographics and charts for YA fiction
For the New Adult fans ! Here is a list of 2013-2014 non-contemporary new adult novels via NA Alley
Diversity
Malinda Lo looks at the representation of LGBT YA fiction in 2013.
Sep. 15-Oct. 15th was Hispanic Heritage Month, YALSA has a list of YA fiction featuring Hispanic authors or characters.
Check out this list of 2013 YA sci-fi fantasyfeaturing LGBT characters.
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1/2 of the blogging duo at Books and Sensibility, I have been blogging about and reviewing books since 2011. I read any and every genre, here on the blog I mostly review Fantasy, Adult Fiction, and Young Adult with a focus on audiobooks.