Big Bookish News! Scholastic Opt-Out, St. Martin's Press Boycott, Delayed Award for Adania Shibli

Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre are back with another bookish news episode! This is our Halloween episode, but the topics we wanted to cover needed a more serious tone, so please prepare yourselves accordingly. If you aren't watching the video version on YouTube, you are missing out on some really stunning visuals. Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast! You can also send us an email at booksonthebrainpod@gmail.com We upload weekly on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/message-scholastic-book-fairs https://pen.org/press-release/scholastic-urged-o-explore-other-options-instead-of-limiting-or-partitioning-diverse-book-titles-at-school-book-fairs/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/19/scholastic-book-fair-diverse-titles-separate/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/25/scholastic-optional-diverse-collection-apology/ http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/press-release/update-scholastic-us-book-fairs https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/07/19/textbook-publishers-florida-critical-race-theory/?itid=lk_inline_manual_36 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/books/frankfurt-book-fair-cancels-award-adania-shibli.html https://newsbeezer.com/switzerlandeng/frankfurt-book-fair-palestinian-author-in-zurich-her-novel-is-said-to-be-anti-semitic/ https://www.litprom.de/en/best-books/liberaturpreis/the-winner-2023/ https://www.tiktok.com/@vivafalastinleen/video/7288407369313307947 https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8B6ngB9/