So many links!

• Celebrate Banned Book Week by reading one of these famously challenged books.
• A history of YA, or just who is that Printz guy anyway?
• I want all of these book nooks.
• You don’t have to be back at school to appreciate this list of back to school books.
• Excellent post from Sarah Dessen on taking breaks and letting the story come to you.
• Paula Yoo on publicity and thinking outside the box.
• Non-point-of-view characters have their own front story.
• For Hispanic Heritage Month, awesome authors on why we need diverse books.
• And speaking of diverse books, some to add to your reading list.
• Guys, I love Oxford. Someone please invent teleportation because I need a Ben’s cookie.
• Great post by Shannon Hale on the neutral love interest.
• All of this.
• Seasons in publishing, and why it matters/doesn’t matter.
• It’s okay to look at Tumblr every hour, I swear!
• Uh oh. (Don’t worry, coffee, they can’t separate us.)
• Glad to see so many children’s/YA characters on this list.
• Seriously made me laugh out loud.
• I never knew I needed the A Wrinkle in Time Quintet album by Sufjan Stevens until now, but I really need it now.
• “I know what kind of working author I want to be. It’s just a matter of finding a way to get myself there.” Love Nova Ren Suma.
• How teen cliques get their names and what sticks over generations.
• “The dog is a metaphor.”
• Speaking of dogs.
• My new favorite article about adults reading YA.