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Book Covers: How Gender Is Not the Only Issue

Polly Courtney | Posted 23.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Book Covers, Stereotypes, #CoverFlip, Gendered Books, Books, Sexism, Fiction, Young Adult, Teen Fiction, UK Books, UK Culture, UK Arts, UK Lifestyle News
Polly Courtney

The real issue is that publishers make some terrible assumptions about what men and women like to read (or ought to read). In an attempt to capitalise on the dwindling 'mass market' they have carved the reading population up by demographic and crudely assumed that each 'segment' is a homogenous group with similar tastes.

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Darren Shan's Zom-B Terror!

Scott De Buitléir | Posted 25.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Zombie Attack, Young Adult Literature, Zombies, Darren Shan, Children's Books, Books, Young Adult, Thriller, Children's Literature, Young Adult Books, UK Books, Horror, Young Adult Fiction, Home News
Scott De Buitléir

Shan - real name Darren O'Shaughnessy - became a full-time writer at the age of 23, and has since sold over 20 million copies of his books worldwide, becoming bestsellers in the US, UK, Ireland and elsewhere.

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EXCLUSIVE CLIP: Charlize Theron Is A Young, Unlikeable Adult

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Diablo Cody, Charlize Theron, UK Film, UK Film Drama, Video, Film Trailers, Patrick Wilson, Young Adult, UK Entertainment News

Charlize Theron, who has a habit of playing against her sun-kissed good looks and obviously appealing nature to convincing on-screen effect, has done ...

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Harry's Finished... but Hollywood is Just Getting Started With YA Novels

Ben Falk | Posted 18.09.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Harry Potter Movies, Drew Barrymore Heist Society, Books, Young Adult, Kody Keplinger, Divergent, Ya, The Hunger Games, Veronica Roth, UK Entertainment News
Ben Falk

The Harry Potter movie saga has come to a (lucrative) close, but the success of that child-friendly franchise sparked a rejuvenation in children's lit...

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