By Gianna Macchia The #OwnVoices hashtag was created by writer Corinne Duyvis in 2015 as a way to shorthand book recommendations by authors who openly shared the diverse identity of their main characters. She used the tag with her own novel On the Edge of Gone, which features an autistic … [Read more...] about Replacing #OwnVoices: Promoting Diverse Library Books With Specificity
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Why We Need Diverse Books Is No Longer Using the Term #OwnVoices
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Why We Need Diverse Books Is No Longer Using the Term #OwnVoices June 6, 2021 Washington, DC — We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) will no longer use the term #OwnVoices to refer to children’s literature or its authors and we have removed mentions of #OwnVoices from previously … [Read more...] about Why We Need Diverse Books Is No Longer Using the Term #OwnVoices
