Out TODAY: Awakening and Hammer of Witches!

April 9, 2013 – 12:37 pm

Tu Books is excited to announce the release of our two new spring titles: AWAKENING by Karen Sandler, and HAMMER OF WITCHES, by Shana Mlawski.

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part V: Diversity in Genre Fiction

March 12, 2013 – 12:54 pm

New Visions Award writing contest finalists share their thoughts on diversity in science fiction and fantasy for young readers.

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part IV

March 5, 2013 – 1:14 pm

In January we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting these talented finalists on our blog as they answer questions about what inspires them, the writing […]

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Cover Design 101: Hammer Of Witches, and the Pros of Illustrated Covers

February 27, 2013 – 2:23 pm

We’re so excited about the upcoming release of our new YA historical fantasy Hammer of Witches! In this post, Tu Books Editorial Director Stacy Whitman discusses how she and the designer came up with the final cover: Historical fantasy can be tough to market. You have to show that, despite being steeped in research and history, this is an […]

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part III

February 26, 2013 – 11:00 am

New Visions Award writing contest finalists answer the question: What has been your experience writing from a different cultural background that may be unfamiliar to most young readers?

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part II

February 20, 2013 – 5:41 pm

Last month we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be highlighting these talented finalists on our blog as they answer questions about what inspires them, the […]

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Meet Our New Visions Finalists

February 19, 2013 – 2:05 pm

Our New Visions Writing Contest finalists share why they began writing their novels and submitted them to the contest.

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Cover Design 101: The cover of Awakening

February 12, 2013 – 2:40 pm

We’re getting close to the release of Awakening, the upcoming sequel to the YA science fiction dystopia Tankborn from our Tu Books imprint! Awakening continues the story of Kayla and Mishalla, two teen GENs (genetically engineered nonhumans) fighting for freedom and equality:   Last week, we were lucky to get some help revealing the cover of […]

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What is dystopia? A chat with Diverse Energies authors

November 30, 2012 – 10:15 am

Before Thanksgiving we had a great chat on Twitter with some of the contributing authors from our new dystopian anthology, Diverse Energies. Authors Cindy Pon, Malinda Lo, Ken Liu, Rahul Kanakia, Rajan Khanna, and K. Tempest Bradford joined us to answer some questions about their stories, dystopia, world-building, and more: In one or two sentences, can […]

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Hurricane update: New Visions Award deadline extension

October 31, 2012 – 11:55 am

If you’ve been stuck at home from the hurricane and spending your time polishing your young adult novel, good news: due to Hurricane Sandy, we will be extending the deadline for our first annual New Visions Award. Entries should now be postmarked by November 14. The New Visions Award will be given to a middle […]

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