I'm Jo, a Children's Bookseller, and I have been book blogging since 2009. Once Upon a Bookcase is my little corner of the internet where I share my love of YA - especially diverse YA, fantasy, some children's books, and whatever else takes my fancy.I hope you enjoy reading my blog! If you take a look around, you won't just find reviews, but themed YA blog events - my last being Mental Illness in YA - and my semi-regular features, A Novel Cover Up, where cover designers discuss how they came up with that cover, Once Upon a Retelling, where I interview authors about the stories that inspired their retellings, and A Diverse Bookcase, where authors recommend diverse books to their characters.
Over the years of blogging, a few wonderful things have come my way:
- Once Upon a Bookcase was one of the Cision Top Ten Teen Literature Blogs in 2010 and 2012;
- I have had my reviews quoted in the Praise pages of several YA and adult novels;
- I have been granted the honour of being a media partner of, and speaker at, The London Book Fair 2013;
- And I was shortlisted for the Champion of YA Award in the UKYA Blogger Awards in 2015, and longlisted for the Champion of Diversity Award in the UKYA Blogger Awards in 2018.
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Contact
Want to contact me? That's great! I'd love to hear from you.
You can email me at onceuponabookcase@gmail.com.
