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Tennessee 451: Notes from the Front Lines of Censorship

Three Rooms Press Posted on October 24, 2022 by Ashlyn PetroOctober 25, 2022

Essay by Julia Watts, author of QUIVER and NEDDLEWORK “Thank you for your service.” The past several literary events I’ve done in Tennessee, I’ve found myself saying these words to the librarians and high school teachers that I meet, the … Continue reading →

Posted in censorship, Essays | Tagged censorship, essay, Julia Watts

Julia Watts’ NEEDLEWORK Selected for Library of Congress “Great Books from Great Places”

Three Rooms Press Posted on July 4, 2022 by adminJuly 7, 2022

Three Rooms Press is thrilled to announce that NEEDLEWORK, Julia Watts’ hard-hitting, yet hopeful LGBTQ+ Appalachian-set Young Adult novel, has been chosen by the Tennessee Center for the Book to be included in the “Great Reads from Great Places” list … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Great Reads from Great Places, Julia Watts, Library of Congress, Tennessee Center for the Book

Proudly Presenting 3RP’S 2021 Pushcart Nominees

Three Rooms Press Posted on November 24, 2021 by adminNovember 24, 2021

Three Rooms Press is excited to present our 2021 Pushcart Prize Nominees! We are grateful to work with and publish very talented writers over the past year, and while deciding who to nominate is a difficult process, our 2021 nominees are: … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged 2021 Pushcart Nominees, Andrei Codrescu, Awards, Bronwyn Mauldin, Jack Hirschman, Julia Watts, Kelly Ann Jacobson, vanessa baden-kelly

Watch: Queer Rural Fiction—A Conversation with Authors Julia Watts & Carter Sickels

Three Rooms Press Posted on May 28, 2021 by adminFebruary 27, 2022

Three Rooms Press and Hub City Press present authors Julia Watts and Carter Sickels, whose award winning fiction features queer character from and/or living in rural settings, particularly Appalachia. Julia Watts’ forthcoming LGBTQ+ YA (age 16+) novel, NEEDLEWORK comes out October … Continue reading →

Posted in interviews, Upcoming Books | Tagged carter sickles, Hub City Press, Julia Watts, LGBT, LGBT YA, queer rural fiction

Writing the Kind of Books You Don’t See on the Shelves: An Interview with Julia Watts

Three Rooms Press Posted on May 28, 2021 by adminFebruary 27, 2022

As part of our pride month celebrations, and in anticipation of her forthcoming novel Needlework, Three Rooms Press had a few questions for author Julia Watts. Her award-winning YA fiction has been an in-house favorite for quite a while; her stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Author Interviews, Upcoming Books | Tagged author interview, Interview, Julia Watts, LGBT, LGBT YA, needlework

Julia Watts Honored for Dedication to Writing for Rural LGBTQ Youth

Three Rooms Press Posted on May 16, 2020 by adminMay 16, 2020

We’re so excited to celebrate with Julia Watts, winner of the 2020 Tennessee Library Association Intellectual Freedom Award! While they are unable to present the award in person as originally planned, the TLA honors Watts for her contributions to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards | Tagged Awards, Intellectual Freedom Award, Julia Watts, QUIVER, Tennessee Library Association, TLA

Julia Watts Disinvited from Knoxville Teen Lit Festival: Part 2

Three Rooms Press Posted on September 9, 2019 by adminSeptember 9, 2019

It’s been a little more than a week since LGBTQ young adult author Julia Watts (Quiver) was disinvited from the LitUp Knoxville Teen Literary Festival, supposedly because she also writes adult books described as “erotica.” Actually, lesbian erotica, though allegedly, the … Continue reading →

Posted in censorship, LGBTQ, Young Adult | Tagged censorship, homophobia, Julia Watts, LGBTQ rights, library, LitUpFest, sexism, trolls, young adult

BREAKING: 3RP author Julia Watts banned from Knoxville Teen Lit Festival

Three Rooms Press Posted on September 3, 2019 by adminSeptember 5, 2019

Knoxville-based 3RP author Julia Watts was thrilled when she was invited to her hometown’s inaugural LitUp Festival, to be held October 13 at Knox County Public Library. The event is slated to be the Knoxville edition of a growing nationwide … Continue reading →

Posted in Author signing, censorship, Upcoming Events | Tagged Julia Watts, LGBTQ, LitUpFest, QUIVER, YA

Enter to win QUIVER by Julia Watts

Three Rooms Press Posted on June 6, 2018 by adminJune 6, 2018

This month, we’re giving away 5 advance copies of QUIVER, the brilliant new YA novel by LAMBDA award winning author Julia Watts. Set in rural Appalachia, QUIVER explores the unlikely friendship between Libby, the oldest child in a rural Tennessee … Continue reading →

Posted in Contests, Upcoming Books | Tagged Giveaway, Goodreads, Julia Watts, LGBT, QUIVER, YA
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