Günışığı Kitaplığı proudly presents the long-awaited new short-story collection by Mine Soysal, one of the most prominent voices in contemporary Turkish children’s and young adult literature: Long Live Books! (Yaşasın Kitap!). Edited by Müren Beykan, this book arrives many years after Soysal’s masterpiece Oh No, a Book! (Eyvah Kitap!), which reached hundreds of thousands of readers, and invites everyone on a fresh journey that will renew the way we think about “books” and “reading.”
Long Live Books! consists of 32 short stories that vividly turn into narrative the psychological and social conditions affecting today’s young people’s relationship with reading. With an innovative approach, the book reconsiders the place and importance of books in young lives.
Among the stories you’ll meet:
- Young people accused of screen addiction,
- Those who prepare homework with artificial intelligence,
- Guests at a reading club,
- Teens trying to soothe the pain of losses suffered in the earthquake,
- Those who lose their neighborhood bookstore,
- Youngsters attending therapy for anger management,
- Migrant workers suffering from loneliness, and
- Friends who stand up for peers facing bullying.
These and many other characters and situations speak directly to the realities of today’s youth.
With this new work, Mine Soysal continues to be a powerful voice on young people’s reading challenges and rights. Long Live Books! is an indispensable guide for young readers, educators, and parents alike—an essential tool for understanding the lives of young people as they intersect with books.
