There’s a great profile of Aline Crumb in yesterday’s New York Times! Read it here.
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PW Interviews Aline Kominsky-Crumb
“The Wild Woman of Comics” is how Publishers Weekly characterizes Aline Kominsky-Crumb in their article about her new book, LOVE THAT BUNCH, just published in North America by Drawn & Quarterly.
Everyone Likes a Fart!
NO ONE LIKES A FART by Zoe Foster Blake (Penguin Random House Australia) has just been chosen Children’s Picture Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards 2018! Penguin have sold over 60,000 copies in Australia alone since publication – it’s the fastest selling picture book in the history of Bookscan Australia! North American…
Eisner Nominees Announced
First Second has two books nominated in the Best Publication for Teens (ages 13-17) category: THE DAM KEEPER by Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi and SPINNING by Tillie Walden. SPINNING is also nominated in the Best Reality-based Work category.
Gilbert Shelton Show in Brussels
Comics legend Gilbert Shelton will have his first art exhibition in Brussels at Comic Art Factory from 18 May to 5 June!
Shaun Tan Has Done It Again!
Tok Tok Tok! Australian superstar Shaun Tan, has a new book, CICADA, coming out this summer, and it’s another great one! Books+Publishing has given it a 5-star review that you can read here. Shaun’s previous books have been published in many translations around the world, his animated film, The Lost Thing, won an Oscar, and…
More Praise for LOVE THAT BUNCH!
“Love That Bunch… It’s a form of fearless authenticity that’s now practically commonplace.”—San Francisco Magazine “Shamelessly candid… Kominsky-Crumb has brought an uncompromising honesty and fearlessness to the comics form. She has refused to be contained by anyone else’s ideas about what is permissible to depict and to write about, and her work always surprises.” —Publishers…
THE HAZEL WOOD Is Still a Best-seller!
Congratulations are due to Melissa Albert, whose THE HAZEL WOOD is still on the New York Times best sellers list – for the twelfth week! This time at number 6! It’s just out in Spain at RBA: And is coming soon in France from Milan:
TARIN OF THE MAMMOTHS Wins a Prize!
Jo Sandhu’s middle-grade novel TARIN OF THE MAMMOTHS: THE EXILE has won the 2018 Readings Children’s Book Prize . This is the first book in a trilogy being published by Penguin Random House Australia.
Aline Kominsky-Crumb Talks about LOVE THAT BUNCH
Starting her promotional tour in Canada this week, Aline Kominsky-Crumb has already been interviewed by several publications. And you can read the interviews in Montreal Gazette , the Toronto Star and J Weekly by clicking on the links.
Lora Fountain Literary Agency 