First Second has acquired rights to Sarah Goetter and Natalie Riess’s DUNGEON CRITTERS, a middle grade, fantasy adventure graphic novel about a tight-knit squad of animal companions investigating a sinister botanical conspiracy among the furry nobility, to be published in the winter of 2020. Also in 2020, First Second will publish KITTY SWEET TOOTH, about a…
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LOVE THAT BUNCH Is an Elle 30 Best Summer Reads!
Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s LOVE THAT BUNCH is coming out at the beginning of May. And it is one of Elle‘s “30 Best Summer Reads”! Read the whole article here.
THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER GO TO HOLLYWOOD!
Film rights to Jen Wang’s THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER have gone to Universal Pictures and Marc Platt! We can’t wait to see this unusual fairy tale come to life! The graphic novel is published in English by First Second, and translation rights have already been sold to France (Akileos – publishing on May), Spain (the…
36 QUESTIONS Coming Out in France!
Vicki Grant’s wonderful, hilarious, touching romantic YA novel 36 QUESTIONS THAT CHANGED MY MIND ABOUT YOU is coming out in French next week from Editions Michel Lafon.
SIDEKICKS Wins an IBBY!
Will Kostakis’ YA novel The Sidekicks (Penguin Australia) has won the 2018 Ena Noël Award! Read the full article here.
Still a Bestseller!
THE HAZEL WOOD is now at number four as it goes into its ninth week on the New York Times Bestsellers list!
LOVE THAT BUNCH Coming Out May 1st!
On May 1st, Drawn & Quarterly will publish Love That Bunch, Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s unabashedly unfiltered autobiographical comics recounting the thoughts and desires of a woman coming of age in the 1960’s. Aline will be in New York, Toronto, Montreal, and the Bay Area to promote her book. Here are the…
Short Story Machines Are Coming!
They started in France. Now they’ve gone global – even to the USA. Read about it here.
THE HAZEL WOOD Still a Best Seller!
THE HAZEL WOOD is on the New York Times YA Bestsellers list for the 7th week in a row! At Number 5 for the week of 1 April!
JANE, UNLIMITED On a Best Fiction List!
Congratulations to Kristin Cashore, whose JANE, UNLIMITED has been selected for YALSA’s 2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults list!
