Finally! All four translations (French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch) of THE SCULPTOR side-by-side with the original First Second edition: (With the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French editions of THIS ONE SUMMER to the left and the French edition of MIKE’S PLACE to the right.)
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More Kudos for First Second!
IN REAL LIFE by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang has made the ILA Young Adults’ Choices Reading List for 2015! Anda is obsessive about Coarsegold Online, a massive multiplayer role-playing game, where she can be a leader, a fighter, and a hero. When Anda befriends a Chinese player who violates the rules, she realizes questions…
And the Winners Are…
First Second had two winners at the Livrentête awards in Paris last week! In the category “First Graphic Novels 7-9 years” it’s And in the “Graphic Novels for Children 9-12 years” category, our favorite SPACEGIRL took the prize! Both books are published in French by Rue de Sèvres. Congratulations to the authors and both the…
Three First Second Books Nominated for Prizes in France!
Three titles from First Second: ODD DUCK (Rue de Sèvres), GIANTS BEWARE! (Akileos) & ZITA THE SPACEGIRL (volume 1) (Rue de Sèvres) are among the finalists for the French prize Livrentête 2014-2015 in the graphic novels categories 7-9 years and 9-11 years ! The juries are composed of children, and the prizes are sponsored…
ABOUT THAT NIGHT shortlisted for Canadian crime award!
ABOUT THAT NIGHT by Norah McClintock is shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada 2015 Arthur Ellis Award in the category Best Juvenile/YA Book . As the reviewer in Quill & Quire says: “…When the resolution arrives (after a requisite and admirable amount of misdirection), it is surprising and satisfying, the hallmark of a well-written mystery.”…
THE SCULPTOR is still a bestseller!
On 3 May, for the 11th week in a row, Scott McCloud’s THE SCULPTOR is still in the top ten on the New York Times Hardcover Graphic Novels Bestsellers list (at N° 6). This great book is now available in French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian as well as English.
JR Helton on Texas Public Radio
Our author JR Helton will be at the San Antonio Book Festival this weekend, and he was a guest on Texas Public Radio’s Open Source program. Here’s the link to that interview http://tpr.org/post/source-author-jr-heltons-fact-based-fiction.
Just Arrived: Jane Hawking’s ‘Travelling to Infinity’!
Our copy of the French edition of Travelling to Infinity by Jane Hawking from City Editions was delivered today!
Bookseller Announces JERUSALEM
The Bookseller has just announced that Knockabout will publish JERUSALEM in 2016. Although they are way off on the word count – it’s more like 620,000 words, not a million. Here’s the announcement: http://www.thebookseller.com/news/knockabout-publish-alan-moores-jerusalem.
THE SCULPTOR (LE SCULPTEUR) Is Out in France!
Scott McCloud’s THE SCULPTOR is in the French book shops now! Here’s the display at Esprit BD in Clermont Ferrand: Scott will be in France and Belgium for the next week. He will be signing at the Salon du Livre in Paris this weekend and at book shops in Paris (Monday and Friday), Brussels (Tuesday), Le Mans (Wednesday)…
Lora Fountain Literary Agency 