David M. Pierce’s WRITE ME A LETTER, the fifth volume of his Vic Daniel detective series is now available here as an e-book and print-on-demand from Amazon! All six books in the Vic Daniel series can be found here.
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Sony Acquires Film Rights to THE SCULPTOR!
Breaking news!!! Sony has bought the rights to Scott McCloud’s graphic novel, THE SCULPTOR, to be produced by Scott Rudin and Josh Bratman. Here’s the exclusive announcement inThe Hollywood Reporter: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sony-scott-rudin-team-up-774395 Also see: Variety – http://variety.com/2015/film/news/the-sculptor-sony-buys-rights-scott-rudin-producing-1201435742/ The Onion AV Club – http://www.avclub.com/article/scott-mcclouds-sculptor-getting-big-screen-adaptat-215427
Anne Perry’s 30th “Pitt” mystery coming soon in France
Available in France on 5 March 2015! http://www.1018.fr/site/la_disparue_dangel_court_&100&9782264065032.html
THE SCULPTOR Takes Off…
…with great reviews in The New York Times: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/12/the-sculptor-scott-mccloud-review-graphic-novel. and The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/12/the-sculptor-scott-mccloud-review-graphic-novel. The Dutch, French, Spanish and Italian editions will be out soon, with author appearances in Europe in Amsterdam, Paris, Milan and Barcelona in March and April.
THE CARNIVAL AT BRAY Snaps Up Three Prizes!
It’s awards time in the USA, and THE CARNIVAL AT BRAY by Jessie Ann Foley (Elephant Rock Books) has been named a Michael L. Printz Award Honors Book! In 1993, Maggie is dismayed to leave Chicago and her beloved Uncle Kevin behind when she moves to a small Irish town. Yet it is within this evocative…
More NY TIMES Bestsellers for First Second!
FIRST… Scott McCloud’s long-awaited THE SCULPTOR debuts at Number 1 on the New York Times Bestseller List in the Paperback Graphic Novels category for the week of February 22, 2015. A great start! NEXT… THIS ONE SUMMER by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki is at Number 8! (This is its seventh week on the list!) AND, FINALLY… George…
School Library Journal review of the Caldecott Honor and Printz Honor winner THIS ONE SUMMER
THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko Tamaki, illus. by Jillian Tamaki (First Second) SLJ Best Book, star Gr 8 Up—Every summer, Rose and her parents vacation at a lakeside cottage. The rest of the world fades away as Rose reunites with her friend Windy and delves into leisurely games of MASH, swimming, and the joy of digging…
Is Robotic Journalism Going to Give Us the News Now?
Anyone else feel uncomfortable about this trend? http://publishingperspectives.com/2015/02/advent-robojournalism-robowriting/
Another Starred Review for the Latest in THE OLYMPIANS Series!
ARES: BRINGER OF WAR by George O’Connor (First Second) “In the latest of his inimitable Olympians series, O’Connor comes around to Ares and the Trojan War…What family doesn’t have its little disagreements? Thank goodness the Olympians have many.” Kirkus (STARRED REVIEW) The other titles in the Olympians series are:
BUNJITSU BUNNY Gets a Starred Review from The Horn Book!
TALES OF BUNJITSU BUNNY by John Himmelman (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers) “Cleverly wrapped in an entertaining package, the zen-type morals are edifying but not preachy and serve to genuinely enrich the stories.” The Horn Book(January/February 2015) STARRED REVIEW
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