Another graphic novel coming in April 2015 from First Second is LAST OF THE SANDWALKERS by Jay Hosler. Boing Boing reveals the cover, and the author tells us how science can, indeed, be fun: http://boingboing.net/2014/09/04/the-ineffable-joy-transforming.html French rights have already been acquired by Cambourakis.
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New series coming in September 2015 from prizewinning graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang!
From graphic novel superstar (and former high school computer programming teacher) Gene Luen Yang comes a wildly entertaining new series that combines logic puzzles and basic coding instruction with a page-turning mystery plot! SECRET CODERS will be the first title in a new series written by Gene Luen Yang and illustrated by Mike Holmes. Welcome to Silicon Hills Academy, a…
Thoughts for the day from Liberties Press in Dublin:
‘Bookshops are time machines, spaceships, story-makers, secret-keepers, dragon-tamers, dream-catchers, fact-finders and safe places.’ ― Jen Campbell
More sales of First Second titles!
Summer holidays are over, and with the arrival of Autumn we are very pleased to announce the sales of several more graphic novels from First Second! Roca Editorial have acquired world Spanish-language (Castillan) rights to IN REAL LIFE by Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang and THE WRENCHIES by Farel Dalrymple for their new graphic novel collection. and …
A Sneak Peek at DRAGONS BEWARE!
Coming in May 2015 from First Second, DRAGONS BEWARE! by Rafael Rosado and Jorge Aguirre, is the sequel to their bestselling GIANTS BEWARE! In DRAGONS BEWARE!, the fearless Claudette, her brother Gaston, and her best friend Marie head off on an adventure to retrieve the world’s most powerful sword in order to defeat a new…
THE EDUCATION OF STONY MAYHALL now in French
We just got our advance copies in French of Daryl Gregory’s atypical zombie novel, THE EDUCATION OF STONY MAYHALL, now available from éditions du Bélial’. Here’s the cover:
More Anne Perry in France!
Here are the covers of the new French two-in-one volumes of Anne Perry’s series: Charlotte and William Pitt: THE CATER STREET HANGMAN and CALLENDER SQUARE and William Monk: FACE OF A STRANGER and A DANGEROUS MOURNING. We think this is an excellent way to discover the first two books in each of the great Victorian mystery series!…
BATTLING BOY wins an Eisner!
BATTLING BOY won the presitigious Eisner Award for Best Comic for Teens at the San Diego Comic-Con last weekend. Congratulations to author Paul Pope and publisher First Second Books! (BATTLING BOY is published in France by Dargaud, in Spain by Penguin Random House and in Italy by Bao.)
COMING IN AUGUST IN FRANCE: BLOOD ON THE WATER BY ANNE PERRY
Attention, French fans of Anne Perry! DU SANG SUR LA TAMISE, the French edition of BLOOD ON THE WATER, the 20th adventure of William Monk, will be published on 21 August by éditions 10/18. Above is one of 10/18’s summer advertisements that can be seen in the Paris Métro and elsewhere. The cover is of DEATH ON BLACKHEATH, published…
RIP LIAM AND FRANKIE DAVISON
The crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was just made personal with the news that award-winning Australian author Liam Davison and his wife Frankie were among the victims. Three of his books, SOUNDINGS (La Baie des français), THE WHITE WOMAN (La Femme blanche) and THE OCCUPATION OF JUDITH MARIE (L’Occupation selon Judith Marie) are published…
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