Mega-talented, Astrid Lindgren Prize- and Oscar-winner, Shaun Tan (THE ARRIVAL, THE LOST THING, THE RED TREE, etc.) has a new book coming out next month from Hachette Australia! RULES OF SUMMER will be published in France by Gallimard Jeunesse, in Holland by Querido, in Spain by Barbara Fiore and in Portugal by Kalandraka. (It is under…
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Yang’s BOXERS & SAINTS a National Book Award Finalist
Gene Luen Yang’s BOXERS & SAINTS went on sale last Friday and has already made the long list for this year’s National Book Awards for Young Peoples’ Literature. This is the second National Book Awards nomination for Gene Luen Yang, whose AMERICAN BORN CHINESE was a finalist.
DRUGS by J. R. Helton
Nice review from Brokenpencil Drugs J. R. Helton, 256 pgs, Seven Stories Press, sevenstories.com, $15.95 “For three days straight, I did Drugs. The straightforward matter-of-fact prose — reminiscent of William S. Burroughs’ classic memoir Junky — latched onto my brain and wouldn’t let go until the final page. “The press release describes Drugs as a…
A mouthwatering video from the author of RELISH!
Lucy Knisley, author of RELISH, produced a charming – and mouthwatering – video for the sales conference of her French Publisher, Editions Delcourt. Check it out here: http://lucyknisley.tumblr.com/post/60177299862/to-celebrate-the-french-publication-of-relish-i
A new Anne Perry title from 10/18!
Anne Perry will be in France at the end of September and beginning of October, and her Schedule of appearances will be posted later this month.
First Second News from San Diego Comicon 2013
Cecil Castellucci signing copies of ODD DUCK at the First Second Booth. (Photo credit Brigid Alverson, Publishers Weekly)
THE GENESIS BOOKSHELF
THE BOOK OF GENESIS ILLUSTRATED BY ROBERT CRUMB is already available in 16 different languages (English, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish) and 22 different editions. Still to come: Arabic, Korean and Serbian.
MIDNIGHT IN PEKING WINS A DAGGER!
Paul French’s MIDNIGHT IN PEKING (Penguin Australia) wins the prestigious UK-based Crime Writers’ Association Non-Fiction Dagger: http://www.thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2013/non.html. MIDNIGHT IN PEKING will be published in France by éditions Belfond.
Who needs a sword when you have a fancy umbrella?
Kristin Cashore, prize-winning author of the fantasy novels GRACELING, FIRE and BITTERBLUE, has been in France since May, attending literary festivals in Saint Malo (Les Etonnants Voyageurs) and Epinal (Les Imaginales). GRACELING heroine, Katsa, is adept with a sword, but Kristin wields a pretty mean umbrella herself!
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