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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Alma Books Hits £1 Million Mark in Annual Turnover in 2014!
Congratulations to our client, Alma Books! According to UK trade publication, The Bookseller, the independent publisher Alma Books, which was founded in 2005, had an increase in turnover to around £1 million in 2014. Sales were boosted by two prominent film tie-ins, including TRAVELLING TO INFINITY by Jane Hawking, the true story behind THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, for which the French…
More good news for IN REAL LIFE!
Congratulations to Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang, as their graphic novel, IN REAL LIFE, hits the New York Times Bestsellers List at Number 3!
AURORA WEST IS NUMBER 6 ON THE NY TIMES BESTSELLERS LIST!
Paul Pope’s graphic novel THE RISE OF AURORA WEST enters the New York Times PB GN Best-Seller List for the week of Octobr 19 at Number 6. AURORA WEST is a prequel to Pope’s bestselling BATTLING BOY series.
Faryl Dalrymple’s THE WRENCHIES is on the NY Times Bestsellers List!
THE WRENCHIES will debut at Number 8 on the 21 September New York Times Paperback Graphic Novels List! Praise for THE WRENCHIES: Craig Thompson: “Incredible. A deeply personal epic…a book that calls for re-readings.” Mike Mignola, (Hellboy): “AMAZING. Beautiful drawing and painting, great characters–it’s pretty much everything I could want a graphic novel to be.”…
THE RETURN OF ZITA THE SPACE GIRL
The third book of Zita’s adventures hit the New York Times PB GN Best-seller List at Number 1 on 1 June and is Number 4 this week. ZITA THE SPACEGIRL (book 1), also popped onto the list this week at #9, making all 3 Zita books New York Times bestsellers!! The adventures of ZITA…
Robert Crumb’s GENESIS in the Huffington Post!
“…The Bible in comic book form is a contemporary example of the artist’s translation of words into pictures…A fine example is the celebrated Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb (2009.)..” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/04/bible-comics_n_5111481.html
THIS ONE SUMMER in the New Yorker!
Tomorrow is the pub date for the US edition of THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko and Jillian Tamaki. And here’s an interview of the cousins from The New Yorker: Eyeball Kicks: A Teen-Age Girl Summer http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/05/eyeball-kicks-mariko-jillian-tamaki-on-mash-smelly-markers-and-gummi-bracelets.html?mbid=social_retweet via @NewYorker
Publishers Weekly’s Most Anticipated Books for Spring 2014:
Three great books from our clients: THIEF’S MAGIC by Trudi Canavan RULES OF SUMMER by Shaun Tan and THIS ONE SUMMER by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki are on the Publishers Weekly list of “Most Anticipated Books for Spring 2014”. Congratulations to the authors, their agents and their publishers!
THE REAL FOOD COOKBOOK
The forthcoming REAL FOOD COOKBOOK by Nina Planck (Bloomsbury US, June) just got a nice review in the 17 February issue of Publishers Weekly: “Planck promotes her “good and simple” philosophy of eating (Real Food: What to Eat and Why) in a collection of 150 straightforward, trend-bucking recipes. In this green-market driven cookbook, the Virginia…
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