The First Day Cover of the Australian Post’s tribute to Children’s Literature has just arrived (thanks, Leigh!). We can’t think of a better way to honor children’s authors!
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TOO MUCH LIP on Stella Prize Shortlist!
Melissa Lucashenko’s TOO MUCH LIP (UQP) is one of the six finalists for the 2019 Stella Prize for extraordinary books by Australian women! The judges’ report says: Too Much Lip is a fearless, searing and unvarnished portrait of generational trauma cut through with acerbic humour. A family drama a hundred years in the making unfolds in…
Happy International Women’s Day
Celebrating a day early with Canadian author Vicki Grant (36 QUESTIONS THAT MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU) and editor Maëlle Allen at Le Fumoir.
Happy Holidays!
The Agency team had a great Holiday lunch today at our favourite local Italian restaurant. (If you look closely, you can see that everyone was dressed for the occasion). It was also a good-bye lunch for intern Felicity Aris who’s leaving us to continue her adventures in Italy next. She will be missed! (And we have her…
Just Another Boring Week for THE HAZEL WOOD
THE HAZEL WOOD is in its 23rd week on the New York Times YA Bestsellers list and has moved up from #8 to #6. Ho, Hum. For a change, here’s the French cover:
LOVE THAT BUNCH Coming Out May 1st!
On May 1st, Drawn & Quarterly will publish Love That Bunch, Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s unabashedly unfiltered autobiographical comics recounting the thoughts and desires of a woman coming of age in the 1960’s. Aline will be in New York, Toronto, Montreal, and the Bay Area to promote her book. Here are the…
Short Story Machines Are Coming!
They started in France. Now they’ve gone global – even to the USA. Read about it here.
Our Readers Start Young
Matteo loves to read! (Thanks to Severine for the photo.)
MORE CALORIES FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
Thank you, Norma! We will have to go on a diet in January! (This is the second box of chocolates we have received today.)
Lora Fountain Literary Agency 