Svetlana Chmakova’s Journey from Webcomics to Graphic Novels

Svetlana Chmakova new YA graphic novel, Brave, which came out in May, had an first printing of 150,000. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #graphic novels #ya graphic

Other news stories related to: "Svetlana Chmakova’s Journey from Webcomics to Graphic Novels"


How 'Stamped from the Beginning' Became a Graphic History

The latest iteration of Ibram X. Kendi's much-adapted, National Book Award–winning 'Stamped from the Beginning' is a graphic history adapted and illustrated by Joel Christian Gill. We spoke with them both about adaptations, book bans, and whether an anti-racist America might be possible. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-06 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #book bans #latest iteration #graphic history


Aconyte Books Sets a New Novel Series in the World of a Lovecraftian RPG

Aconyte Books, the U.K.–based fiction imprint of games group Asmodee Entertainment, will adapt game settings from the 'Call of Cthulhu' tabletop RPG into novel series set in Regency and Victorian England. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #fiction imprint #victorian england #series set


Study Up on Campus Novels: A Back-to-School-Inspired Reading List for Grown-Ups

These campus novels for adults raise questions around race, class, or gender or are simply set in or around campuses, including Real Life by Brandon Taylor. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-08-21 10:33:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #brandon taylor #campus novels


How to Design a Cover for the Emotional Center of a Novel

When I began working on the design for the cover of Kyle Dillon Hertz’s debut novel The Lookback Window, I had two goals in mind: I wanted the book to be taken seriously, and I wanted to get it into the hands of readers who might not otherwise find it. Right from the beginning of […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-15 09:40:29 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #began working


Levelling up: how Gabrielle Zevin’s gaming novel became the book of the summer

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow overtook titles by David Walliams and Colleen Hoover to become the UK’s number one bestseller. The author, booksellers and fans reflect on how it became a literary phenomenonTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow’s distinctive cover, with its image of Hokusai’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-08-11 10:00:35 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #bookshop #recent memory #adam stower #paperback edition #zadie smith


When Writing a Novel Bridges a Gap Between Mother and Daughter

I was deep in the throes of a slow-moving depression, feeling frustrated with a job I had held for seven years, and reeling from the disappointment of a first novel that debuted without the critical and commercial acclaim I was afraid to admit I desired. So I called my mother. “I think I need a […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-09 09:10:27 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #first novel


Prince Harry and Meghan buy film rights to Canadian author Carley Fortune's romantic novel

A Canadian author says a production company belonging to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has bought the screen rights for her romantic novel. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2023-08-08 18:39:04 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #canadian author #screen rights #prince harry


“How To Care for a Human Girl” is the Novel for the Post-Roe Era 

Ashley Wurzbacher’s debut novel How To Care for a Human Girl jumps with both feet into the debate over reproductive rights. When two sisters find themselves pregnant not long after their mother’s death, Jada choses an abortion, while Maddie drifts into the sticky embrace of a crisis pregnancy... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-08-08 11:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #electric literature #reproductive rights #ashley wurzbacher


Exclusive: See the cover for Téa Obreht’s next novel, The Morningside.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for The Morningside, the third novel by bestselling, award-winning writer Téa Obreht, which will be published by Random House in March. Here’s a little bit more about the book from the publisher: After being expelled from their ancestral home in a... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-02 14:00:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #random house #literary hub #ta obreht


An 'alpha vagina' gets top billing in YA star Elizabeth Acevedo's first (very) adult novel

Bestselling YA novelist Elizabeth Acevedo explains why 'Family Lore,' her first novel for adults, features sex, magic and an 'alpha vagina' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-07-31 13:00:02 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #first novel #family lore


Exclusive: See the cover for Phillip B. Williams’s debut novel, Ours.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Ours, the debut novel by award-winning poet Philip B. Williams, forthcoming from Viking in February. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: In this ingenious, sweeping novel, Phillip B. Williams introduces us to an enigmatic woman named... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-07-26 14:00:11 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #literary hub


These are the Most Assigned Novels by Women in U.S. Colleges

In an analysis of 300,000 English Literature syllabi, these are the novels by women authors that were the most commonly assigned. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2023-07-25 13:22:28 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #english literature #women authors


An annotated copy of Virginia Woolf’s difficult debut novel shows her evolution in action.

Virginia Woolf’s first novel, The Voyage Out, was published in the UK in 1915, after which she wanted to tweak some passages for the printing of the US edition. We know this thanks to the work of unsung hero Simon Cooper, a metadata officer at the University of Sydney, who found Woolf’s own copy... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-07-24 17:39:46 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #virginia woolf


7 Novels That Reveal Librarians Behind the Shelves

It isn’t unusual for libraries to feature prominently in novels; novelists, after all, are merely adult versions of the little people who fell in love with books at public libraries. But what of librarians? The keepers of the books, the ones who know you prefer romance, science fiction, or... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2023-07-20 11:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #libraries #electric literature #science fiction #public libraries


See the cover for Sloane Crosley’s new novel, Grief is for People.

Literary Hub is pleased to reveal the cover for Grief is for People, a first memoir from the sharp-eyed essayist and novelist Sloane Crosley, which will be published by Macmillan on February 27, 2024. Here’s a bit about the book from the publisher: For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-07-19 14:00:54 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #macmillan #russell worked #adult life #sharp-eyed essayist #literary hub #sloane crosley


By combining self-help and literature, the School of Life’s first novel does both a disservice | Alice Kemp-Habib

Billed as ‘a therapeutic novel’, the publisher’s first foray into fiction follows 29-year-old Anna’s mental health journey – with a view to helping the reader. But how useful can such clunky writing be?At 29 years old, Anna is full of self-loathing. She hates her job, her boyfriend is having an... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-07-07 15:45:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #first novel #curious minds #big ideas #popular title #major cities #practical advice #publishing arm


This L.A. pharmacist's debut novel is loaded with sex and drugs. Don't tell her boss

Ruth Madievsky, a clinical pharmacist, insists her debut on sisters living dangerously is 'so fictional!' But it also channels her immigrant family's stories. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-07-06 13:00:43 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #immigrant family


Why a librarian’s debut novel explores forgiving the unforgivable

Debut novelist Terah Shelton Harris used to believe some actions were unforgivable. Then her mind was changed by survivors of a church shooting and a friend who was sexually assaulted. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2023-07-05 15:56:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #sexually assaulted


Empowering Latinx Readers: Andrea Navedo's Journey

The actress-turned-author aims to inspire people to embrace their identity as a source of strength in her forthcoming 'Our Otherness is Our Strength.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #inspire people


Tom Rachman's debut novel was a joyful triumph. In his fourth, cynicism seeps in

Tom Rachman's 'The Imposters,' about an aging novelist spinning alternate histories, bears faint echoes of his acclaimed debut, 'The Imperfectionists.' Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-06-26 13:00:23 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #acclaimed debut