Although our Academic Marketing division created the “Books for the First-Year Experience” for colleges and universities, we strongly believe that the titles featured in this catalog foster the sort of discussion and self-reflection that make library-led, city-wide reading programs so memorable. The updated catalog for 2019 is now available and features titles such as: HER […]
Tag: Carmen Maria Machado
Library Journal’s Fearsome Firsts + Booklist’s Top 10 Horror (10/15/18)
Just in time for your spook-tastic thrill-a-chill displays, here are creepy favorites from Library Journal + Booklist: Library Journal‘s Fearsome Firsts: Horror Fiction from Debut Authors: BABY TEETH Booklist‘s Top 10 Horror: AFTER THE END OF THE WORLD HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES And don’t forget to join us for Booklist‘s “Falling for Mystery” Webinar […]
Celebrating Women’s Voices: An Edelweiss Collection
This catalog is a collection of the best fiction and nonfiction from women whose voices are a collective call for urgent resistance. Given the current political climate we hope that this catalog will be a helpful tool for identifying books that are culturally relevant and on the pulse of the public conversation. […]
Booklist’s “Happily-Ever-After Guaranteed” Romance Webinar
♫♪♫♫♪ You and Booklist, sitting in a tree… R.E.A.D.I.N.G. First comes Talia Sherer, then come all the swoony Macmillan titles, Then come the happy library patrons lining the aisles! ♫♪♫♫♪ We hope you were able to tune in to Booklist’s “Happily-Ever-After Guaranteed” romance webinar with Talia “the Tigress” Sherer today, but if not, you can […]
Booklist’s Top SF/Fantasy/Horror of 2018
Booklist’s Top 10 SF/Fantasy/Horror reading lists of 2018* include these outstanding Macmillan titles: Top 10 SF/Fantasy: 2018 (full list) BALL LIGHTNING by Cixin Liu, translated by Joel Martinsen While devoting himself to studying the atmospheric occurrence called ball lightning which struck and killed his parents Chen meets the beautiful but ruthless Lin Yun, an army […]
Fear Not – LJ Genre Spotlight on Horror
Terrified to recommend horror in your library? RAforAll.com / horror guru Becky Spratford‘s recent Library Journal genre spotlight on horror has you (and Macmillan) covered: According to Melissa Ann Singer, senior editor at Tor/Forge, horror “becomes increasingly popular during times of societal unease. When people are worried that the world is going to pieces around them, when they have […]
NYPL Summer 2018 Staff Picks
New York Public Library’s Summer 2018 Staff Picks for Adults includes 8 excellent Macmillan titles: ANNIHILATION by Jeff VanderMeer THE BALLAD OF BLACK TOM by Victor LaValle BEHIND HER EYES by Sarah Pinborough HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado REGISTERS OF ILLUMINATED VILLAGES: Poems by Tarfia Faizullah TRUE CRIME ADDICT: How I […]
2018 Lammy Awards Winners
What better way to celebrate Pride Month than with our new 2018 Lammy Award winners! Lesbian Fiction HER BODY AND OTHER PARTIES by Carmen Maria Machado Lesbian Memoir/Biography THE FACT OF A BODY by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich LGBTQ SF/F/Horror AUTONOMOUS by Annalee Newitz […]
2018 Locus Award Finalists
Congratulations to our out-of-this-world 2018 Locus Award finalists! Best Science Fiction Novel WALKAWAY by Cory Doctorow LUNA: Wolf Moon by Ian McDonald SEVEN SURRENDERS by Ada Palmer THE COLLAPSING EMPIRE by John Scalzi BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer Best Fantasy Novel THE STONE IN THE SKULL by Elizabeth Bear THE RUIN OF ANGELS by Max Gladstone […]
2017 National Book Critics Circle Awards Winners
Congratulations to our 2017 National Book Critics Circle Award winners and honorees! Biography PRAIRIE FIRES: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Caroline Fraser Poetry WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier John McPhee (DRAFT NO. 4: On the Writing Process) is the recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award. Named after the first president […]