Macmillan has TWO finalists for the ALA Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction! THE TALK BY DARRIN BELL 4 starred reviews! “[Bell] works mainly with a single-color wash over line drawings (blues for now; browns for then), reserving full technicolor for the most pivotal experiences. He deftly turns his hand-lettering into an emotional […]
Tag: graphic memoir
How to Give THE TALK–Digital Download
Told with beautiful insight, humor, brutal honesty, and raw emotion, readers everywhere could not put down Darrin Bell’s THE TALK, a graphic memoir that offers a deeply personal meditation on the “the talk” parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it. Check out this digital download guide on […]
New Edelweiss E-galleys (2/6/23)
Hello e-galley readers! Check out some of the exciting e-galleys that were recently added to Edelweiss for your downloading pleasure: AN EVIL HEART by Linda Castillo9781250781086 | 7/11/23 On a crisp autumn day in Painters Mill, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder responds to a call only to discover an Amish man who has been violently […]
2021 Eisner Awards Nominations
Congrats to our 2021 Eisner Awards nominees! Best Humor PublicationDEPARTMENT OF MIND-BLOWING THEORIES by by Tom GauldWENDY, MASTER OF ART by Walter Scott Best Reality-Based WorkPAYING THE LAND by Joe SaccoYEAR OF THE RABBIT by Tian Veasna Best Graphic MemoirTHE LONELINESS OF THE LONG-DISTANCE CARTOONIST by Adrian Tomine Best Graphic Album—NewDRAGMAN by Steven ApplebyPAUL AT […]
Mac Lib From Home Round-Up (6/18/20)
Welcome to Week 12 of Mac Lib From Home, our fun-sized buzz series from our homes to yours! Part eerie mystery, part love story, 100% captivating: check out Emily’s #MacLibFromHome pick, Marit Weisenberg’s contemporary #YALit THE INSOMNIACS. Watch her full video here. Wartime Paris meets 1950s NY publishing in a story of resilience, love, & […]
Book Buzz From Home: Nonfiction
Hello friends! I am writing to you today about an amazing new opportunity… It’s a BOOK BUZZ… And it’s from inside OUR HOMES. [Cue music from the movie Jaws.] Can you even imagine the technology required to produce such a thing? All kidding aside, we miss your faces! And we’ll assume that you miss ours. […]
Nonfiction Round-Up (1/29/20)
A history of Jews vs Palestinians, a graphic memoir, conflict in the Middle East, behind-the-scenes of brand start-ups, and arguing against the Second Amendment–all in today’s nonfiction round-up! THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR ON PALESTINE: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi “Highly recommended as a valuable and accurate presentation of a […]
Nonfiction Round-Up (11/06/19)
A graphic memoir + a female Navy pilot + an Ohio Senator’s previous desk occupants + historical cooperation between the US and Russia + Pope Francis + RBG’s life & career + elephants! + a chess grandmaster + a history of Thanksgiving + how to draw & write your own story = today’s nonfiction round-up! […]
Nonfiction Round-Up (8/14/19)
Nazi resistance, a musical master, neurodiversity, a portrait of a scientist, and a graphic memoir… welcome to today’s nonfiction round-up! LIVES RECLAIMED: A Story of Rescue and Resistance in Nazi Germany by Mark Roseman 2 starred reviews! “…Bund members could aid only a few imperiled Jews, and the compromises they were forced to make raise […]
Starred Review Round-Up (8/2/19)
Surviving childhood trauma, overcoming a hostile medical system, a cultural history of 19th century Europe, 80 years of the American Dream, and German Jewish women on the legacy of racism… All in today’s starred review round-up! GIRL by Edna O’Brien “In a feat of empathy and imagination, the Irish writer O’Brien portrays one girl’s torments […]