Announcing the Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2023! FICTION MYSTERY AND THRILLER NIGHT WILL FIND YOU by Julia Heaberlin REYKJAVÍK by Ragnar Jónasson and Katrín Jakobsdóttir BOOK CLUB BIRNAM WOOD by Eleanor Catton SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY THE DEEP SKY by Yume Kitasei A DAY OF FALLEN NIGHT: A ROOTS OF CHAOS NOVEL by Samantha Know More » […]
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SLJ’s Best Books of 2023
School Library Journal selected five of our books for their list of Best YA Books of 2023! INTO THE LIGHT by Mark Oshiro “A realistic, sometimes horrifying depiction of religious trauma. Recommended for readers who enjoy the works of Courtney Summers and Tiffany D. Jackson.” School Library Journal, starred review THE TALK by Darrin Bell Know More » […]
2024 Carnegie Medal Finalists
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 Know More » […]
PW Best Books of 2023
Announcing the Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2023! TOP 10 BIOGRAPHY OF X by Catherine Lacey FLEE NORTH: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland by Scott Shane ORDINARY NOTES by Christina Sharpe THE TALK by Darrin Bell FICTION AUGUST BLUE by Deborah Levy BEYOND THE DOOR OF NO RETURN by David Know More » […]
NYPL’s Best New Comics of 2023
Macmillan has FIVE titles on the New York Public Library’s list of the best comics of this year! THE TALK BY DARRIN BELL 3 starred reviews! “Personal stories…are interspersed with memorable historic and cultural moments and even some occasional humor… All are evocatively drawn in mostly two-tone shades, with effective, occasional flashes of additional color… Know More » […]
2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal Longlist
The 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal longlists have been announced, and 7 Macmillan titles are in the running! FICTION LONGLIST WITNESS by Jamel BrinkleyALL THE SINNERS BLEED by S. A. CosbyTHE WATER OUTLAWS by S. L. HuangWANDERING SOULS by Cecile Pin NONFICTION LONGLIST WE WERE ONCE A FAMILY: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America Know More » […]
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 Know More » […]
Extra! Extra!: June 2023 Book News
Here are the headlines you may have missed this month. Listen to what NPR and Darrin Bell have to say about Bell’s graphic memoir THE TALK. Everyone is loving PAGEBOY! Check out what NPR, the Washington Post, and the New York Times have to say. ALL THE SINNERS BLEED was reviewed by the Washington Post Know More » […]
Maximum Shelf: THE TALK (4/13/23)
Today’s Shelf Awareness Maximum Shelf pick is Darrin Bell’s THE TALK, a graphic memoir that takes a hard look at police brutality and racism within law enforcement, which forces Black parents to talk with their children at a very young age about a scary reality. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told Know More » […]
Booklist Matchmaking with Macmillan Webinar Recap (2/23/23)
A huge thanks to everyone who attended today’s Booklist Matchmaking with Macmillan Webinar! Check out all the titles we talked about below, or watch the archived video know more: General Fiction DEEP AS THE SKY, RED AS THE SEA by Rita Chang-Eppig | 9781639730377 | 6/6/23THE SUNSET CROWD by Karin Tanabe | 9781250280466 | 7/4/23NO Know More » […]
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