A year without Harry Potter is a year without pay, at least for Scholastic
It seems J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series may well be the only thing keeping the publishing industry (or the film industry and theme park industry, or, you know what, just google “How… Read more »
Don’t just look at buildings — read about them, too!
This Saturday in New York City, Storefront for Art and Architecture—in partnership with The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union—will be hosting the “Architecture Books / Yet to… Read more »
Latinographix, a new comics series from OSU Press, hopes to give voice to Latinx in the US
While the larger literary world is (very) slowly acknowledging the inherently diverse population of its readers, those who write and promote comics and graphic novels are working tirelessly at incorporating the… Read more »
“My Cousin Vinny” is going back back, to Brooklyn Brooklyn
Our current film industry is so IP-obsessed it’s easy to assume every next major movie originates from a book or comic series, maybe even a new app… but it’s rare… Read more »
Detroit now has a chief storyteller because we all keep getting it wrong
Detroit is perhaps the quintessential American city. The birthplace of our automotive industry and Motown, the city was a beacon of American work ethic and prosperity until about a decade ago,… Read more »
Singaporean artist wins three Eisner Awards, and… cue tantrum from local government
While some fans had the pleasure (or power?) of spotting actress Lupita Nyong’o, disguised as the pink Power Ranger, crawling around the convention halls of this year’s Comic-Con (so chill), arguably no… Read more »
Ten years and 10,000 books later: Qatar Airways celebrates its anniversary by donating books to needy NYC kids
New York City’s attempts at reader engagement have led to several impressive initiatives throughout the five boroughs, like the recent library train cars sponsored by the NYPL (among others), Penguin Random House’s… Read more »
Gérard Depard-who? Indiegogo campaign hopes to bring French actor’s memoir to English readers
It’s a well-known fact that only three percent of books written outside of the English language end up translated and on US bookshelves. Of that three percent, just a small margin… Read more »