Swing
An erotic drama about four sexy couples and one swingers’ club where their fantasies and nightmares collide.
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“Cross Training” by Michael Loniewski
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Santa Cruz Noir
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Flying Jenny
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Beautiful Music
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The Perfume Burned His Eyes
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New-Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set (Tano)
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“Pancake Month” and “A Parenting Street Scene” by Minna Dubin
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Featured Titles
Featured: Black Interest
Game World
Launching Akashic’s new Black Sheep YA imprint, an adventure novel in a video game turned reality, with giant spiders, malevolent hummingbirds, a not-quite-yellow-brick road, and preteen children learning how to be heroes!
The Lunatic
The first-ever US publication of the Caribbean comic classic that is also a major motion picture.
Upcoming Events
Theasa Tuohy — Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY
6/23/18, 2:00pm
Theasa Tuohy presents Flying Jenny at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum of aviation in Hammondsport.
Ricardo Cortés — Edamama Cute Cuts & More, Brooklyn, NY
6/23/18, 10:00am
Ricardo Cortés will be at Edamama Cute Cuts & More for a storytime event for Sea Creatures from the Sky.
News & Features
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Etan Thomas in the WASHINGTON POST
Etan Thomas, author of We Matter: Athletes and Activism on our Edge of Sports imprint, was recently interviewed by Candace Buckner in the Washington Post on athletes using their platform to speak out on current political events. Read the full article here.
- “Cross Training” by Michael Loniewski
- “The Silk-Cotton Tree” by Jean Wolfersteig
- BEAUTIFUL MUSIC Playlist + Praise Round-Up!
- “Notes of an Undead Son” by John Vercher
Akashic Insider
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Akashic’s Publisher JOHNNY TEMPLE in the NEW YORK TIMES
Did you catch our indefatigable publisher Johnny Temple in the May 11, 2018 issue of the New York Times? Author Andrew Cotto described a day in the life of Johnny Temple, which begins with reading and coffee, in the Sunday Routine section: “How Johnny Temple, Book Publisher and Rocker, Spends His Sundays.”
- Anthony Ervin and Constantine Markides Honored for CHASING WATER
- Akashic Authors Nominated for Lambda Literary Awards!
- ATLANTA NOIR Editor Tayari Jones Pens Oprah Book Club Pick!
- Noir Series E-Books Only $2.99 Each!