Upcoming Events

VIRTUAL EVENT: Shani Mootoo — Book Soup

9/29/20, 9:00pm

Shani Mootoo presents Polar Vortex in conversation with Julie Enszer; hosted by Book Soup. PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET).

VIRTUAL EVENT: Adam Smyer — The Book House

10/1/20, 7:00pm

Adam Smyer presents You Can Keep That to Yourself, full details TBA. Hosted by the Book House. PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET).

March 2014 News & Features

“Devine, TX” by George Masters

By eleven in the morning the streets of Devine, Texas were as flat and as hot as the griddle the cook downstairs was doing bacon and eggs on . . .

Robert Antoni’s As Flies to Whatless Boys Shortlisted for the OCM Bocas Prize!

Congratulations to Robert Antoni, whose latest novel, As Flies to Whatless Boys, has been shortlisted for the 2014 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature!

[VIDEO] Game World Author C.J. Farley Appears on NBC’s Today Show!

Game World author C.J. Farley appeared live on NBC’s The Today Show to discuss gender and children’s literature! [VIDEO]

Drawing Autism Featured in the New York Times!

The March 30, 2014 issue of the New York Times features Drawing Autism, edited by Jill Mullin, in the “Visuals” section of the New York Times Sunday Book Review!

Foamers Book Trailer Featured by Shelf Awareness!

Many thanks to Shelf Awareness for featuring the book trailer for Justin Kassab’s Foamers as their book trailer of the day!

Review: Gilgi by Irmgard Keun, Translated by Geoff Wilkes

Akashic intern Amanda Horn reviews Gilgi by Imgard keun, translated by Geoff Wilkes (Melville House).

Rob Warmowski on the Jesus Lizard in Chicago, 1990

To celebrate the release of The Jesus Lizard Book, Akashic will be featuring excerpts from Book on our website once a week throughout March. Today, we bring you Rob Warmowski’s piece on the July 21, 1990 Jesus Lizard show at Edge of the Looking Glass in Chicago.

The Story Behind The Story: Foamers by Justin Kassab

To celebrate the release of Foamers, the first book in the Primal Age Chronicles and the latest release from Kaylie Jones Books, we invited Justin Kassab to share with us how Foamers and the Primal Age Chronicles came to be.

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