Upcoming Events

VIRTUAL EVENT: Alex Wheatle, C.J. Farley – Wild Rumpus

10/24/20, 2:00pm

Alex Wheatle discusses Cane Warriors with fellow Akashic author C.J. Farley (Game World, Around Harvard Square). For more information and to register for the event Zoom, please visit the Wild Rumpus website. PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET).

VIRTUAL EVENT: Andrew Welsh-Huggins – Dover Public Library

10/26/20, 6:30pm

Andrew Welsh-Huggins discusses his work as a writer of both short mystery fiction and novels, including his latest work, Columbus Noir, an anthology of stories by 13 writers, each set in a different neighborhood in Ohio’s capital city. There will be plenty of time for questions afterward. Register Now! PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed […]

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Samuel L. Jackson’s Advice? STAY THE F— AT HOME!

Click here to watch Samuel L. Jackson read Adam Mansbach’s STAY THE F— AT HOME!

Cardi B reads GO THE FUCK TO SLEEP on Jimmy Fallon!

On the April 9 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, mom-to-be and chart-topping artist Cardi B read a verse of our best-selling gift book Go the Fuck to Sleep! Check out the video below, and click on the button to buy a copy of Go the Fuck to Sleep through our website (signed by both the author, Adam […]

Twenty-Year Anniversary Notebooks

Now Available: Twenty-Year Anniversary Notebooks

HOLIDAY SALE: Adam Mansbach!

Get 50% off SERIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO EAT — and all other titles! — through 11:59pm Sunday, 1/3/2016, using code HOLIDAY15 at checkout!

SALE: GTFTS + YHTFE 2 for $20

For a limited time, purchase both Go the Fuck to Sleep and You Have to Fucking Eat for only $20!

VIDEO: Watch LeVar Burton read Go the Fuck to Sleep!

Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton raised over $440,000 reading Go the Fuck to Sleep! Click to watch.

Reggae Icon Shaggy’s Audiobook Edition of Go de Rass to Sleep is Now Available!

Click to listen to an excerpt of the new audiobook edition Go de Rass to Sleep, as read by worldwide reggae superstar Shaggy!

Johnny Temple Interviews Adam Mansbach and Kellie Magnus

To celebrate the release of Go de Rass to Sleep, the new Jamaican patois translation of the bestselling Go the F*** to Sleep, Johnny Temple spoke with author Adam Mansbach and translator Kellie Magnus about translation, Jamaican culture, censorship, and more.

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