“We Are Not Saints” by Lauren Eyler
This is axiomatic. This is easy. The hard part comes when you have to say, hello I am an. My name is and I am an. I am alcohol. I am an alcohol named and I am an. Well, we are not Saints . . .
2014 News & Features
Akashic Remembers Maggie Estep
Akashic remembers Maggie Estep, who passed away on February 12, 2014.
Ziggy Marley talks Storytelling, Fly Rasta, I Love You Too at the Wall Street Journal
Ziggy Marley, whose debut children’s book, I Love You Too, will be released by Akashic on April 15th, recently spoke to Megan Buerger at the Wall Street Journal‘s Speakeasy blog about the book, his new album, Fly Rasta, and more.
[Video] New Book Trailer for Changers Book One: Drew!
Check out the new book trailer for Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper!
Yongjin Im: On Illustrating Game World by C.J. Farley
Game World illustrator Yongjin Im discusses the process of illustrating C.J. Farley’s middle-grade fantasy novel.
“District Coincidental” by Jean Marie Ward
“A congressman, a senator, and a lobbyist walk into a bar.” Rich tipped his beer in the direction of the bar’s latest arrivals. “Anyplace else that would be the start of a joke. Here it’s business as usual . . .”
“Schooled Into Acting My Age: Go the Fuck to Sleep and a Case of University Censorship” by R.A. Drew
R.A. Drew, a student at University of Nevada, Reno, recently experienced a case of censorship over presenting Adam Mansbach and Ricardo Cortés’s bestselling Go the Fuck to Sleep as part of a class assignment. Drew contacted Adam, who passed this incredible story on to us.
VIDEO: The Wall Street Journal Calls Game World “‘Narnia’ for the Social Media Generation”
The Wall Street Journal Online recently sat down with C.J. Farley to discuss Game World, his newest book for middle-grade readers. [Video]