Don’t Miss the Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival on Sat., August 23rd!
Saturday, August 23rd marks the tenth anniversary of the Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival! The event begins at 2:00 PM at the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument.
Category: News
Akashic Remembers James Thompson
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death this past weekend of James Thompson, editor of our forthcoming anthology Helsinki Noir.
Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night Sells 1,000 E-books in One Week!
Sing in the Morning, Cry at Night—the latest release in Akashic’s Kaylie Jones Books imprint, and one of Publishers Weekly‘s Best Summer Books of 2014—has sold one thousand e-books in just one week. We’re thrilled for debut novelist Barbara J. Taylor’s success!
Akashic Digits: Digital Excerpts from the Akashic Catalog
Now Available: The Caribbean Debuts Digit and The Kaylie Jones Books Digit, two free e-books comprising excerpts from great titles.
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!
A Digit and A Daily Deal
In conjunction with the publication of Pills and Starships by Lydia Millet—the latest release from our Black Sheep imprint for Young Adults and Young Readers—we’ve created the Black Sheep Digit, comprising excerpts from Pills and Starships and our first two Black Sheep releases, Changers Book One: Drew by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper and Game World by C. J. Farley.
Join Us for the Release of Go de Rass to Sleep!
Stop by the Standard Hotel on Thursday, June 5th to help us celebrate the release of our new book Go de Rass to Sleep!
Join us at BEA 2014! (Details inside)
Join us at BEA 2014 this week! Akashic will be in Booth #1105 and will be hosting various giveaways and events (details inside).