Akashic author Marlon James’s new book, A Brief History of Seven Killings, earned a rave review in the New York Times! James’s debut novel, John Crow’s Devil, was published by Akashic in 2005 and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.
Date: April, 6 2021
PLEASE NOTE: All of our virtual events are listed in Eastern Time (ET). Courttia Newland discusses his newest novel, A River Called Time, with Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, in a conversation moderated by Rochelle Spencer, author of AfroSurrealism: The African Diaspora’s Surrealist Fiction. Please visit the Schomburg Center website to learn […]
Date: June, 3 2016 – June, 5 2016
Full details TBA.
Date: March, 19 2015
In conversation with Marlon James (A Brief History of Seven Killings, John Crow’s Devil) and T. Geronimo Jackson (Hold It ‘Til It Hurts, Welcome to Braggsville). Hosted by Johnny Temple.
The much-anticipated reissue of a novel that is one of Joyce Carol Oates’s personal favorites among her oeuvre; featuring a new afterword by Oates.
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A haunting, epic Caribbean love story, reminiscent of García Márquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera.
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Brand-new fiction, essays, and poems from seventeen island countries around the world.
Best-selling crime writer S.J. Rozan corrals a diverse crew of celebrated authors to highlight the dark magnificence of her native New York City borough.