Tag: publishing

At Last Popular Fantasy Lit Is Leaving The West Behind

Literature suffers when perspectives are left out

African American Superhero Comics ‘YouNeek’ Get UK/European Bookstore Distribution Deal

LINK: Nigerian immigrant Roye Okupe is the man behind YouNeek Studios

The Most Anticipated Children’s and YA Books of Spring 2018

LINK: A Rec List From Publisher’s Weekly!

Kwame Alexander to Start His Own Imprint. The Name? Versify. Get It?

READ AT THE NEW YORK TIMES.

Poet and children’s fiction writer Kwame Alexander

Marvel’s CB Cebulski Gives Terrible Apology for Pretending to Be Japanese

LINK: When the person apologizing refuses to explicitly acknowledge and take responsibility

HARVEY: Comic Publisher Lion Forge Donates $25K To Comic Book Stores

LINK: Lion Forge has partnered with the Book Industry Charitable Foundation

With This Publisher, Native American Superheroes Fly High

Click here to go to NPR.org.

Jon Proudstar created Tribal Force in 1996 — now, it’s being rebooted by Native Realities.
Ron Joseph/Weshoyot Alvitre/Native Realities

Check Out Tor.com’s March Releases!

Click here to read all about it.

Below: Eat the Sky, Drink the Ocean gives us stories by nineteen contributors from India and Australia.

Dark Matters Exclusive 1st Look: Cover of “Buffalo Soldier” by Maurice Broaddus

The credit for the art goes to Jon Foster, with cover design by Christine Foltzer.

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More about Buffalo Soldier, out from Tor.com Publishing on 3/28/2017:

Having stumbled onto a plot within his homeland of Jamaica, former espionage agent, Desmond Coke, finds himself caught between warring religious and political factions, all vying for control of a mysterious boy named Lij Tafari. Wanting the boy to have a chance to live a free life, Desmond assumes responsibility for him and they flee. But a dogged enemy agent remains ever on their heels, desperate to obtain the secrets held within Lij for her employer alone.

Assassins, intrigue, and steammen stand between Desmond and Lij as they search for a place to call home in a North America that could have been.

About the author:

Maurice Broaddus is a fantasy and horror author best known for his short fiction and his Knights of Breton Court novel trilogy. He has published dozens of stories in magazines and book anthologies, including in Asimov’s Science FictionBlack Static, and Weird Tales.

Broaddus was born in London, but grew up in Indianapolis. His mother is from Jamaica, where she and many of his relatives still live.

Dark Matters Exclusive 1st Look: Cover of “Buffalo Soldier” by Maurice Broaddus

The credit for the art goes to Jon Foster, with cover design by Christine Foltzer.

d

More about Buffalo Soldier, out from Tor.com Publishing on 3/28/2017:

Having stumbled onto a plot within his homeland of Jamaica, former espionage agent, Desmond Coke, finds himself caught between warring religious and political factions, all vying for control of a mysterious boy named Lij Tafari. Wanting the boy to have a chance to live a free life, Desmond assumes responsibility for him and they flee. But a dogged enemy agent remains ever on their heels, desperate to obtain the secrets held within Lij for her employer alone.

Assassins, intrigue, and steammen stand between Desmond and Lij as they search for a place to call home in a North America that could have been.

About the author:

Maurice Broaddus is a fantasy and horror author best known for his short fiction and his Knights of Breton Court novel trilogy. He has published dozens of stories in magazines and book anthologies, including in Asimov’s Science FictionBlack Static, and Weird Tales.

Broaddus was born in London, but grew up in Indianapolis. His mother is from Jamaica, where she and many of his relatives still live.