The Gospel According to Cane Reviewed in the Toronto Star
You won’t want to miss this wonderful review of Courttia Newland’s The Gospel According to Canein the Toronto Star!
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Is Fred Armisen the BOY in Joe Meno’s OFFICE GIRL?
Fred Armisen gives a tongue-and-check reading from Joe Meno’s Office Girl at Bluestockings.
Randall Robinson on C-SPAN’s Book TV
Randall Robinson, the renowned author of Makeda, conducted a wide-ranging three-hour interview about his life’s work on C-SPAN2’s In Depth program over the weekend . . .
Becoming Abigail by Chris Abani Is a Kindle Monthly Pick
Chirs Abani’s breathtaking novella, Becoming Abigail, is a February selection of Amazon’s Kindle Monthly: 100 Books for $3.99 or less. From now until February 28, the kindle edition of Becoming Abigail is available for only $2.99. Abani’s novella is also featured in this month’s Akashic Digit: Digitial Excerpts from the Akashic Catalog.
Melvin Van Peebles Inaugurates the Brand-New Akashic Books Website
Watch famed author, actor, and director Melvin Van Peebles’s official welcome video inaugurating the brand-new Akashic website.
Akashic Publisher Johnny Temple Welcomes You!
It is with great pleasure and a little bit of relief that I welcome you to our new website . . .
Courttia Newland & Bernice L. McFadden on Tour
Bernice L. McFadden and Courttia Newland appear in conversation together across the Mid-Atlantic. A celebrated author in England, this is Newland’s first-ever US book tour!
Akashic Books Wins Big at the 2013 Edgar Awards!
Mystery Writers of America has awarded Akashic Books the 2013 Ellery Queen Award; Patricia Smith, editor of Staten Island Noir, has won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award!