Akashic Books

Iron Balloons: Hit Fiction From Jamaica’s Calabash Writer’s Workshop

Jamaica’s literary lion Colin Channer presents new fiction from the freshest young Jamaican authors and the Calabash International Literary Festival’s Extended Family.

Fearless Vampire Killers: The Bad Brains Photographs

This collection includes Glen E. Friedman’s most iconic images of Bad Brains, as well as many never-before-seen photographs and endsheet art by Shepard Fairey.

Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before April 1, 2025.
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Knucklehead

A fierce, intelligent, and often hilarious novel about a young African American attorney who struggles to keep his cool in the personally and politically turbulent ’90s.