Most moms aren’t like the moms we see in movies or in chapter books from our childhood. Most moms don’t get it right every time. Most moms aren’t like, well, most moms. So, for Mother’s Day, here are five books about and for moms who live and think outside the box. The Leavers: For theContinue reading

For International Women’s Day, enter for a chance to win #StrongBooksforStrongWomen. Along with our sister imprints Algonquin Young Readers, Workman Publishing and Artisan Books, we are so proud to publish these extraordinary books by their equally extraordinary authors. Go to the original post on Workman Publishing’s Instagram page, like the photo and tag a strongContinue reading

As we near the year’s end, we’re looking back on a 2017 filled with some stellar books — honored, awarded and raved about by keen readers like you. We’re over the moon that so many people found so much in these books we loved. Good tidings and good reading wherever you go this season… ElmetContinue reading

We’re in the midst of book awards season, heady times for lit lovers. The finalists are announced and the anticipation builds. Such talented writers, such fascinating, interesting, diverse books. And the big question crosses your mind: No, not “who will be the winner?” More important, “have I read them all?” With the Man Booker PrizeContinue reading

We’re thrilled to share that Lisa Ko‘s powerful debut, The Leavers, has earned a well-deserved spot as a finalist (finalist!) for the National Book Award for Fiction.  Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and belonging. It’s a moving story of how a boy comes into his own when everythingContinue reading

Lisa Ko’s The Leavers was just longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction. Here she explains how she came to write this “dazzling debut,” as People called it. The Leavers is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver for a novel that addresses issues of social justice. .Continue reading