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Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Matthew R. Morris, Uzma Jalaluddin on longlist for Toronto Book Awards

Jul 5, 2024 | cbc.ca | Kristen den Hartog |Maurice Vellekoop |Alex Pugsley |Paul McLaughlin |Paul Mclaughlin

BooksThe $10K prize is awarded annually to a book that tells the stories of Ontario's capital city. The $10K prize is awarded annually to a book that tells the stories of Ontario's capital cityCBC Books · Posted: Jul 05, 2024 11:26 AM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes agoJennilee Austria-Bonifacio, left, Matthew R. Morris, middle, and Uzma Jalaluddin are among the longlisted authors for the 2024 Toronto Book Awards.
Heavyweight by Solomon J Brager

Apr 1, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Anna Härmälä |James Loewen |Nate Powell |Maurice Vellekoop

Solomon J. Brager. Morrow, $25.99 trade paper (336p) ISBN 978-0-063-20595-6Pinko cartoonist Brager’s eye-opening graphic memoir debut recounts their wealthy Jewish family’s escape from Nazi Germany. The heavyweight of the title refers to Brager’s great-grandfather, boxing champion Erich Levi, as well as the collective weight of history.
Covenant by Lysandra Vuong

Apr 1, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Anna Härmälä |James Loewen |Nate Powell |Maurice Vellekoop

LySandra Vuong. Oni, $24.99 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-63715-281-2Fans of the Locked Tomb series will dig this sleek print collection of Vuong’s popular action Webtoon with a boys’ love angle. Ezra, an exorcist with the Church of Providence, struggles to harness his full powers—because he does not actually believe in God. Complicating matters, his church is under suspicion of demon sympathizing.
Crazy Like a Fox: Adventures in Schizophrenia

Apr 1, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Anna Härmälä |James Loewen |Nate Powell |Maurice Vellekoop

Christi Furnas. Street Noise, $21.99 trade paper (240p) ISBN 978-1-951491-28-4Furnas skewers the mental healthcare system in her sharp-edged graphic novel debut, which interweaves candid autobiographical moments into the story of aspiring artist Fox Foxerson and a bevy of other anthropomorphic critters. Desperate for friendship after moving to the big city—“It’s not Oz, but at least it’s not Kansas”—Fox crashes a house party hosted by the lovable Teddy (a bear).
1177 B.C.: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed

Mar 22, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Glynnis Fawkes |Eric Cline |Maurice Vellekoop |Jay Stephens

Eric H. Cline and Glynnis Fawkes. Princeton Univ, $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-691-21302-6This playful graphic adaptation of historian Cline’s study of the late Bronze Age employs cheerful art by Fawkes (Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre) to bring archaeological scholarship to life. Together Cline and Fawkes tackle one of history’s great mysteries: the sudden fall of the Egyptian empire in 1177 BCE.
Single Mothering

Mar 19, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Maurice Vellekoop |Jay Stephens |Emil Ferris |Paco Roca

Anna Härmälä. Nobrow, $20.99 trade paper (168p) ISBN 978-1-913123-22-2Härmälä’s wit glows as warmly as her saturated pastel colors in her semi-autobiographical debut about tackling parenthood alone. Her partner dumps her while she’s pregnant, leaving her to shoulder the responsibilities of birthing and then raising their daughter, Alma.
Degrees of Separation: A Decade North of 60

Mar 19, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Maurice Vellekoop |Jay Stephens |Emil Ferris |Paco Roca

Alison McCreesh. Conundrum, $30 trade paper (390p) ISBN 978-1-772-62093-1Set in Canada’s sparsely populated north, these pleasantly meandering vignettes from McCreesh (Norths) document 10 years committed to adventure and freedom, before taking a turn for the elegiac. In 2008, when she’s in her early 20s, McCreesh heads from Quebec to Dawson City, a small Gold Rush town in the Yukon.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation

Mar 19, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Maurice Vellekoop |Jay Stephens |Emil Ferris |Paco Roca

James Loewen and Nate Powell. New Press, $27.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-62097-703-3“History is the only field in which the MORE courses students take, the STUPIDER they become,” according to this striking graphic adaptation by cartoonist Powell (the March series) of sociologist Loewen’s groundbreaking 1995 study, which challenged the prevailing version of American history taught in public schools.
Opinion: In my gay youth, books were power for LGBTQ people. They still are – and reactionaries fear that

Mar 14, 2024 | theglobeandmail.com | Maurice Vellekoop
Finding the Light: A Mother’s Journey from Trauma to Healing

Mar 7, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Marian Henley |Maurice Vellekoop |Jay Stephens |Emil Ferris

Marian Henley. Andrews McMeel, $16.99 trade paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-5248-8469-7Henley, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip Maxine, recounts in this fearless and lyrical graphic memoir her decision to tell her adopted son, William, about her history as a sexual assault victim.