Fall Equinox: September 2024
Art © Young Vo
Dear reader,
Why wait until the Autumnal Equinox. As far as we’re concerned, fall starts the minute we're safely on the other side of Labor Day weekend. Temperatures are dropping, authors are touring, and spooky season is around the corner.
But first some news updates:
Two LQ books are NECBA Mirrors and WIndows Selections
—Team LQ
LATINE HERTIAGE MONTH
This week, we proudly teamed up with the popular Booktokker @TomesAndTextiles to highlight and promote an exciting assortment of talented Latine authors and their books. Be sure to check out the video on our Instagram and TikTok.
AAPI BOOKCON: You COMING?
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop and the Asian American Book Club are partnering with the Brooklyn Book Festival to hold the first Asian American BookCon. This event, part of the Brooklyn Book Festival, will showcase many publishers, authors, artists, booksellers, and organizations to celebrate AAPI voices. LQ is sponsoring and will sell books by amazing Asian creators from the US and around the world.
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This week, we proudly teamed up with the popular Booktokker @TomesAndTextiles to highlight and promote an exciting assortment of talented Latine authors and their books. Be sure to check out the video on our Instagram and TikTok.
AUTHOR EVENTS
September
September 20: Daniel Nayeri delivers a keynote @ ALSC National Institute (Denver, CO)
September 20: Anna Lapera participates in the Latinx KidLit Book Festival (virtual)
September 22: Young Vo launches Makers @ Green Bean Books (Portland, OR)
September 27: Darcie Little Badger + Anton Treuer @ Harbor Springs Festival of the Book (Harbor Springs, MI)
September 27-28: Anna Lapera @ LA Libros Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
September 28: Cat Min, Jonell Joshua, + Camille Gomera-Tavarez @ Brooklyn Book Festival (Brooklyn, NY)
October
October 1: Sacha Lamb + Nghi Vo launch The Forbidden Book @ Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA)
October 3-5: Anna Lapera @ Youth Literature Festival (Champaign, IL)
October 5: Cat Min @ the Princeton Children's Book Festival (Princeton, NJ)
October 6: Sacha Lamb tours @ BookEast City Books (Washington, DC)
October 10: Sacha Lamb and Kip Wilson are in conversation @ Silver Unicorn (Acton, MA)
October 10: Andrea Rogers appears @ Magic City Books (Tulsa, OK)
October 11: Andrea Rogers appears @ Pearl's (Fayetteville, AR)
October 12: Andrea Rogers and Rilla Askew are in conversation at Too Fond of Books Tahlequah, OK)
October 13: Andrea Rogers, Vanessa Lillie, + Chelsea Tayrien in conversation @ Fulton Street Books (Tulsa, OK)
October 15: Sacha Lamb and A.R. Vishny in conversation @ Brookline Booksmith (Brookline, MA)
October 15: Andrea Rogers appears @ Best of Books (Edmond, OK)
New Releases
“Powerful partnership prevails—even when humans do their best to ignore it—in this can-do picture book.” – Publishers Weekly
“A charming allegory about the creative process.” – Kirkus
“Charming…beautifully creative and detailed.” – Booklist
“Gouache, markers, and colored pencil and brush pens, [create] dramatic, mural-like compositions and dreamy, swirling colors to offer a lesser-told story to a new generation.” – Publishers Weekly
“A visually enticing testament to the diversity of Jewish life.” – Kirkus
★ “Transfixing…the ideal uncozy mystery for middle-graders feeling a little premodern gothic this autumn.” – Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred)
“Via immersive descriptions of the historical European-feeling setting, Hof captures the dark whimsy of a classic fairy tale.” – Publishers Weekly
