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National Book Festival 2014: Small Press Expo Sponsors Gene Luen Yang, Liza Donnelly and Bryan Lee O’Malley

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national book festival 2014For the second year in a row, the Small Press Expo (SPX) is a sponsor of the National Book Festival, presented by the Library of Congress. As a part of this sponsorship, SPX is bringing Gene Luen Yang, Liza Donnelly and Bryan Lee O’Malley to the National Book Festival.

The primary goal of this sponsorship is to bring creators from the indie comics community to the National Book Festival to provide greater exposure for them and their works to the diverse audience that attends this prestigious festival. As a partner with the Library’s Center for the Book, Small Press Expo looks forward to help promoting their various literacy initiatives and events.

Gene Luen Yang is a writer of both graphic novels and comics. His book, “American Born Chinese,” was the first graphic novel to be nominated for a National Book Award and the first to win the American Library Association’s Printz Award; it also won an Eisner Award in 2007. “Boxers & Saints”, a two-volume project set during the Boxer Rebellion, was a National Book Award finalist, noted on Booklist’s Top 10 Religious Books for Youth, awarded Library Journal’s Best Book of the Year and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His latest work, The Shadow Hero, “explores the immigrant experience through the genre of superheroes.”

Gene was selected to be the first graphic novelist to be one of four authors to give a presentation at the gala event for the National Book Festival, whose attendees include National Book Festival authors, members of Congress, the Librarian of Congress Dr.James Billington, as well as other Library of Congress senior staff.

Author and cartoonist Liza Donnelly is best known for her cartoons in The New Yorker, but her work has been featured in several notable publications, such as The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review and The Nation, Forbes.com and Women’s Enews. In her newest book, “Women on Men,” a collection of cartoons and writing, she uses wit and sly humor to depict the changing relations of women and men in these modern times.

Award-winning cartoonist, writer and artist Bryan Lee O’Malley is best known for his best-selling, six-book Scott Pilgrim series which was adapted into the major motion picture “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” in 2010. O’Malley has received many accolades including the Doug Wright, Harvey, Joe Shuster and Eisner awards. In his latest graphic novel, “Seconds,” O’Malley tells the story of Katie and her magical mushrooms, a tale of existential angst, everyday obstacles, young love and ancient spirits.

The National Book Festival takes place Saturday, August 30, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.

Gene Luen Yang will be at the Teen pavilion, signing books from 3:30- 4:30PM and presenting from 4:40-5:10PM.

Bryan Lee O’Malley will be presenting at the Graphic Novel, Science Fiction and Fantasy pavilion from 6:45-7:20 PM and signing books from 8:00-9:00PM.

Liza Donnelly will be presenting at the Graphic Novel, Science Fiction and Fantasy pavilion from 8:15-8:50 PM and signing books from 9:00-10:00PM.

Small Press Expo Sponsors Lynda Barry and Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez at the National Book Festival

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The Small Press Expo has announced that it is a sponsor of the National Book Festival, held by the Library of Congress. As part of this sponsorship, Small Press Expo is bringing to the National Book Festival for the first time Lynda Barry and Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez. They will all appear on Sunday, September 22 at the Graphic Novels & Science Fiction Pavillion on The Mall in Washington D.C.

John Y. Cole, director of the Center for the Book, which is the festival’s author coordinator said in a statement:

The Library of Congress is delighted to welcome Small Press Expo as both a supporter of authors Lynda Barry, Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez at the 2013 National Book Festival and as a reading promotion partner of the Library’s Center for the Book.  Thanks to help from Small Press Expo, this year’s Graphic Novels & Science Fiction pavilion at the National Book Festival is a knock-out.

Here is the schedule  at the National Book Festival for these creators, all sessions will be held on Sunday, September 22 in the Graphic Novel and Science Fiction Pavilion:

Lynda Barry will present from Noon – 12:45PM and sign books from 1:00-2:00PM

Gilbert Hernandez will present from 12:55-1:40PM and sign books from 3:00-4:00PM

Jaime Hernandez will present from 1:50-2:35PM and sign books from 3:00-4:00PM

The primary goal of this sponsorship is to bring creators from the indie comics community to the National Book Festival to better expose them and their works to the diverse audience that attends this prestigious event. Started in 2001, nearly 200,000 people attended the festival in 2011.

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National Book Festival – Today is “SciFi Fantasy & Graphic Novels”

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The National Book Festival is this weekend in Washington, DC. The show is put on by the Library of Congress and really does have something for everyone. With 200,000 people expected for the two day event (dwarfing the major comic conventions, take notice publishers!). Today is “SciFi Fantasy & Graphic Novels” day with numerous writers and creators.

When it comes to comic books two are on tap to attend.

Raina Telgemeier
Presents – 2:45 pm – 3:30 pm
Signing – 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Critically acclaimed comics artist Raina Telgemeier grew up in San Francisco, then moved to New York City, where she earned an illustration degree at the School of Visual Arts. She is the creator of “Smile,” a graphic memoir based on her childhood, which was a New York Times best-seller and winner of the Will Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens. Telgemeier also adapted and illustrated the graphic novel versions of Ann M. Martin’s “The Baby-Sitters Club” books, which were selected for Booklist’s Top 10 Graphic Novels for Youth list. Telgemeier co-wrote “X-Men: Misfits,” which was a New York Times best-seller, and her latest graphic novel is “Drama” (Scholastic).

Craig Thompson
Presents – 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
Signing – 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Craig Thompson’s first graphic novel, 1999’s “Good-bye, Chunky Rice,” debuted when he was just 23. His sophomore effort, “Blankets,” won numerous industry awards and has been published in nearly 20 languages. His latest graphic novel, “Habibi,” was praised in a starred review in Library Journal, which said, “The exquisite beauty and deep magic of this Arabian Nights-style love story cannot be overstated.” Thompson has received four Harvey Awards, two Eisner Awards and two Ignatz Awards – all given in recognition of outstanding work in the graphic arts.

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I headed to the Small Press Expo outside of Washington, DC yesterday and picked up a huge stack of books, expect some thoughts on the show tomorrow. For now, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

Bleeding Cool – Ken Penders Stops Diamond From Distributing Sonic Collections – Interesting.

Bleeding Cool – Amazon Make Amends For Marvel’s Briefcase Bungle With Free Copies Of The Avengers – Cool of them to do this.

Portland Mercury – “Technically, fictional mutants have more rights than real gay people.” – So true and so sad.

Washington Post – 2012 National Book Festival: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Graphic Novels -Might have to check this out.

 

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Bleeding Cool – Stumptown #1 – Volume 2

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It’s a new week and you probably missed last nights great episode of Graphic Policy radio.  You should absolutely check out the archived episodes, and while you do that, here’s the news you might have missed.

Around the Blogs:

Hero Complex – Aquaman’s 70th birthday celebration surfaces at the Shrine –  Happy birthday!

Fan Service – Catwoman, Starfire, blah blah blah – Another take on the Catwoman and the “woman issue” DC has.

The National – Egyptian graphic novel rekindles an art form – It’ll be fascinating to see how the art form evolves in the new Egypt and what is produced.

Bleeding Cool – Dwayne McDuffie, Write-In Candidate For Writers Guild Awards – Hopefully folks will get the message.

Kotaku – Sunday Comics: Elitism Isn’t Free – Each week Kotaku brings some great web comics.

Con Coverage:

Comicsgirl – Kazu Kibuishi at the National Book Festival

Detroit News – Comic book fans turn out in droves for Detroit Fanfare at Cobo

Hindustan Times – Mumbai to host its first convention on comic books

Around the Tubes Reviews:

Boing Boing – Habibi

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