Stories tagged First Second

Alumni Alert!

Congratulations to Lucy Knisley (CCS ’09) on the publication of Relish, available from First Second Books this April. Looks delicious, Lucy!

Details about Lucy’s Relish tour can be found on her blog.

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Author talk and book signing with Mark Siegel

October 11, 2012
7:00 pmto8:00 pm

Sailor Twain, or the Mermaid in the Hudson by Mark Siegel

Thursday, October 11, 7pm

The Center for Cartoon Studies
46 South Main Street, White River Junction, Vermont

Mark Siegel is an author, illustrator, as well as the editorial director of First Second Books. His latest graphic novel, Sailor Twain, or the Mermaid in the Hudson (First Second, October 2012) is a supernatural romance set in late nineteenth-century New York, and was hailed by John Irving as “a gripping novel with compelling characters, enhanced by haunting, erotically charged artwork.” Siegel will discuss researching and creating Sailor Twain, and books will be for sale by Norwich Bookstore. The event is free and open to the public.

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Alum Alexis Frederick-Frost presenter at 2010 Boston Book Festival

October 16, 2010

Alexis Frederick-Frost is a graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont.  His book, Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics, written with James Sturm and CCS graduate Andrew Arnold, was the recipient of numerous awards, including Booklist’s Top Ten Art Books for Kids, School Library Journal’s Best Book of the Year, and theLibrary Media Connection’s “Best of the Best.”

The Boston Book Festival (BBF) will take place October 16.
For more information visit: bostonbookfest.org

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