Kickstarter for ‘Infinite Wheatpaste Vol. 1 – Catalytic Conversions’ by Pidge!

Our Kickstarter for Pidge’s Infinite Wheatpaste Vol. 1 – Catalytic Conversions has just gone live and we’re really excited to share this incredible universe-spanning sci-fi epic with you!

This amazing 280-page book collects Pidge’s Ignatz-nominated self-published comics series into a stunning paperback collection with a beautiful wrap-around cover with french flaps.

Pidge has designed some fantastic bonus items to accompany the book too, so read on…

Relationships . . . androids . . . car repair . . . time travel . . . gods – these interconnected stories set on the edges of human experience share the moments of the little bits of life that feel less than real.

Abby and Lilah are a couple drifting apart. Jeff is a flaming star. Soe is a perpetually late college student and the goddess next door. Casimir is a man with a past, and Abe […]

New paperback editions!

We’ve just had some new paperback editions printed of The Hard Switch and Victory Point by Owen D. Pomery, and also Walking Distance by Lizzy Stewart! Pre-order copies here: https://averyhillpublishing.bigcartel.com

Kickstarter for ‘Safer Places’ by Kit Anderson!

Our Kickstarter for Kit Anderson’s Safer Places went live recently and we were absolutely thrilled to see it reach its goal in just over a week. Kit’s a creator we’re really excited about, and we’ll be publishing a second book by her in the near future, so if you don’t know her work yet this a great place to start!There are still ten days of the campaign to go, so if you’d like to snap up any of the absolutely gorgeous special items that Kit designed for it, make sure you do before it closes on the 22nd of February!Back the book here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/averyhillpublishing/safer-places-by-kit-anderson

We devised a special bundle of Avery Hill books called The Liminal Spaces Bundle that we think complement Safer Places beautifully, and it’s available as an add-on when you check out! It includes Quiet Thoughts by Karen Shangguan, A City Inside by Tillie Walden, The […]

Latest news – spring 2024 books

We’re very proud to announce our line-up for spring 2024!

Barking by Lucy SullivanSafer Places by Kit AndersonInfinite Wheatpaste vol.1 – Catalytic Conversions by Pidge Disciples of the Soil by B. Mure

Barking by Lucy Sullivan – Out 27th February 2024124 pages, hardback, black and white, 170 x 239mmA year after the death of her friend, Alix’s depression and grief still hound her in this personally-inspired graphic novel.Loopy . . . cuckoo . . . stark raving. . . .When the depression and grief Alix feels over the death of her friend overwhelm her, she’s institutionalized. But inside a psychiatric ward, things don’t get better for her—now she has nowhere to get away from her rapidly-spiraling thoughts. As Alix navigates disinterest- ed attendants, group therapy, and isolation, she must build herself a new equilibrium and tame the black dog of her depression.Inspired by her own struggles […]

Latest News!

We’ve now had two of our autumn books back from the printer, and they are looking amazing. These books (Curses by George Wylesol and The Wilderness Collection by Claire Scully) feature design elements that we’ve never done before – french flaps and dust jackets, so it’s been very exciting getting these two into print!

In other news, we were thrilled to learn that Shanti Rai (creator of Sennen) was nominated for Promising New Talent in the upcoming Ignatz Awards! Winners will be announced at the wonderful Small Press Expo this coming weekend, where Nicole Goux will also be appearing as a festival guest! If you’re going to be there, look out for her on the panel ‘Horror of the Everyday’ on the Saturday!

And finally, news of an upcoming UK-based event… the launch party for the highly anticipated The Hard Switch by Owen D. Pomery. This will be […]

Latest news!

Our recent Kickstarter campaign for The Hard Switch by Owen D. Pomery was a huge success! We went more than five times above our goal, and were able to upgrade production of the book to include a beautifully-designed dust jacket and extra features. A huge thank you to those that made this book possible. For those of you who missed the Kickstarter, don’t fret, you can still pre-order this science fiction tale via our web shop here! Below are some sneak peeks at the design and production work that’s going into making this book extra beautiful!

Owen has also designed some exclusive bookplates for the wonderful OK Comics in Leeds, so pre-order from them here and you’ll get this signed bookplate edition while stocks last!

Also newly-available to pre-order in our shop is The Wilderness Collection by Claire Scully. This will be another beautiful hardback book with a dust […]

Graphic Novels for Everyone!

This week is the American Library Association annual conference. We partnered with the amazing publisher Silver Sprocket to create a super cool handout about why comics are important and exciting. It covers topics including:

Why Build a Graphic Novel Collection?Librarians Talk Graphic Novels!Where are Graphic Novels Now?The Future of Graphic Novels

If you’d like to read it, you can download a copy here!

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Tom Humberstone interviews K. Briggs about ‘Macbeth!’

K. Briggs’s stunning adaptation of Macbeth comes out on the 25th of July! You can pre-order a copy here.

Below they’re interviewed about the book by Tom Humberstone, creator of the wonderful Suzanne – The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis.

Tom: Macbeth is one of the most popular of Shakespeare’s plays for stage and screen adaptations. As with any Shakespeare adaptation, I would imagine there’s something both thrilling and daunting about being in conversation with centuries of other people’s interpretations. Were there any choices that other adaptations make that you were keen to avoid, or things that inspired or influenced your own approach? Have you felt frustrated that other adaptations misunderstood or missed a certain aspect that you felt was crucial to the play? Do you have a favourite? (except for yours of course!)

Briggs: It is absolutely one of the most popular Shakespeare plays for adaptation! As I […]

Clio Isadora interviews Ellice Weaver about ‘Big Ugly!’

Ellice Weaver’s beautiful book Big Ugly comes out on the 20th June! You can pre-order a copy here.

Below she’s interviewed about the book by Clio Isadora, creator of the wonderful Sour Pickles.

If you’re London-based, there’s going to be a launch party and exhibition for Big Ugly at the fantastic Jam Bookshop on the 22nd June! The exhibition will run until the 9th of July.

Clio: Congratulations on your new book! I loved reading Big Ugly and really enjoyed seeing the sibling dynamics progress throughout all the vibrant illustrated scenes. Where did you find the inspiration when developing Big Ugly?Ellice: I visited my own relationships. Although this book isn’t at all autobiographical, I took inspiration of the sibling dynamic from my relationship with my own sibling. I’m also turning 30 and was reflecting a lot of what that felt like. Certain age milestones have different atmospheres about […]