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Washington Comix Receives High Praises for the Graphic Novel, Black Justice: The Awakening

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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CARY, N.C., March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 25, 2024, BookLife rendered its assessment of the new book published by Washington Comix, Black Justice: The Awakening.

Key Points: 
  • CARY, N.C., March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 25, 2024, BookLife rendered its assessment of the new book published by Washington Comix, Black Justice: The Awakening.
  • Publishers Weekly has been reviewing self-published books since 2010 when it began its PW Select program.
  • Black Justice received high grades with an A for cover art, A for Design and typography, A for Illustrations, A- for editing, and A- for marketing copy.
  • The graphic novel, Black Justice: The Awakening is scheduled for release on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, on Amazon Kindle, and April 16, 2024, for paperback.

Washington Comix Launches Inaugural Graphic Novel, Black Justice: The Awakening

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024
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CARY, N.C., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The North Carolina based entertainment company, Washington Comix is set to release its first graphic novel, Black Justice: The Awakening .

Key Points: 
  • CARY, N.C., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The North Carolina based entertainment company, Washington Comix is set to release its first graphic novel, Black Justice: The Awakening .
  • The graphic novel is the creative innovation of Dr. David Washington, publisher of Washington Comix.
  • Black Justice is the first book of a series of graphic novels focused on the inclusion of African American superheroes.
  • The graphic novel, Black Justice: The Awakening is scheduled for release on Tuesday, April 16, 2024.

Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the Ninth Annual North Street Book Prize

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Thursday, February 15, 2024
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its ninth annual North Street Book Prize .

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  • NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its ninth annual North Street Book Prize .
  • Fearing that both families would be horrified, the lovers carry on an affair whose secrecy intensifies their lust but strains their relationship.
  • In addition to the North Street Book Prize, Winning Writers also sponsors the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest, the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, and the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee).
  • Winning Writers has also been named one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2023).

Join a Community of Readers Worldwide this Season and Make Interactive Read-Alouds with Authors a Weekly Routine with Scholastic's Storyvoice

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Monday, February 5, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic today announced the full spring schedule of programming from Storyvoice, the Company's digital home of live read alouds, including an all-star lineup of seven events with authors on February 7th in celebration of World Read Aloud Day®—the global holiday created by LitWorld® and sponsored by Scholastic. Every Storyvoice event is free to attend and will feature multiple interaction segments where kids at home or in classrooms can read, draw, and connect with their favorite books, creators, and each other.

Key Points: 
  • To learn more about Storyvoice and view the platform's full schedule of interactive read-aloud events this season, visit: storyvoice.scholastic.com .
  • A free, online destination delivering weekly interactive events with award-winning authors and illustrators, Storyvoice offers engaging, innovative literacy programming for classrooms and families alike throughout the school year.
  • In 2023, the platform had over 400,000 total viewers, including more than 12,000 classrooms.
  • To view the full World Read Aloud Day lineup from Scholastic and join each live author show, visit: https://www.scholastic.com/worldreadaloudday .

One of 2024's Must Read Graphic Novels Is 'Infernar Quae Secum' by Author Bobby Johnson

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Wednesday, December 13, 2023
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San Francisco, California--(Newsfile Corp. - December 13, 2023) - Author and illustrator Bobby Johnson continues to captivate readers with his debut graphic novel, Infernar Quae Secum .

Key Points: 
  • San Francisco, California--(Newsfile Corp. - December 13, 2023) - Author and illustrator Bobby Johnson continues to captivate readers with his debut graphic novel, Infernar Quae Secum .
  • In Infernar Quae Secum, God and Satan at last make a pact when five dangerous souls escape from Hell and disguise themselves as sinning members of the clergy.
  • With evocative drawings and a memorable story to match, Infernar Quae Secum is a standout addition to any collection.
  • Bobby Johnson is an author and artist with a lifelong passion for the creative arts.

Royal romances have always been fantasies of transformation. How does new-generation teen fiction reflect queer and diverse desires?

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Friday, August 11, 2023
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The queer injection into the young adult royal romance reflects a broader shift in what’s being published and read.

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  • The queer injection into the young adult royal romance reflects a broader shift in what’s being published and read.
  • Last year, research showed LGBTQ fiction sales in the US jumped 39% from the same period in the previous year.
  • And young adult fiction grew in particular, with 1.3 million more books sold than the previous year.
  • Read more:
    Heartstopper depicts queer joy - here's why that can bring about complicated feelings for those in the LGBTIQ community

Royal romance tropes

    • It’s been more than 20 years since Anne Hathaway graced our screens in the film adaptation of Meg Cabot’s young adult royal romance The Princess Diaries (2001).
    • Other familiar tropes of the royal romance include the “surprise reveal”, where one half of a couple’s royal identity is uncovered, like in Netflix’s The Princess Switch.

A viral success

    • Released in 2019, Casey McQuiston’s book quickly went viral, becoming an instant New York Times bestseller, winning awards and making best books lists.
    • The classic “enemies-to-lovers” romance trope takes on international significance with the offspring of two world leaders involved.
    • Alex and Henry’s initial dislike for each other boils over and catches media attention after they ruin the cake at a royal wedding.
    • Read more:
      Spring Fire, the first lesbian pulp fiction hit, satisfied censors with its unhappy ending – but its 'forbidden love' reflected real desires

More royal romances that explore difference

    • Other popular young adult royal romances explore queer relationships, too.
    • Her Royal Highness, by Rachel Hawkins, is set in a university in Scotland, where American Millie discovers her roommate Flora is a Scottish princess.
    • Her Royal Highness is a companion story to Hawkins’ first (heteronormative) royal romance novel, Prince Charming (originally titled “Royals”).
    • Other young adult royal romances have maintained the focus on boy-girl couples, but engaged with contemporary audiences in other ways, by exploring concerns around class, wealth and gendered expectations.

Why Kurt Vonnegut's advice to college graduates still matters today

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Friday, April 28, 2023
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Kurt Vonnegut didn’t deliver the famous “Wear Sunscreen” graduation speech published in the Chicago Tribune that was often mistakenly attributed to the celebrated author.

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  • Kurt Vonnegut didn’t deliver the famous “Wear Sunscreen” graduation speech published in the Chicago Tribune that was often mistakenly attributed to the celebrated author.
  • I don’t even remember who gave my class’s graduation speech, much less a single word the speaker said.
  • During the early and mid-1960s, he commanded an avid and devoted following on campuses before he had produced any bestsellers.
  • Why was a middle-aged writer born in 1922 adored by a counterculture told not to trust anyone over 30?

Their parents’ generation

    • A cultural touchstone, the novel changed the way Americans think and write about war.
    • Like Andy Warhol’s soup cans, “Slaughterhouse-Five,” with its jokes, drawings, risqué limericks and flying saucers, blurs the line between high and low culture.
    • Cited as one of the top novels of the 20th century, “Slaughterhouse-Five” has been transformed into film, theatrical plays, a graphic novel and visual art.
    • He continued to believe all his life in the civic virtues he learned as a student at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis.

Fool or philosopher?

    • Vonnegut had the look – sad, kind eyes under that mop of uncontrollable hair, the full droopy mustache.
    • Looking like a cross between Albert Einstein and a carnival huckster, Vonnegut had his contradictions on full display.
    • A fool or a philosopher?

A forceful defense of art

    • He used his own experience in World War II to destroy any notion of a good war.
    • “For all the sublimity of the cause for which we fought, we surely created a Belsen of our own,” he lamented, referencing the Nazi concentration camp.
    • The military-industrial complex, he told the graduates at Bennington, treats people and their children and their cities like garbage.
    • Instead, Americans should spend money on hospitals and housing and schools and Ferris wheels rather than on war machinery.

VHS Learning Introduces New High School Courses for Computer Science, Business, and More

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Tuesday, April 4, 2023
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BOSTON, April 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Providing students with interesting new educational opportunities fosters their engagement in learning and better prepares them for college and careers. Students taking VHS Learning courses through their local schools or directly from VHS Learning will start the 2023-24 school year with comprehensive new courses in computer science, fine arts, languages, and business.

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  • VHS Learning has also continued its commitment to expand access to computer science education with new courses including Mobile App Development and Information Technology Fundamentals.
  • For almost three decades, VHS Learning has earned a reputation for educational quality.
  • All VHS Learning teachers complete graduate-level Online Teaching Methodologies (OTM) training to learn best practices for online teaching and learning, and 81% of VHS Learning teachers possess a master's degree or higher.
  • For more information on VHS Learning's 300+ unique online courses for high school students, including 29 AP® options, core courses, engaging electives, credit recovery, and other learning opportunities, school and district leaders can visit: https://my.vhslearning.org/PublicStudentCourseList.aspx

Comic Book Historians Release Hashman - A Must-Read Graphic Book on the Cannabis Industry

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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By carefully following the life events of a well-connected cannabis pioneer, Alex, and Josh of Comic Book Historians, constructed an authentic graphic novel on cannabis culture.

Key Points: 
  • The graphic novel follows a chronological 5-decade event in the underground world of cannabis, marijuana, and drug trafficking.
  • It is fair to say that his traumatic childhood contributed greatly to his journey into the cannabis underworld.
  • Hashman offers a true-life snapshot of the lead character, how he wittingly evades prosecution, and his rise to become an industry stalwart.
  • It takes readers through a visually visceral ride through the life of a well-connected and tragically damaged cannabis pioneer."

Winning Writers Announces the Winners of the Eighth Annual North Street Book Prize

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its eighth annual North Street Book Prize .

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  • NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Winning Writers is pleased to announce the results from its eighth annual North Street Book Prize .
  • Diane Chiddister of Yellow Springs, Ohio won this year's Grand Prize across all genres for her literary novel One More Day .
  • In addition to the North Street Book Prize, Winning Writers also sponsors the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest, the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, and the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee).
  • Winning Writers has also been named one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2022).