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We are SO EXCITED for San Diego Comic-Con this year! Drop by booth 1636 to say hi. We would love to meet you and talk books!

This year during San Diego Comic-Con (July 18–21), there's a new way to get swag, and it comes in the form of a gumball machine that's filled with prizes ranging from discounts to ARCs to items from other vendors we love. Are you ready to roll the dice (or, we guess, turn the gumball machine crank) on some great bookish prizes?

Throughout the weekend we'll have some guest booksellers at our booth—our authors! Stop by the Quirk booth (#1636) to say hi, hear about their favorite reads, and get a book signed.

Oh, and don't forget to keep an eye out for our Comic Con Pop-Up Shop, which will be open the same days as the con. No FOMO here.

Keep reading for giveaways and author signing deets at San Diego Comic-Con:

Thursday, July 18:

12:00–1:00 pm
Author Panel: Clay Chapman (The Remaking)
"Stories That Put Your Heart in Your Throat"
Horton Grand Theater

1:30–2:30 pm
ARC Signing: Clay Chapman
The Remaking
(on sale: 10/8/19)
Author Autographing: AA09

3:00–4:00pm
Guest Bookselling Appearance
Clay Chapman (The Remaking)
Quirk Books Booth

Friday, July 19:

2:00–3:00pm
Guest Bookselling Appearance 
Sam Maggs (Girl Squads)
Quirk Books Booth

4:00–5:00pm
Book Signing: Ashley Poston
The Princess and the Fangirl
Author Autographing: AA07

6:00–7:00pm
Author Panel: Ashley Poston (The Princess and the Fangirl)
"Into the Fanzone!"
Room 25ABC

Saturday, July 20:

10:00–11:00am
Author Panel: Ashley Poston (The Princess and the Fangirl)
"Stellar Stories and Awesome Adventures"
Room 7AB

11:30–12:30pm
Book Signing: Ashley Poston
The Princess and the Fangirl
Author Autographing: AA09

2:30–3:30pm
Live Reading: William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls
Horton Grand Theatre

3:00–4:00pm
Guest Bookselling Appearance 
Ashley Poston (The Princess and the Fangirl)
Quirk Books Booth

4:00–5:00pm
Author Panel: Sam Maggs (Girl Squads)
"Let Your Fandom Fly"
Marriot Marquis Grand 10

Fred Rogers once said, "It takes one letter to say I and four letters to say love and three letters to say you. One hundred and forty-three." In honor of Fred Rogers, May 23 is now 143 Day in Pennsylvania. Celebrate by doing one kind thing for your fellow neighbor! 

Use the activities on this page—especially the "(Paper) Chain of Kindness" activity—to spread kindness wherever you go today. To read the full activity guide, click here!

We are SO EXCITED for BookExpo and BookCon! Drop by booth 1239 to say hi. We would love to meet you and talk books!

This year during BookCon (June 1–2), there's a new way to get swag, and it comes in the form of a gumball machine that's filled with prizes ranging from discounts to ARCs to items from other vendors we love. Are you ready to roll the dice (or, we guess, turn the gumball machine crank) on some great bookish prizes?

Keep reading for giveaways and author signing deets at BookExpo and BookCon:

Wednesday, May 29:

Noon
Tote bag giveaway

1:00pm
Author Signing: Tres Dean
For Your Consideration: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
(on sale: 11/5/19)

3:00pm
Author Signing: Clay McLeod Chapman
The Remaking
(on sale: 10/8/19)

Thursday, May 30:

11:00am
Author Signing: M.L. Webb
The GayBCs
(on sale: 10/8/19)

1:00pm
Tote bag giveaway

3:00pm
Author Signing: Michelle Gish
We Are Here Forever
(on sale: July 30, 2019)

Friday, May 31:

9:00am
Tote bag giveaway

10:00am
Author Signing: Andrew Shaffer
Hope Rides Again
(on sale: 7/9/19)

1:00pm
Author Signing: Ian Doescher & Jacopo Della Quercia
MacTrump
(on sale: October 1, 2019)

Saturday, June 1:

11:00am
FREE Preview Signing: Ian Doescher & Jacopo Della Quercia
MacTrump

Noon
Tote bag giveaway

2:00pm
Book Con Exclusive
Signing with Purchase: Andrew Shaffer
Hope Rides Again and Hope Never Dies

Sunday, June 2:

10:00am
Tote bag giveaway

11:00am
Signing with Purchase: Ashley Poston
The Princess and the Fangirl and Geekerella

2:00pm
FREE ARC Signing: M.L. Webb
The GayBCs

Pokémon Detective Pikachu comes out on May 10, 2019, which got us thinking. What would Pikachu look like on book covers? 

To celebrate Shakespeare's birthday, deathday, and the release of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls and Get Thee Back to the Future, author Ian Doescher Shakespeare-ized these memes. Want to share? Right click to save!

Big news! There's a musical component to the graphic novel Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Strangest Movie Never Made: a soundtrack for the book!

While the album will not officially come out until about a month after Giraffes on Horseback Salad goes on sale, author Josh Frank wanted to share the musical book experience earlier by offering three songs you can listen to online starting March 19, 2019. And here's the coolest part: these songs are "sung" in Giraffes on Horseback Salad, so you can pair these up while reading the graphic novel. Ready for things to get surreal?