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We’re so excited to be heading back to San Diego Comic-Con this year! You can find us at booth 1636 with a selection of great titles including recent releases like the queer sci-fi mystery Stars, Hide Your Fires, GoblinCore lifestyle guidebook Goblin Mode, middle grade manual to the supernatural Hanging With Vampires, and much more.

We’ll also be running several giveaways throughout the show that will give you a sneak peek at two of our upcoming horror titles, This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer and the latest from fan-favorite author Clay McLeod Chapman, What Kind of Mother. See the schedule below:

Giveaway Schedule:

Thursday

11:30–12:30 pm PT
This Wretched Valley ARC drop

Friday

2:30–3:30 pm PT
What Kind of Mother ARC drop

Saturday

11:30–12:30 pm PT
This Wretched Valley ARC drop

2:30–3:30 pm PT
What Kind of Mother ARC drop

Sunday

11:30–12:30 pm PT
This Wretched Valley ARC drop

2:30–3:30 pm PT
What Kind of Mother ARC drop

Author Panels and Signings:

Samuel C. Spitale, the author of How to Win the War on Truth

• Panel: A Crash Course in Media Literacy, Thursday, 7/20/23, 3:00–4:00 pm PT
• Room: Shiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central Library

Samuel C. Spitale signings in the Autograph Area (books sold there by Mysterious Galaxy) at the following times:

• Thursday: AA10, 5:00–6:00 pm PT
• Saturday: AA17, 10:00–12:00 pm PT

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We’re also planning some special treats just for our social media followers, so readers who are subscribed to our newsletter or following us on Twitter at @quirkbooks will be able to potentially win even more fun surprises! Sign up for our newsletter below.

Will you be at San Diego Comic-Con this year? We hope you’ll stop by the booth and say hello!

So you’re looking to go goblin mode, but you’re not sure where to start. Maybe you’ve been trying to get more into nature, or embrace your cozier sensibilities. Maybe you’ve realized your personal style is only a little weird, and you want it to be way, way weirder. Maybe you’re just trying to find a group of people to play the homebrew D&D game you’ve been working on for months. No matter what brought you to the goblincore lifestyle, you’re welcome here. The only thing better than being a goblin is being a goblin in a big, wonderful community of goblins.

As the author of Goblin Mode, I feel uniquely suited to help people go goblin mode. My book goes in-depth into the different ways we can all bring more dirt, moss, and clutter into our lives, but here I’ll narrow things down to a few of my favorite goblin things. Goblincore is all about getting cozy, embracing imperfection, and thriving in the muck. Here are ten things that will help you do just that.

Looking for great middle grade book recs for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and beyond? We caught up with A Spoonful of Time author Flora Ahn and talked favorite foods, writing, family, and Flora’s middle grade book recs by AAPI authors, so you’ll have some great reads to add to your list. Grab your favorite snack and enjoy the Q&A!

Do you have a middle-grade reader in your life who loves all things spooky? They’ll love Hanging with Vampires: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural written by Insha Fitzpatrick and illustrated by Lilla Bölecz, on sale March 28, 2023! Read on for a resource roundup to get the most out of your reading experience.

Exercise can be a great way to help manage your mood and make the prospect of getting out of the bed feel a little less impossible. Even a small amount of movement done regularly enough for long enough can make an improvement in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and the general blahs and make the world outside of your bed seem a little less awful.

The problem is that most forms of exercise require you to get out of bed to do them.

The beginnings of A Spoonful of Time were hatched over the heat of a grill and amid aromas of beef, garlic, and onions. There was the idea for a story but it needed more details of Seoul from the past. So I turned my regular meals with my parents into research trips. Sometimes we would meet for lunch at a restaurant to eat steaming bowls of gomtang (beef bone soup) or bubbling jjigae (stew) in scalding hot stone pots. But most of the time we’d have barbecue at my parents’ house.