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Every DAW Book Published in 2024

2024 has flown by at lightspeed, what a tremendous journey it has been! Here are the books that have you laugh, cry, and gasp in astonishment all year long. FEBRUARY The Vibes: fiction that moves at a breakneck pace across the genre divide MARCH The Vibes: when life gives you lemons, Found Family get’s you... Read More

Astra House Holiday Gift Guide

From fans of K-pop to crime junkies to climate activists, Astra House is here to help you find the perfect gift for every type of reader in your life. For the reader seeking… A book about unrequited love, parasocial relationships, K-pop fandom, or the loneliness of modern life… A novel about the complex interior lives... Read More

“When this novel first showed up in my inbox, I read it one sitting…” — a letter from Associate Editor Thalia Leaf

Hear from Calkins Creek’s Thalia Leaf, editor of Mason Stokes’ debut YA novel ALL THE TRUTH I CAN STAND, on why this book resonated with her. Dear Reader, I’m excited to introduce my first acquisition for Calkins Creek, the young adult novel All the Truth I Can Stand by Mason Stokes. When this novel first... Read More

Astra Books for Young Readers Holiday Gift Guide

From aspiring chefs to sports fans, Astra Books for Young Readers is here to help you find the perfect gift for all the young readers in your life. For the reader… Who can’t stay out of the kitchen! Featured in the 2023 New York Times Holiday Gift Guide! The first of its kind, Look and... Read More

DAW Holiday Gift Guide

From fans of romantasy to aspiring space travelers, DAW is here to help you find the perfect gift for every type of reader in your life. For the reader seeking… A slowburn, smoldering fantasy romance… An ambitious dark fantasy perfect for readers who like EPIC  narratives and gritty, morally complex characters… A darkly humorous cozy... Read More

Aranya Jain joins the DAW team!

Aranya Jain is an editor who joins us from Putnam, Penguin Random House. Aranya has edited multiple #1 New York Times-bestselling authors, including David Ellis and the Clive Cussler franchise, as well as Bram Stoker long-lister Josh Winning and authors Kia Abdullah, Jennifer Herrera, Rachel Eve Moulton, and Hiyoko Kurisu. After growing up in London with... Read More

It’s Time for… MONSTER SLAM!

WHO. WILL. WIN?!?! Filled with humor, poetry, and MONSTERS (of course!), George McClements’ HAIKU KAIJU AH-CHOO! and Vikram Madan’s BEWARE THE DRAGON AND THE NOZZLEWOCK are two ferociously fun books! In this fun Q+A, hear from both creators on their love for the fantastical, their methods for poetry-writing, and which monster they think would conquer. Tell us... Read More

Have You Noticed? Women are Blazing the Way!

Learn all about the women who came before today’s leaders—those who fought for change and made a difference—in these amazing books for young readers.  Make Your Voice Heard like Bella Abzug! Meet unique and outspoken Bella Abzug, the iconic Jewish politician and activist who fought for justice and women’s rights, in this compelling picture book biography.... Read More

DAW Acquires THOUGHTS BE BLOODY by Auden Patrick

DAW Books acquires World English rights for THOUGHTS BE BLOODY, a queer and trans reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, if Hamlet took place at a magic school. In THOUGHTS BE BLOODY by Auden Patrick,  Horatio Bithersea has only ever felt safe at Elsinore, where his magic is not a threat, and he can freely live his life... Read More