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Macmillan Publishers partnered with Community Bookstore at the Brooklyn Pride Festival this past weekend, staffing a booth that highlighted a selection of Macmillan's titles centering on LGBTQ+ stories. Several members of the Macmillan Pride ERG were on hand to sell books to festival attendees! Explore more of our curated Pride suggestions here: https://bit.ly/3WH0Qpq

Michael Waters' stunning new book, The Other Olympians, reveals the story of Czech track star, Zdeněk Koubek, who became world-famous after undergoing surgery so that he could live openly as a man, in 1936. Read the first serial excerpt online: https://bit.ly/3Vw0FML via The New Yorker.

O.O. Sangoyoumi's novel, Masquerade, combines two of the most popular trends in publishing of the moment: Greek mythological retellings and African history and folklore. Check out an exclusive sneak peak of this highly anticipated title, hitting shelves on July 2: https://bit.ly/3V6WuWh

Dive into this extensive feature from The Guardian where author Questlove talks about his love of music, his vigorous work ethic, and why he chose to write his latest book, Hip-Hop Is History https://bit.ly/3X957SC

Don't miss an exclusive excerpt of Casey McQuiston's newest novel, The Pairing, brought to you by Cosmopolitan. If you've been looking for a fun, food-filled and very steamy getaway, be sure to pick up this title https://bit.ly/4e8Alzx

With this evocative and lyrical debut, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world. Full of intimate stories, from chasing down secret love affairs to battling body image, Pageboy is a love letter to the power of being seen. Get your copy here: https://bit.ly/4bAQnAu

Take a look inside George M. Johnson's new illustrated nonfiction book, 'Flamboyants: the Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known,' which celebrates the iconic queer Black writers, performers and activists from the era: https://bit.ly/4e5LUYd

Macmillan Publishers recently celebrated our annual "Take Your Work to Children Day." A spin on the traditional event, instead of bringing students into our offices, our colleagues headed out to the classrooms! This year, we partnered with Start Lighthouse (pictured) and Behind the Book, who work with K-12 students in New York City. Students asked terrific questions and were very engaged. #MacmillanCareers

by the time you read this, EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ONCE, my major publishing debut, my very first essay collection, will be in bookstores nationwide. i was born and raised in the Bronx, on creston avenue, 188th st. we moved to 190th and creston in middle school. folks from the Bronx know what it means to be from creston—muscles tighten, their faces scrunch up, they wince. but not D. or biggs. not ed. or rich. or elvis. or selwyn. not pook. not travis. not ratchet. not tony. not tee tee. not boola. buc never did. i wrote the book for them. i wrote it for my mama. for my daddy. for my girls. i wrote it for y’all, too. but i mainly wrote it for me. young joél. sh*t joél now. i wrote it for creston. for haiti. for palestine. for the bronx. for cuba. for chicago. for memphis. anywhere where marginalized folks are in need of a language to express what can no longer be put into words. this book os for y’all. this book is for us. my book baby is here. thank you Henry Holt & Company. thank you Macmillan. thank you Folio. thank you bria. thank you lilah. thank you west. thank you mama. thank you papa. EVERYTHING AND NOTHING AT ONCE. in stores now. purchase link in the bio. if i never sell another book in my entire life, i did this. https://lnkd.in/eCG-gFsd

Storytelling knows no bounds, and neither does love. Celebrate Pride this month and year-round by exploring LGBTQ+ stories that showcase courage, perseverance, and identity. Celebrate love and see our curated list of book recommendations here: https://bit.ly/3WH0Qpq