Regina King to Direct Adaptation of Image Comics Series Bitter Root
Regina King is producing and directing a feature film adaptation of the Image Comics Series Bitter Root by David F. Walker and Chuck Brown. Bryan Edward Hill is currently working on a script. Set during the Harlem Renaissance in 1924, Bitter Root explores the story of a family of monster hunters who face a great evil descending upon New York City.
Colin Kaepernick’s Publishing Company to Release Abolition for the People in October
On Tuesday, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick announced that his publishing company Kaepernick Publishing would be releasing an anthology of essays. The anthology, Abolition for the People: the Movement for a Future Without Policing and Prisons, will contain essays from 30 different contributors writing about abolishing police and prisons. On Twitter, Kaepernick Publishing wrote, “Join us on our collective journey toward building a better world — a world without and beyond policing and prisons.” The book is set to release on October 12.
Airini Beautrais Wins New Zealand’s Okham Fiction Prize
Airini Beautrais’ short story collection has won the top prize at the Okham New Zealand Book Awards: the NZ$57,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn prize for fiction. Beautrais won for her collection Bug Week & Other Stories, which she describes as “unhappy love stories.” While the author has published several books of poetry, this is her first work of fiction.
7 Exciting New Murder Mysteries
Listen up, murder mystery fans! Here are 7 new murder mystery titles you’ll want to give a read.