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In this month's roundup Iurgi and Marissa go through the latest news, PD and new graphic novels.

01:30 Recent reads:

Marissa: 

• Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton, Aśka
• Webtoons, so many webtoons
• The Curie Society by Heather Einhorn, Adam Staffaroni, Janet Harvey, Sonia Liao
• Nevermoor has a French graphic novel adaptation! But no English edition yet

Iurgi: 

• The Cartoonists’ Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud.
• A Wizard of Earthsea: The graphic novel by Fred Fordham
• The Girl Who Flew Away by Lee Dean
• Mafalda by Quino

11:02 News:

• The American Manga Awards
• ALIA Graphic creator chats
• Off Panel Podcast with Tillie Walden
• The Toronto Comic Arts Festival's (TCAF) Libraries & Education Day
• Manga and female readership
• An excellent upcoming webinar by Booklist
• The 2025 Graphic Novels Guide for Libraries from Booklist is out now!

25:52 New graphic novels:

Hairy Holes by Brenton McKenna (Magabala Books)

The Brownout Murders by Luke C. Jackson, Kelly Jackson, Maya Graham (Scribe)

A Witch’s Life in Mongol, Vol. 1 by Tomato Soup (Yen Press)

Not So Shoujo Love Story, Volume 1 by Curryuku (VIZ Originals)

Senpai is an Otokonoko: My Crossdressing Classmate, Volume 1 by Pom (Kodansha)

Speechless by Aron Nels Steinke (Scholastic Inc)

Metal Hurlant: Old Dreams Young Visions by Various Authors (Humanoids)

Wolverine: Revenge by Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo (Marvel)

To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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