News

Check out the cover for Venita Blackburn's HOW TO WRESTLE A GIRL!
February 19, 2021
Presenting HOW TO WRESTLE A GIRL!

Here's the cover for Rivers Solomon's SORROWLAND
December 04, 2020
MCDxFSG is very excited to share the gorgeous, haunting cover of Rivers Solomon’s new novel, Sorrowland, which we will publish in May 2021. It’s an extraordinary cover—design and illustration by Na Kim—for an extraordinary novel.

Check out the Cover for Thomas Grattan's THE RECENT EAST
July 29, 2020
Welcome to THE RECENT EAST...

Elisabeth Moss Options Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall
July 23, 2020
Elisabeth Moss has optioned Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall for her new production company, Love and Squalor

Before There Was Area X, There Was Ambergris
May 15, 2020
Behold the mind-blowing cover for the single-volume reissue of Jeff VanderMeer's Ambergris trilogy


An Earth Day Reading List
April 22, 2020
The New York Times recommends Earth Day reads including Nathaniel Rich's LOSING EARTH

Kathryn Scanlan Reads "Vagrants"
April 01, 2020
Kathryn Scanlan reads her story "Vagrants"--from her collection THE DOMINANT ANIMAL--in her living room.

Introducing the Detroit School of Global Politics with Terrell J. Starr
December 05, 2019
Announcing Terrell J. Starr's forthcoming memoir, BLACK MAN ON THE STEPPES

Put the "U" in ACLU
November 28, 2019
With a $50 donation to the ACLU, you too can get a gorgeous limited edition poster and a signed copy of John Freeman’s Dictionary of the Undoing.


Announcing Roya Marsh's dayliGht
March 25, 2019
In Spring 2020, MCD × FSG Originals will publish dayliGht, the debut poetry collection by Roya Marsh.


HIGH SCHOOL, a memoir by Tegan and Sara
December 11, 2018
In September 2019, MCD×FSG will publish HIGH SCHOOL, a memoir by Tegan and Sara

MCD Backs NYC Books Through Bars
December 07, 2018
MCD x FSG backs the nonprofit collective NYC Books Through Bars


MCD Backs New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG)
October 26, 2018
MCD x FSG backs New York Transgender Advocacy Group (NYTAG)


Announcing Nathaniel Rich's LOSING EARTH
August 21, 2018
Based on Nathaniel Rich's long form story, titled LOSING EARTH: THE DECADE WE ALMOST STOPPED CLIMATE CHANGE, for New York Times Magazine, the book is also in TV series development with Apple and Anonymous Content.

MCD Backs the Letter-Writing Campaign in Support of Dareen Tatour
August 03, 2018
MCD Backs the Letter-Writing Campaign in Support of Dareen Tatour

MCD Backs the Fundraiser for the Family of Jonathan Gold
July 27, 2018
MCD x FSG backs the fundraiser for the family of Jonathan Gold

Announcing Guy Gunaratne's IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY
July 24, 2018
Announcing Guy Gunaratne's debut novel, IN OUR MAD AND FURIOUS CITY.

Omar Robert Hamilton awarded Betty Trask Prize!
July 19, 2018
Omar Robert Hamilton awarded Society of Authors' Betty Trask Prize for debut novelists under 35!

MCD Backs the Octavia Butler Scholarships and Parallax and Kindred Awards
June 29, 2018
MCD x FSG Backs the Octavia Butler Scholarships and Parallax and Kindred Awards

MCD Backs RAICES
June 22, 2018
MCD x FSG Backs The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES)

THE GOLDEN STATE is long-listed for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize
June 18, 2018
The shortlist will be announced in September.

Prism: Stories Through Light Showcase
June 12, 2018
Maria Dahvana Headley and Tim Maughan will join writers Bijan Stephen, Arabelle Sicardi, and Gabe Hudson in a three-day residency at Housing Works Bookstore — a collaboration between novelist Max Neeley-Cohen and Looking Glass.

THE MAMBA MENTALITY by Kobe Bryant
May 29, 2018
Announcing Kobe Bryant's THE MAMBA MENTALITY

MCD Backs the Bronx Book Festival (BXBF)
May 18, 2018
MCD x FSG backs the Bronx Book Festival (BXBF)

Announcing Talib Kweli's VIBRATE HIGHER!
May 10, 2018
Announcing Talib Kweli's debut memoir, VIBRATE HIGHER.

Celebrating Richard Lloyd Parry's Rathbones Folio Prize Win!
May 09, 2018
Richard Lloyd Parry, author of GHOSTS OF THE TSUNAMI, wins the Rathbones Folio Prize.


MCD Backs the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium
April 27, 2018
MCD x FSG backs the Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium

Announcing Maria Dahvana Headley's radical translation of BEOWULF!
April 17, 2018
MCD x FSG will publish Maria Dahvana Headley's feminist translation of BEOWULF.


MCD Backs Coloring Books
April 06, 2018
MCD x FSG backs Ebony LaDelle and her newsletter Coloring Books


Enter to Win: OUR KIND OF CRUELTY by Araminta Hall
March 12, 2018
Enter to win a copy of Araminta Hall's debut psychological thriller, OUR KIND OF CRUELTY.
Celebrating the ANNIHILATION Movie Premiere in L.A.
February 20, 2018
Alex Garland, Natalie Portman, Jeff VanderMeer and more celebrate the new film.

Announcing Lydia Kiesling's THE GOLDEN STATE!
February 15, 2018
Announcing Lydia Kiesling's long-anticipated debut novel, THE GOLDEN STATE.

Announcing Anna Wiener's UNCANNY VALLEY!
February 01, 2018
Announcing Anna Wiener's debut memoir, UNCANNY VALLEY.


MCD x Pop-Up Magazine
December 28, 2017
We're giving away tickets to Pop-Up Magazine's Winter Tour, featuring Nathaniel Rich and Sloane Crosley.

Watch the Official Trailer for ANNIHILATION!
December 13, 2017
The first full-length trailer for ANNIHILATION is here!

LA Times Praises MCD
July 28, 2017
Why we're "making it a point to break MCD out of the Manhattan publishing silo."