Avery Hill announces its graphic novel list for spring 2024

Avery Hill Publishing has signed four graphic novels as part of their graphic novel list publishing in spring 2024.

The list includes Barking by Lucy Sullivan, Safer Places by Kit Anderson, L Pidge’s Catalytic Conversions: Infinite Wheatpaste Vol.1 and B Mure’s Disciples of the Soil.

Co-publisher and commissioning editor Ricky Miller acquired worldwide rights directly from Sullivan, Pidge and Mure. Worldwide rights were also acquired for Safer Places from Edward Maxwell at Transatlantic Agency.

Sullivan’s Barking is a "must-read story on mental health and the failures of the medical system to treat people dealing with grief, depression and trauma" while Anderson’s Safer Places has been described as "startling and surreal and magical".

Catalytic Conversions is a "epic space fantasy" and the first in Pidge’s Infinite Wheatpaste comic series. Meanwhile Mure’s Disciples of the Soil is the first in a two-part conclusion to their "epic" Ismyre saga which "blends gentle fantasy and delightful storytelling with eco-awareness and anti-establishment protest".

Miller commented: "Continuing our tradition of discovering and nurturing new talent, Avery Hill presents three creators with their debut graphic novels, and a fifth book from B Mure, who we were the first to publish. This is the strongest line-up of stories Avery Hill has ever put together – if you like powerful writing, psychologically fascinating characters, amazing world-building and epic scope, them we have it for you in spring 2024."