Andrés de la Casa Huertas, Javier García Del Moral

Reading Quirks (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Pacheco, Laura

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

. 74 light-hearted witty cartoons about all those weird things readers do . Written by a beloved bookstore in Dallas, The Wild Detectives, so first hand experience on book weirdness. . Insightful. Very easy for readers to identify with the stories. There's a 'reading quirk' for all. . Reading Quirks is an Instagram account with over 4,000 which the store is planning to grow 100-200% before publication through extensive marketing . Availability for touring - Yes

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pepitas/WD
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781941920909
• Artikelnr.: 58843494

Autorenporträt

The Wild Detectives
The Wild Detectives is a independent bookstore, bar and venue in Oak Cliff, Dallas, that encourages community-driven cultural conversations. Since its opening in 2014 this small bookstore has hosted over 600 events and featured authors and artists such as Ben Fountain, Leni Zumas, Morgan Parker, Damien Jurado or Bill Callahan, just to mention a few. They also maintain a strong Spanish language calendar of events, having promoted some of the best young Latin American voices, featuring authors such as Eduardo Rabasa, Daniel Saldaña París, Verónica Gerber, among others, in single events or as part of the international literary festival Hay Festival. So far, the business has been chosen Best Bookstore 2014, 2015 and 2016 by D Magazine, and also 2018 by the Dallas Observer. It was selected by American Way, along with Powell's and other 3 bookstores in the country, as the spearheads of the recent American indie bookstore renaissance.

Andrés de la Casa Huertas
Although Andrés (San Sebastián, Spain, 1979) started his career as a journalist -he was press assistant for the Basque social democrats in the Spanish Parliament- he was always more interested in creativity. As graphic designer and art director he's worked for top international brands, first in Madrid, then also in Dublin and London. He's currently creative director at The Wild Detectives, a bookstore bar venue in Dallas. Reading Quirks is his first published work.

Javier García del Moral
Javier Garcia del Moral (Logroño, Spain, 1978) worked as a civil engineer in places like Spain, Ireland, Middle East and the US. In 2014 he founded The Wild Detectives bookstore along with his longtime friend Paco Vique. He combines his civil engineering work with directing The Wild Detectives bookstore and currently lives in Dallas, TX

Laura Pacheco
Laura (Almería, Spain, 1984) is a well known Spanish illustrator and cartoonist. She's the author of several graphic novels in Spain, such as Señor Pacheco: agente secreto (¡Caramba!, 2013) and Problemas del primer mundo (Lumen, 2014). Along with her sister, the author Carmen Pacheco, they've also published Una semana en familia (¡Caramba!, 2011), Troll Corporation (¡Caramba!, 2018) and Divas de diván (¡Caramba!, 2018).