Avery Hill Publishing
The Hard Switch
» Graphic Novel » Sci-Fi
Dystopian
Leading Ladies
Political
Post-apocalyptic
Space
An engrossing science fiction graphic novel about a spaceship's crew, and the end of non-renewable resources.
Ada, Haika, and Mallic are on a mission . . . one last mission, before everything, everywhere shuts down. They’re raiding old, abandoned spaceships and wrecks for the (sometimes-expensive) parts – and they make just enough money to get by. But living their nomadic, exploring life...
On a Sunbeam
» Graphic Novel » Sci-Fi
Family
Girls' Love
LGBTQ+
Space
Tillie Walden's queer space-opera tells the story of Mia, from her life as a rebellious schoolgirl, to her time as part of the crew on the ship Aktis, out in the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful and broken down structures.
Part love story, part epic space adventure, and dealing with Tillie’s now signature themes of sexuality & gender, the individual in landscape, first love and...
The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott
» Graphic Novel » Drama
Family
Friendship
Leading Ladies
Billie Scott is an artist. Her debut gallery exhibition opens in a few months. Within a fortnight she'll be completely blind. As Billie struggles to deal with her impending blindness, she sets off on a journey from Middlesbrough to London; into a world of post-austerity Britain and the problems facing those left behind. Her quest is to find ten people to paint for her exhibition, as well as the...
The Witch's Egg
» Graphic Novel » Fantasy
Family
Magic
Mythical
Occult
It was a spiderweb moon
And the imps did wonder
What dark delights wouldst the cat-witch conjure
By the Sardine Queen, by salt and the devil, by blackwormy earth, and by the deep, dark sea, the catwitch Urfi conjures an angel to love her and have children with her. But angels aren't meant for love, and with the embryonic egg of their unborn children, Urfi flees from her partner's...
Second Shift
» Graphic Novel » Sci-Fi
Space
From the time when the station wakes her up, Birdie Doran is on the clock. It's just her and one or two others on Terracorp's isolated outpost, processing comets. So she slips into virtual reality, with the station creating adventures for her as she does repairs, routine maintenance, and checks the status on all the systems.
But when Birdie discovers another abandoned station just within...
Sennen
» Graphic Novel » Adventure
Family
Friendship
Leading Ladies
Mythical
A beautiful coming of age tale, packed with adventure and magic with a backdrop that
outlines the importance of family. Sennen, the debut graphic novel from exciting new British author and artist Shanti Rai, tells a timeless tale of adventure and the discoveries we make as we explore beyond the boundaries of our childhood into the uncertainty of the adult world.
Victory Point
» Graphic Novel » Adventure
Holiday
Mature
On a summer's day, Ellen returns to the coastal town she grew up in, the picturesque, yet architecturally strange, Victory Point. Revisiting old haunts and people from her past, she feels increasingly disconnected from her previous life, and exhausted by the constant struggle of trying to forge the path ahead. Exploring a town, which itself is an experiment in how to live, Ellen searches for some...
Between the Billboards & the Authoring of Architecture
» Graphic Novel » History
Modern
Collecting Pomery's acclaimed self-published series Between the Billboards for the first time, readers will be able to experience the story of existential protagonist James Ebner in a complete edition, as Pomery always envisaged.Collecting Pomery's acclaimed self-published series Between the Billboards for the first time, readers will be able to experience the story of existential protagonist...
Walking Distance
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Modern
Walking Distance is Lizzy Stewart's poignant and contemporary illustrated essay on the experience of being a woman out walking. Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, Lizzy examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by family and friends and by herself.
It's Cold in the River at Night
» Graphic Novel » Horror
Dystopian
Mystery
Somewhere, in an isolated corner of Western Europe, Carl and Rita rent a house on stilts. Due to the pressures of spending so much time only in each other's company, cracks in their relationship start to appear. To relieve the pressure and secretly hoping to meet someone he can look up to who will take him on as an apprentice, Carl embarks on a search for the last remaining practitioner of an...
Barking
» Graphic Novel » Psychological Fiction
Mature
Medical
Psychological
Loopy . . . cuckoo . . . stark raving. . . When the depression and grief Alix feels over the death of her friend overwhelm her, she's institutionalised. But inside a psychiatric ward, things don't get better for her - now she has nowhere to get away from her rapidly-spiralling thoughts. As Alix navigates disinterested attendants, group therapy, and isolation, she must build herself a new...
The End of Summer
» Graphic Novel » Fantasy
Family
Mythical
In a secluded castle, at the beginning of a winter that is predicted to last for three years, Lars is battling illness and boredom. He passes the time with his siblings and his giant cat, Nemo, as secrets are revealed and tensions within the family begin to simmer…