Our Books.

Gay Giant

by Gabriel Ebensperger

What is Home, Mum?

by Sabba Khan

Vagina Love: An Owner’s Manual

By Lili Sohn

Draw the Line: 100+ Things You Can Do To Change The World

By Draw the Line Artists

Queer As All Get Out: 10 People Who’ve Inspired Me

by Shelby Criswell

Power Born of Dreams: My Story Is Palestine

by Mohammad Sabaaneh

I’m a Wild Seed

BY Sharon Lee De La Cruz

Come Home, Indio

BY Jim Terry

Spellbound

BY BISHAKH SOM

Crash Course

BY WOODROW PHOENIX

Stupid Black Girl

BY AISHA REDUX

Shame Pudding

BY DANNY NOBLE

Coming Soon.

Launching in the Fall/Winter of 2022!

Look Again: A Memoir

By Elizabeth A. Trembley

Once, years ago, while walking her dogs in the woods, Elizabeth found a dead body. Follow Elizabeth Trembley on Instagram at @elizabeth_trembley

Just Another Meat-Eating Dirtbag: A Memoir

By Michael Anthony, with art by Chai Simone

A rough-and-tumble Iraq War veteran is young and in love, and the last thing on his mind is food and the ethics of eating meat. But when his girlfriend becomes a vegetarian and animal rights activist, suddenly food is all he thinks about.Follow Michael Anthony on Instagram @m_ichaleanthonyauthor and Chai Simone on Instagram @limina_1999

And in the works for 2023!

Unaccompanied: Stories of Brave Teens Seeking Asylum

By Tracy White

Life at home is so unbearable that these kids will risk their lives and face colossal challenges to escape to America and find safety.

Silence, Full Stop: A Memoir

By Karina Shor

A breathtaking and gut-wrenchingly real graphic memoir of the struggles of an adolescent girl processing the trauma of childhood sexual assault. Follow Karina Shor on Instagram at @chick_flick_unlimited

We Should Meet in Air: A Graphic Memoir on Reading Sylvia Plath

By Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg

A graphic novel which is part memoir and part literary biography,weaving together events in the life of the writer Sylvia Plath withthose of the author’s own teenage years.Follow Lisa Rosalie Eisenberg on Instagram at @lisa_rosalie.

Who we are.

At Street Noise we make books that combine words and images in a powerful way, as in nonfiction graphic novels and memoirs. Our books have a radical, intersectional feminist, queer and inclusive vision, and seek to provide a platform for the voices of marginalized people.

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world.
And you have to do it all the time.” —Angela Davis

What we believe in.

Truth and authenticity.

The power of human creativity.

The awesome power of love.

Giving a damn and taking a stand.

Fighting the powers of racism and oppression.

Our duty to protect the earth.

Freedom from gender norms and stereotypes.

Respecting each other and appreciating our differences.

What we're thinking about.

We hope to be a part of the authentic, thoughtful and emotionally honest life that our readers are building for themselves. As part of a greater community of creative, engaged and free-thinking people, we are empowered to effect change, and to build the world we want around us.

Why I do what I do.

For the past fifteen years, I have worked as an art director and book designer in the big publishing houses of New York City. I've enjoyed collaborating with many gifted writers, illustrators, graphic artists and editors. In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, I have become passionately driven to advocate for the power of love and compassion in the face of hate and oppression. I am creating Street Noise Books to provide a platform from which truth can be told, a place to share our stories, to foster community, and a means to build a future where all people are free and respected.

Press.

STREET NOISE BOOKS' OUTREACH TO AUTHORS FROM MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES

IBPA Member News. June 25, 2020

IBPA: Can you offer a few tips for other independent publishers about how they can seek more diverse authors?

LF: I think it really has to come from their heart. They shouldn’t see authors as “talent” to be discovered. Authors are people with stories to tell. If other publishers are interested in working with people from diverse backgrounds, they need to do the work themselves to engage with those populations. They should educate themselves and really listen to those voices. They should watch more movies, read more books, follow social media accounts, attend more lectures and theater and concerts, all by people from marginalized communities. It has to come from a place of authenticity and passion, not from some sort of abstract, disconnected aim.

Embracing Sexual Identity, These Graphic Novels Burst With Life

The New York Times Book Review. Sept 3, 2020

Often quite funny, “Spellbound” is charming when it recounts, in colorful panels with black line art, Anjali’s goth-obsessed childhood, “old school” Indian family and romance troubles. . . . The layers of identity and story in this memoir . . . and Som’s fluid approach to representing the self, feel impressively easy, unbelabored.

“Our Books… Seek to Provide a Platform for the Voices of Marginalized People”– Street Noise Books Publisher Liz Frances on Curating a Range of Graphic Novels with a Radical and Inclusive Vision

Broken Frontier: Exploring the Comics Universe. Oct 15, 2020

AO: Obviously, the work you’re covering is the kind of material that needs to reach as wide an audience as possible but is there a specific target readership you are particularly looking to reach?

FRANCES: Young people are going to change the world. I have great confidence in that. I believe in their ability to think creatively and to act with compassion. Every generation makes an impact, but I am very excited by what I see coming from what is being called Generation Z. This next generation, frankly, is horrified by the mess that we in older generations have made of the environment and of society. And they know how to reach massive numbers of people through social media to create awareness and to facilitate change.

When I see the passion, commitment and eloquence of the students from Parkland High School in Florida as they formed a powerful movement for gun regulation, or the passion and commitment of Greta Thunberg and the incredible young people who have spearheaded the school climate strikes in Europe and the UK, my heart is full of hope. This is the future. This is where we will go as a people and as a nation. It is the job of people in my generation to support young people and give them the tools they need, and then to step aside as they turn this world upside down and undo all the wrongs and make the world a better place. Street Noise is committed to publishing nonfiction books that will serve as tools for social and environmental justice. By creating a platform for truth to be told, we hope to be part of the authentic, thoughtful, and emotionally honest lives that our readers are building for themselves.

Street Noise Books Readies a New Line of Nonfiction Graphic Books

Publishers Weekly. May 15, 2019

Street Noise Books, a new independent publishing house specializing in graphic memoir and illustrated nonfiction for young adults, will publish its first list in January 2020.

Street Noise Books founder and publisher Liz Frances told PW the new publisher will launch with six books with plans to publish six to eight books annually. Frances is a 15-year publishing veteran who has worked as an art director and book designer, most recently at Scholastic. She said her list will focus on books that reflect a radical, feminist, queer, and inclusive social vision.

Frances said she was motivated to launch Street Noise Books by the 2016 presidential election and inspired by the growth of the graphic novel category. The new company’s tag line, she said, will be to produce books that are “unapologetic, authentic, and politically relevant.”

“I am launching Street Noise Books to create a means from which truth can be told, a place to share our stories, to foster community,” she said.

Connect with us.

Submission Guidelines

Street Noise Books uses the traditional publishing model, not self-publishing or a hybrid. And we are currently happy to consider unagented submissions from people with a fresh voice or perspective. We are looking forward to hearing your ideas, but your time and energy are precious, so before you consider submitting a proposal, please familiarize yourself with our overall mission to make sure we would be a good fit for your project. Then, if so, please send us the following:

A page or two that describes the purpose and main themes of the book.

A tentative table of contents, with a short summary of each chapter.

A one to five page sample of one of the chapters of the book.

Samples of illustrations or artwork, where appropriate.

Information about any comparable titles, already published or to be published.

Your bio, including any publishing credits or experience relevant to the book.

Your intended writing timetable.

We like either digital submissions or paper submissions by mail, but we cannot return materials. So, please do not send originals, or anything you want back.

Where we are.

Send actual mail to:
Street Noise Books
702 Monroe Street
Brooklyn, NY 11221

Send emails to:
liz@streetnoisebooks.com

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