Happy New Book Birthday to The Manga Bible!

From left to right, the German, English and French editions of The Manga Bible by Helen McCarthy. The book covers are identical, a purple background overlaid with manga art, with the book title in bold yellow capitals and other text in white. In the background, enlarged copies of the ENglish cover on advertising boards, one with the launch date, 5 March 2026.

Happy New Book Birthday to me! The Manga Bible is in the shops today. Of course, I’ll celebrate – but very quietly. Cake, no alcohol, no rushing from bookshop to bookshop to admire its gorgeous cover on the shelf and maybe sneakily move it into a more visible position.

I can’t go into town and seek it out because I have to stay at home until I have my operation and my broken shoulder heals, so I’d appreciate any help to see how it looks on its foray into the publishing jungle.

Please post any sightings – with photos if possible! – on my BlueSky or LinkedIn accounts, or wherever you live online. Please  link to any reviews you post or read. If you’ve read the book, please give me the best gift an author can get – talk about it online or in person.

If you’re buying it, thank you! And thank you again if you’re doing it through your local indie bookshop or via Bookshop.org (link above.) Indies need our support in a world of ever more powerful evil empires. Resistance is local.