Esi Edugyan to publish first picture book, Garden of Lost Socks — get a look now!
Garden of Lost Socks will be published on Aug. 29, 2023
Esi Edugyan is an acclaimed writer originally from Calgary and based in Victoria. She is best known for her novels Half-Blood Blues and Washington Black, both of which won the Scotiabank Giller Prize: Half-Blood Blues in 2011 and Washington Black in 2018.
Edugyan is back and makes her picture book debut with Garden of Lost Socks. Check out the cover and interior art below.
Garden of Lost Socks is a "whimsical" children's book about friendship, curiosity and the magic of community.
Featuring illustrations by Montreal-based artist and children's book illustrator Amélie Dubois, the picture book is about Akosua, a budding Exquirologist, as she finds both a new friend and a remarkable world hidden right in her very own community.
The book's publisher, HarperCollins, called the book "big-hearted."
Edugyan is also the author of the nonfiction work Out of the Sun, an exploration of art, race and literature that was adapted from Edugyan's six-part CBC Massey Lectures. Out of the Sun won a Victoria Book Prize in 2022.
Washington Black was championed by Mark Tewksbury on Canada Reads 2022 and was a finalist for the 2018 Man Booker Prize and the 2018 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Washington Black is currently being adapted into a TV show.
Garden of Lost Socks is a picture book for ages 4-7 and will be published on Aug. 29, 2023.
