HOMETOWN
By Shaun Tan
“Loved it! Chock-full of magic!”
— Guillermo del Toro, Academy Award winning director of Frankenstein and The Shape of Water
“A passionate, clever and inspiring tale about how we choose which family to love.
I am so excited to share this one with mine.”
— Darren Aronofsky, award winning director of The Whale and Black Swan
From the singular mind and brush of New York Times bestselling and Academy Award-winning author-artist Shaun Tan, comes his newest graphic novel, Hometown (Levine Querido Books / September 1, 2026).
Hometown is a visually gorgeous, emotionally stunning (and frequently funny) meditation about what it means to belong, and what makes us who we are. Hometown will be published simultaneously in the US, Australia, and the UK.
A perfect companion to The Arrival, celebrating 20 years in 2026, Shaun Tan’s new masterpiece is a uniquely powerful, funny, and insightful exploration of identity, and what it means to be home.
ABOUT HOMETOWN
Imagine living in a perfect world. You have a loving family, a beautiful home, awesome friends and about three hundred loyal pets. Everything is just as it should be. Until one day, when a stranger arrives. A stranger who looks just like you. A stranger with a very disturbing message…
ABOUT SHAUN TAN
Shaun Tan is an artist, writer, and filmmaker from Perth, Western Australia. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden, and
the Kate Greenaway Medal in the United Kingdom. He lives in Melbourne with his wife, two children, and various species of plants and animals.
For more information, visit shauntan.net.
Hometown
by Shaun Tan
Levine Querido | September 1, 2026 | 136 pages
ISBN 9781646146987 | $24.99 | Ages 10–14
