Veteran educator and author Margaret Stenerson announces the release of two powerful books that shine a light on the transformative power of knowledge, curiosity, and lifelong learning: My Noble Profession (Third Edition) and The Joy of Knowing: Everyday Wonders and Science Stories. Together, these titles offer a heartfelt tribute to teaching as a calling, and …
Nothing in Tyler Owens’ background could prepare him for the maelstrom of Lorna Eads. The son of “Sawdust Republicans who nonetheless spoke cordially of FDR and Carter,” he grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, and moved to California to study economics at USC. Although he was raised to have practical plans for the future, Tyler drops …
Stick begins with Eddigan, an elderly one-eyed wizard with diminished powers who lives alone in a forest with a raven. Eddigan’s hermit-like existence delays his inevitable surrender to the Arcansil, “the abandonment of magic, […] a process that strips the arcane from all magical beings” which is tearing its way through Eddigan’s Draywood Forest and …
It’s been a long time since the literary world has seen a book launch that has felt like a real “event” quite like it did this week. Not since the Deathly Hallows has there been quite such a frenzy as there has been around the launch of A Court of Splintered Harmony. The post News …
In this Alliance of Independent Authors post, Book Award Adviser Hannah Jacobson explains how memoirs can qualify for a range of book awards, what judges look for in personal narratives, and how authors can choose the right competitions. The post Can a Memoir Win Book Awards? How True Stories Find Recognition appeared first on The …
As the music industry has undergone a profound paradigm shift in the 21st century, it has left a lot of history behind: small labels that released seminal music, studios where those classics were recorded, sessions so significant that they established one Southern town as “the Birthplace of Country Music.” If a culture commemorates battlefields and …
In 1943, on New York’s Long Island, American intelligence operative Conor Thorn is testifying at the trial of his late wife Grace’s rapist, Buster Seaker, the son of a high-powered political official. Although his testimony goes well, he can’t keep his rage contained and winds up in a fight with the offender on his way …
This collection of some 40 pieces brought together by writer, translator, and filmmaker Valente offers up an eclectic, daunting overview of the life and career of the singular free-jazz composer, performer, and poet Cecil Taylor. As Gary Giddins puts it in his fine essay, “The Avant-Gardist Who Came in From the Cold,” Taylor inherited a …
Thirty-one-year-old Ezzie Halevi is used to life behind the scenes. As a producer for The Wake Up Show, she’s rarely the one anyone is watching, which is why she can’t stop thinking about her recent encounter with Lee Morgan. Lee, a handsome TV chef 10 years Ezzie’s senior, steals the hearts of viewers and his …
Kawamura Haruki is already a sailor, but the wartime Imperial Japanese Navy sends him to New Georgia, part of the Solomon Islands. His brothers are in the war also, and he holds a treasured letter from one of them, folded neatly and kept hidden in his pants cuff. He’s originally from a farm outside of …
On this week’s Self-Publishing News podcast, ALLi News Editor Dan Holloway warns indie authors about a major PHP vulnerability affecting WordPress.org sites and WooCommerce, and explains what to ask your web host. He then covers three platforms with new money-making options: Spotify’s new Memberships for podcasters, Kindle Unlimited passing $5 billion in author payouts, and …