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 …
Clinical psychologist Bee Lim knew her illustrated book on trauma, Welcome Home: Healing Trauma and Reclaiming Wholeness, couldn’t be a standard paperback—and that she wasn’t willing to give up her IP, therapeutic arc, or choice of illustrator, her husband, concept artist Joel Timpson. In this episode, Bee shares why she chose the custom publishing route, …
In this expansive memoir, Slavova recounts her life from her childhood in Bulgaria to her present life in Los Angeles. Born in 1977, the author grew up with her sister, Luiza, a disciplinarian mother, and a gentle father. After her Olympic judo dreams were crushed in a car accident involving her boyfriend, Slavova made her …
Raised by her grandparents in the Jim Crow South, the young Arlinda Willis “had a front-row seat” to the civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama, while growing up in nearby Toxey. In defiance of the systemic racism that shaped her upbringing—she grew up in “squalid conditions” in a “ramshackle house” without indoor plumbing or electricity—Willis …
Ingram has now launched its long-touted Covered platform. Covered is an alternative to platforms like NetGalley that offer advance copies of books. It will have a digital focus, initially offering ebooks in EPUB and PDF formats, with audiobooks expected to follow in the near future. The platform will be open to Ingram’s network of 50,000 …
This is an informed opinion piece by Nigel George, an indie author, ALLi Author Member, and the founder of GNW Independent Publishing (indiepublishing.au). He helps writers skip the snake-oil internet gurus and build sustainable careers based on authentic relationships with… The post Opinion: You Have More Agency Than You Think: Creative Writing and Publishing in …
Goldberg was a student at New England Conservatory of Music when she joined the Klezmer Conservatory Band, a group playing traditional Jewish dance music that originated in Eastern Europe. Four members of the group, after learning of the plight of Soviet Jews who had been denied the right to emigrate, decided to form a quartet …
The story opens in September 1846 on Achill Island, where 16-year-old Tessa O’Melia is being sent off to America to marry a stranger. (“Just don’t be foolish, follow your instincts and stay away from strange men,” her mother warns.) Her family is starving, and her father is in jail, having been accused of a murder …
In her introduction, editor and contributor Salazar describes this work as “a playlist of stories, about music, for music, because of music, through the music of poetry.” The collection spans a range of poetic styles, geographical locations, and time periods. The authors represent distinct cultural and ethnic backgrounds and include Indigenous and Afro-Latine writers and …
In 1988, 20-year-old Sandra Ramirez is savagely kicked to death and left under an old oak tree in Santander, Spain. She’d written a short story from the point of view of a stray dog that dies under the same oak tree, and the murder remains unsolved two decades later. In 2008, master detective Hans Rekke …
Three children—CeCe, Heiko, and Ari—are the only people remaining on the island of Makeshift after a terrible event decimated their entire community of survivalists and also, they believe, brought an end to all humankind. Raised in an environment where certain adults are designated “conductors” to help lead the community, and where everyone is considered a …