As much as humans pride themselves on being creatures of logic and reason, we cannot deny our enduring preoccupation with the unseen and unexplained. It may defy logic that your bedroom fills with monsters the moment the lights go out,... Read More

TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan: June 17, 2020—Foreword Reviews, a book review journal focusing on independently published books, announced the winners of its INDIES Book of the Year Awards today. The awards recognize the best books published... Read More

The heartbreaking George Floyd killing in Minneapolis appears to be one murder too many for this country’s conscience and we’re finally going to have the honest conversation about race we’ve been avoiding since the end of The Civil... Read More

FOREWORD’S LIT HIT—INDIE BOOKS THAT’LL BLOW YOU AWAY / What does it take to earn the distinction “pop icon?” Hordes of screaming fans? Elaborate stage performances? Eyeliner? Sasha Geffen posits another commonality in their... Read More

Stereotypes are sticky, they’re tough to shake loose. What comes to mind, for example, when you think about women’s clothing in Middle Eastern countries with strict dress codes? Black, tent-shaped garments, seemingly designed to... Read More

A Fish Growing Lungs / Essays / Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn / Burrow Press / Softcover $16.00 (170pp) / 978-1-941681-66-4 / Buy: Local Bookstore (IndieBound), Local Bookstore (Bookshop), Amazon / Specificity has a way of creating... Read More

FOREWORD’S LIT HIT—INDIE BOOKS THAT’LL BLOW YOU AWAY / At this breaking point of racial unrest and inequality in America and abroad, Kerry Connelly offers a frank, thought-provoking guide to her fellow white Christians on how to... Read More

Readers are getting restless. There’s the feel of it everywhere: cooped up by Covid-19 for months on end, no matter the distractions we have at our disposal in the form of paper and binding (or fully outfitted ereaders), we’re ready... Read More