A bit more than halfway through Celeste Bowers’ memoir celebrating her daughter’s life, she notes that even several years after young Christina’s death, “People still ask me, ‘How do you do it? How do you keep your faith after... Read More
The wide array of recent family and parenting books suggests that there are many mediums through which parents can widen the boundaries of their children’s experiences and imagination, teaching them to value relationships in the context... Read More
Facts / Mission and genres: “Annick Press is recognized as one of the most innovative and cutting-edge publishers of fiction and nonfiction for children and young adults. … Annick’s reputation was built on a commitment to... Read More
This week’s conversation is about one of our very favorite things: wine. Indeed, what goes better with a good book than a goblet of vino? So, what took you so long? you might ask. We’d answer that we were waiting for just the right... Read More
This Is Not the Jess Show / Anna Carey /
Quirk Books /
Hardcover $18.99 (304pp) /
978-1-68369-197-6 /
Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Anna Carey’s young adult novel This is Not the Jess Show starts in a familiar fashion, with a... Read More
In the Event of Contact / Ethel Rohan /
Dzanc Books /
Softcover $16.95 (200pp) /
978-1-950539-26-0 /
Buy: Local Bookstore (Bookshop) / Distance, psychological and physical, runs through Ethel Rohan’s short story collection In The... Read More
Beauty. Diversity. Imagination. The winners of Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Editor’s Choice Awards for Fiction, Nonfiction, and Publisher of the Year each emphasize one of these three qualities—and they’re particularly... Read More
Before the Internet, there were zines: xeroxed pages combining comics with collage and held together by staples and passion. Strictly appealing to long tail market segments, zines were never about money. They were about expression. They... Read More