This Thanksgiving, I celebrate ten years on Foreword‘s editorial team—years I’ve spent gobsmacked, on repeat, by the wonder-inducing titles released every day by independent publishers. Each selection period, I end up aglow; each... Read More

I write to you consumed by worry. I want to celebrate the beautiful stories in this issue, with their fairies and saints, their quests and luminescent LGBTQ+ love stories—and you should relish in each of those tales; there’s so much... Read More

Welcome to our fall issue. We’re so glad to have you. Hospitality is a curious act in trying times: it reminds us of our mutual humanity and our shared responsibilities. It feeds both the giver and the receiver at the soul level.... Read More

Do you ever wonder if those in power would do better if they knew better? In my more hopeful moments, I think: “maybe they just haven’t read the right books, or extended enough empathy. Maybe if—” And let’s admit, too, that we... Read More

For twenty years now, Foreword has been delivering long-form book reviews of independently published books. We’ve worked hard to develop a core group of fifty skilled freelance reviewers to write competently about virtually all subjects,... Read More

Fresh off the season’s first snowfall up here in Michigan’s north woods, I’ll take a break from wool-sock knitting and ice shanty roof repairs to file this intro to our newly released winter 2017 issue of Foreword Reviews. Upfront,... Read More

In order to satisfy the 30,000 librarians, booksellers, and consumers who read our journal, Foreword Reviews is going bimonthly, plus adding six additional special sections to our editorial calendar year beginning Winter issue 2017. We... Read More

The Summer issue of Foreword Reviews is just now reaching subscribers and newsstands, no doubt causing a few double takes as readers eye the creepy she-skeleton gently holding a tatted-up newborn on the cover. We discovered that... Read More