A Note from the Editor of Foreword Reviews / As we wrap this issue, it marks the last few days of Foreword’s silver anniversary and I can’t let that pass without expressing my immense gratitude to the Foreword team and the... Read More

On April 1, 1998, I walked down Front Street in Traverse City with two editing partners, Anne Stanton and Mardi Jo Link, and opened the door to our new office perched above an ice cream store. Carrying boxes filled with personal items... Read More

Building Up Our Independent Publishing Community / We are back from the Frankfurt Book Fair and I’m still processing (and will be for many months) the ideas, leads, and deals made with our publishing colleagues from around the world,... Read More

There is a certain comfort derived from being fully loaded with a ridiculous number of physical books when traveling. My weeklong vacation over the Thanksgiving holiday included four adult titles and half a dozen children’s board books... Read More

Fresh Starts / Ramadan. Earth Day. Easter. Arbor Day. Anzac Day (like Memorial Day for our Aussie and New Zealand family and friends). Holocaust Remembrance Day. A Pink Moon. April is a spiritual month, and also one for fresh starts.... Read More

How to Heal / I’m certain that I am not alone in thinking that things could not possibly get any worse than the year we had in 2020, when, quite impossibly, they just did. Last week’s introduction to 2021 was a stark reminder that... Read More

As a small business, we’ve been very fortunate (so far) to have been able to weather the Covid-19 pandemic without horrific consequences. Like you, we’ve had to be light on our feet and roll with some unexpected challenges. But a... Read More

My new granddaughter from Park City, Utah, left last night after a week long staycation with us, meeting her extended family at our cottage. In her eleventh week, Rosemary is heart stoppingly precious, but what I grew to find most... Read More