What can we say, Books Forward authors are always going, going, going! We’re excited to feature some of our authors and their recent media wins in May 2024.
Excerpts/features
- An excerpt from Dr. Ronald Ruff’s book Raising Children to Thrive was featured in Newsweek’s My Turn section.
- Spiritual Media Blog recently featured an excerpt from When Skies Are Gray by Lindsey Henke.
- Author Courtney Deane and her book When Happily Ever After Fails were featured by local news outlet the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
- Vegan Food & Living Magazine shared a few recipes from Yecenia Currie’s recently released cookbook Sweet & Savory Life.
- Forward highlighted Rossi and her story of how a punk rock lesbian ended up in Hasidic Crown Heights.
Reviews
- Christina Bacilieri’s novel The Last Refuge received an editor’s pick from BookLife.
- Evette Davis received a five-star review from Readers’ Favorite for her upcoming fantasy novel The Others
- Aaron Arsenault’s The Academy was praised for its fast pace and adventure in this review from The Werd Nerd Edits.
- Foreword Clarion Reviews gave Lauren Martin’s book Night of the Hawk five stars in its review.
- Rebellious Magazine noted the “talented cast of women singers” in the audiobook for 19: The Musical.
Interviews
- The Mental Podcast with Bobby Temps had author Reginald L. Reed Jr. on to talk about his memoir The Day My Mother Never Came Home.
- WTBR Morning Drive recently spoke with Joan Cohen about her new release, The Deepfake.
- IndieView interviewed author J. Boyce Gleason about his Carolingian Chronicles series.
- Don Silver spoke with Any Given Runway about his new book Scorched.
- Thomas R. Weaver joined Cyrus Webb’s Conversations LIVE! to discuss his techno-thriller Artificial Wisdom.
- Brian Morra hopped on the Meet the Thriller Author podcast to talk about his Able Archers series.
- WGVU Common Threads interviewed Kelly James Clark about his book Raging Fire of Love.
- Jennifer Moorhead spoke with the Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate about her upcoming thriller Broken Bayou.
Guest Articles
- Tracy Mayo wrote a guest article for Best Self Media on the unfathomable separation of mother and child.
- Writer’s Digest ran this Anne Abel piece about how storytelling can help overcome writer’s block.
- Smithsonian Magazine ran this article from Tamara J. Walker about Black entertainer Ada “Bricktop” Smith.
- Penny Lane detailed her three favorite reads of 2023 in this listicle for Shepherd.
- Ann Bancroft talked about how her cancer diagnosis helped her let go of fear and make deeper connections in this piece for Best Self Media.
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Jennifer Vance is a publicist at Books Forward, an author publicity and book marketing firm committed to promoting voices from a diverse variety of communities. From book reviews and author events, to social media and digital marketing, we help authors find success and connect with readers.
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