Check out the latest newsletter featuring our award-winning authors and industry news. This issue celebrates a NYT-bestselling author, features upcoming book releases, recent media coverage and much more! Read the June 2021 newsletter here!
Lit Happens
How to Create the “Perfect” Writing Schedule
As an author (or an aspiring author), you’ve probably felt the pressure to be “more disciplined” in your writing life at some point. Maybe someone told you you should get up every morning and write for two hours before work. Maybe you heard that you should carry a small notebook at all times, and scribble […]
Executive coach pens practical and accessible guide to making the right choices for your career and your life
NASHVILLE, Tennessee – “The Art of Choice: Making Changes that Count in Work and Life” (Books Fluent, June 15, 2021) is an informative and inspirational look at how we can make decisions that make a difference. Drawing on interviews with successful businesspeople and his own professional experience, executive coach Terry Warren shows us how using […]
Interview: Serenity Gerbman–The Southern Festival of Books
The Southern Festival of Books is a large annual book festival that is celebrating its 33rd year in Nashville, Tennessee this year. Today on the blog, we’re sitting down with Festival Director Serenity Gerbman to learn more about how virtual events have transformed the literary event circuit, the secrets of running a successful book festival, […]
Books Forward BFFs June 2021 Newsletter
Check out the latest newsletter for our Books Forward Friends. This issue features reading lists, highlights of our BFFs, and a special chance for our BFFs to chat with Books Forward team members Download the June 2021 newsletter here!
A heart-wrenching story of two lovers, torn apart by war, and their boundless journey back to one another
How long would you wait to reunite with the love of your life? JACKSON, Miss. – Lovers spend decades hoping to reunite in Alfred Nicols’ debut novel, “Lost Love’s Return” (June 8, 2021, Books Fluent). A historical romance entwined with military and Southern elements tempts readers to hold out hope for a lost love in […]
Epic fantasy a social commentary on absence of empathy and altruism and rediscovering faith that’s long been lost
The world was their creation until they sought to destroy it. San Antonio, TEXAS – As long as there is light, there is hope. This sentiment and more abound in author Mark A. Alvarez’s debut novel, “Dutybound,” (June 22, Books Fluent), in which discovering faith and morality culminate in an epic fantasy where we are […]
Seven LGBTQIA+ Booktokers to follow for Pride Month, and books they recommend
June is a time to be proud of who you were born to be, and to increase the visibility of LGBTQIA+ people in the world! We reached out to Booktokers to recommend books that represent the LGBTQIA+ community. Get your TBR lists out, these are perfect to read in honor of Pride month, and beyond! […]
Dishes inspired by some of my favorite books
I have a ton of cookbooks and I love to read informational books about food, but there’s something special to me about a personal story that incorporates recipes as part of the narrative. I love a book that makes me hungry, so anytime what I’m reading features a meal, I’m likely to try to cook […]
7 Geeky Reads for Geek Pride Day
Calling all geeks! In honor of May 25th’s Geek Pride Day, we have some notably nerdy, deliciously dorky, and gloriously geeky reads that are perfect to get your geek on! Whether you’re into Lovecraftian horror, quirky romance, or speculative space fiction, we’ve got something for every geek on this list. Check it out! The Ones […]
