Summer is here, and we’ve created the perfect pairings of this season’s hottest summer reads with cool, delicious summer cocktails! Relax and enjoy with our Boozy Books List for Summer 2020, and share pics of your favorite pairings with us via Instagram and Twitter! Lavender Lemonade Mojitos + The Spa at Lavender Lane by Phyllis […]
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Tips for Virtual Author Events
Want to feel terrible about yourself? Plan an event at a bookstore for your book, show up to the store in your fancy writer’s outfit, and quickly realize that nobody is there to see you except for the bookstore owner and a bored staff member the owner forces to watch your reading. This has happened […]
17 Children’s Books We Loved Growing Up
Have you ever just wanted to go back to the days of being a kid? The children’s books we loved growing up helped make us who we are today, and still hold a special place in our hearts. So dust off your nostalgia goggles and join us as we reminisce about our favorite picture books, […]
New Book Fuses Spirituality and Science in Key Answers to Finding Purpose, Empowerment, and the Afterlife
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MEMPHIS, Tennessee – Inspired by two life-changing transcendental experiences, Paul Corson made it his mission to explore the deepest mysteries of life and the afterlife. Now he’s fusing both spirituality and rational science in a groundbreaking examination of who we are, where we come from, and where we’re going at life’s end […]
16 books we’re reading in summer 2020
Summer is in full swing, and that means summer reading is too! Whether you’re searching for a hot new release (may we suggest a few of our fantastic Books Forward authors below!), or you’re craving a fresh dip into a hit from summers-past, we’ve got you covered! Here’s what we’re reading in summer 2020: Ellen […]
Books Forward BFFs July 2020 Newsletter
Read the latest newsletter featuring our award winning authors and industry news. This issue features upcoming events and book releases! Download the July 2020 newsletter here!
Books Forward July 2020 Newsletter
Read the latest newsletter featuring our award winning authors and industry news. This issue features upcoming events and book releases! Download the July 2020 newsletter here!
Whirlwind literary adventure colors one woman’s journey to Spain in romantic comedy “Finding Hemingway”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: “Superb… Dortzbach spins a charming fictional tale in ‘Finding Hemingway’ that is equal parts travelogue and self-discovery memoir, with just enough fantasy to make the story sparkle” – Readers’ Favorite (5-star review) MILWAUKEE, WI – A romantic comedy with a touch of magical realism, Ken Dortzbach’s debut novel Finding Hemingway (Cloister Inn […]
Author pulls from family history, challenges gender norms, and explores inherited trauma in noir historical fiction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sacramento, CA – In Copy Boy (June 23, 2020, She Writes Press), a story of escape, disguise, and coming of age, lecturer and author Shelley Blanton-Stroud follows Jane, a desperate girl seeking work in the Great Depression. Repeatedly turned away from employment, she disguises herself as a boy to get hired, raising […]
Backyard or battleground? From the piles of mysterious recluse comes an adventure so epic, no dwarf, fairy, nor dragon can take it on alone
For Arty to miss a day of school, either he is very, very sick or a fairytale-character turf-war has begun in his backyard — such as what begins this particular Wednesday. First, he finds an ax-swinging, bearded, sweaty warrior Dwarf scaring his dogs. Soon enough, Emma, Cry and other middle-school friends also find fairy creatures […]
