Coming This Year: Scarred By Catherine Khaperska
Scarred, the debut novel from 15-year-old Catherine Khaperska, about an abandoned street dog seeking to belong. Coming this spring from Riversong Books.
Buy now! Summer (Book 4 of the Guardians of Magic) By Melissa Nash
Just published! As the true identity of the threat to the Guardians reveals itself, they realise how big of a challenge they now face. Determined not to give up, Shumuti leads the others on a desperate journey for knowledge
Preorder your copy now: JONE$TOWN by Robert McDermott
Now Available for preorder: Every resident of Jonestown has a secret. Matt Lowell has several. What really happened to his brother, TJ, at their grandparents’ farm? Why has his sister stopped talking to him? And, where’s Gene Hackman? Matt hasn’t seen him in days. Also, Gene Hackman is a cat.
Coming Oct 13: JONE$TOWN by Robert McDermott
Every resident of Jonestown has a secret. Matt Lowell has several. What really happened to his brother, TJ, at their grandparents’ farm? Why has his sister stopped talking to him? And, where’s Gene Hackman? Matt hasn’t seen him in days. Also, Gene Hackman is a cat. Coming October 13, 2021.
Preorder your copy of House of Jesus: A Novel by R.T. Lawrence
Pr-order your copy of House of Jesus, a new novel set in post-earthquake 2010 Haiti by R.T. Lawrence, about a no-nonsense trauma surgeon who, against his better judgment, ends up as part of the relief effort.
Go for Launch! Start Your Scene Strong
Last week we talked about the basics of scene building in fiction. You can check out that information here: Scene Building Basics . Today, let’s focus a little more deeply on one aspect of a scene: the launch. It’s the kickoff for your scene. It’s the opportunity to pull readers into the action or hook…
2018 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Winners Announced
2018 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Winners Announced ADULT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner) ADULT NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Doubleday) See the rest by clikcing the link below….
Best books of 2017: indie publishers on their favourite books of the year
Sarah Davis Goff The book that made my year: We spoke last year about Mike McCormack’s wonderful Solar Bones, which garnered rave reviews and a rake of prizes including the Goldsmiths and two BGE Irish Book Awards. We suspected it was only gathering speed – and we were so delighted when it was longlisted for…
To and Fro Upon the Earth: A Novel
The debut novel from author Markus McDowell, this literary work is a re-imagining of an old-fashioned story of grief and the search for meaning in a world that seems not only uncaring, but vindictive. To and Fro Upon the Earth is a captivating (and disturbing) story about a man who rejects the common answers to…
The Heretical Things Statistics Tell Us About Fiction
Have you ever used Microsoft Word’s “readability statistics” function? It gives your document a score, as a grade level, based on something called the Flesch-Kincaid analysis, which purported to be the grade level a reader would have to have attained to understand the piece. How helpful or accurate is the function? Turns out it s…