Parisian Phoenix Publishing

• Second chapbook in the Stark Ravine Mad series, Mszkoze, Red She Is by Kathryn Dohrmann, releases.
• April 4: Joseph Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr of Echo City Capers return to Barnes and Noble in their hometown of Clifton, N.J.
• April 13: Poetry reading at Lake Forest College (Lake Forest, Ill.) with Kathryn Dohrmann, details to come.
• April 14: Author appearance with Brian Mahoney promoting Discovering Sea Glass at Upper Perkiomen Library, details to come.
• April 14: Writing drop-in at Mary Meuser Memorial Library, 1803 Northampton Street, Easton, Pa. 4 to 7 p.m. in the annex. A short craft discussion, and then writing time with an open mic from 6:30 to 7 p.m. for those who wish to share. Come for the whole time or come for a portion of it… All are welcome.
• April 17: Echo City Capers at Easton Arts Academy
• April 19: An afternoon poetry reading at2 p.m. at Village Works, a small independent bookstore in Manhattan’s East Village.
• April 20: Poetry reading at Firefly Bookstore in Kutztown, Pa., featuring Brian Mahoney, 6:30 p.m. Part of their local voices event.
• April 23: at noon in the Lake Forest College Library, an event featuring Mark Luebbers and Benjamin Goluboff who publish speculative biographical poetry. They published Group Portrait with Parisian Phoenix about the art salon of Peggy Guggenheim.

• April 23: Mark your calendar for Larry and Friends, a special storytelling event featuring Larry Sceurman at Bethlehem’s Icehouse on Sand Island. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and features Nancy Scott and members of Patchwork Storytelling Guild.
• April 25: R. Diskin Black speaks with Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group on on the intersection of poetry and memoir, morning program at 11 a.m. In the afternoon session (1:30 to 3 p.m.), participants will delve deeper into the morning’s topic, ask questions, and complete a brief exercise, and share that piece of writing if they desire. Morning lecture free, afternoon workshop free to GLVWG members, $15 for non-members. For more information, visit GLVWG.org. GLVWG meets at the Palmer branch of the Easton Area Public Library and on Zoom.
• April 25: Brian Mahoney promoting Discovering Sea Glass at Medina Bookstore in Coopersburg, Pa., for a poetry reading at 4 p.m.
• April 28: Writing drop-in at Mary Meuser Memorial Library, 1803 Northampton Street, Easton, Pa. 4 to 7 p.m. in the annex. A short craft discussion, and then writing time with an open mic from 6:30 to 7 p.m. for those who wish to share. Come for the whole time or come for a portion of it… All are welcome.
• April 29: Brian Mahoney at Parkland Library, 6 p.m.

May

• FIFTY BOOKS IN FIVE YEARS: In this fifth month of the year, in Parisian Phoenix’s fifth year of operation, Angel Ackerman will release her fifth novel in her Fashion and Fiends series, Absolution, on her fifty-first birthday. Sisters Basilie and Jacqueline set out to save fashion designer Étienne d’Amille from his former protégé/supermodel Adelaide Pitney who has been rather foolishly resurrected after her murder.

• In May, we have two scheduled children’s book releases. Madeline Marriott presents her watercolor-illustrated picture book, Operation Hug, in which the creatures of the forest explore how to hug their porcupine friend. And old friends Echo City Capers will officially release their “growing into” picture book-to-middle grade, The Legend of Mr. Toots: A Silent But Smelly Caper.
• May 4: Echo City Capers at Peters Elementary School
• May 10: Last day for submissions to our AI-themed anthology, edited by Sarah Samala.
• May 11: Echo City Capers at Slatington Elementary School
• May 16: Art Director Gayle Hendricks presents Graphic Design Basics for Authors to Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, 11 a.m. morning presentation and 1:30 to 3 p.m. workshop. This workshop is for writers who hire designers and DIYers. It centers on what makes a good cover and interior, choosing cover images, basic design and type concepts, resolution, etc. Morning lecture free, afternoon workshop free to GLVWG members, $15 for non-members. For more information, visit GLVWG.org. GLVWG meets at the Palmer branch of the Easton Area Public Library and on Zoom.
• May 27: Mark Luebbers (with Ben Goluboff “Zooming in”) as featured readers at Tidal Pool Book Shop in Worcester, Mass., 5 to 7 p.m. They will be reading from Group Portrait and some of their other books followed by a talk about their approach to speculative biography.
• May 31: Release of Stewartsville/Greenwich Township (N.J.) Historical Society’s Hometown Heroes book, transforming their military service banners into a special commemorative hardcover volume.

June

• June 13: Anticipated release date of McKenna Graf’s final Archive of Adolescence poetry series, which began with Writing Over the Word Limit her freshman year of college; continued with Parisian Phoenix with Mortals, Myths and Maybes and The Depths; and now concludes with What’s Left?
• June 13: Brian Mahoney to read at Boyertown Community Library, 3 p.m.

July

• July 1: Official release of Into a Wider Sky by E.H. Jacobs, a novel about mental health therapists who bend the rules. Jacobs’ first novel was Splintered River, released in September 2024.
• July 2: Another bookstore visit with E.H. Jacobs promoting his second novel, Into A Wider Sky, at Gibson’s Bookstore in Concord, N.H. Signing begins at 6:30 p.m.
• July 16: 6:30 p.m., book signing and reading for Into A Wider Sky with E.H. Jacobs at Andover Bookstore, Main Street, Andover, Mass.

September

• FIFTH ANNIVERSARY of Parisian Phoenix Publishing
• Debut of The Curse of Our Profound Disorder by Marilyn Jaye Lewis, a rich, almost-erotic, coming-of-age novel about the illegitimate daughter of a preacher.