Parisian Phoenix Publishing

• 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 as Parisian Phoenix’s 50th book. 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.
• May 10: Last day for submissions to our AI-themed anthology, edited by Sarah Samala. This book will highlight the majesty of human creativity and is accepting all sorts of literary and art forms that seek to chronicle the steps and the magic of creation.
• May 11: Echo City Capers at Slatington Elementary School
• May 12: Writers Drop-In at Mary Meuser Memorial Library, 4 to 7 p.m.
• 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 16: Dawn O’Harra doing an in-store booksigning for Any Landing You Walk Away From…, her historical fiction clean romance about flight attendants, at the Barnes & Noble in Ledgewood, N.J. noon to 3 p.m.
• May 23: Special Pre-Launch Event of Stewartsville/Greenwich Township (N.J.) Historical Society’s Hometown Heroes book at the local American Legion.
• May 26: Writers Drop-In at Mary Meuser Memorial Library, 4 to 7 p.m.
• 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: Official 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 6: Poet Brian Mahoney reading at Vargtimmen King Koffee in Emmaus, Pa. 7 p.m. Fantastic venue, if you’ve never been, but small, so come early.
• June 9: Writers Drop-In at Mary Meuser Memorial Library, 4 to 7 p.m.
• 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: First book signing for Operation Hug with Madeline Marriott at the Newtown Bookshop in Newtown, Pa. Details to come.
• June 13: Brian Mahoney to read at Boyertown Community Library, 3 p.m.
• June 23: Writers Drop-In at Mary Meuser Memorial Library, 4 to 7 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.
• July 25: E.H. Jacobs attending the Local Author’s Book Signing at the Mall of New Hampshire, Manchester, N.H., from noon to 4 p.m. He will be signing copies of Into A Wider Sky, his second novel and new release, and Splintered River, his first novel which examined political manipulation after a racial violence incident.

August

• Official release of 2062, Allison Stein’s debut middle-grade novel. This episodic futuristic story includes illustrations by Joseph Swarctz, creator and illustrator of the Echo City Capers series.

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.