Author: Angel Ackerman
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Bookworm reaches audiences in three countries
Bookworm’s Magical Journey had a magnificent launch— the book has sold in three countries so far in its first week. Our local libraries have expressed interest in carrying this dyslexia-friendly title. Yesterday, author Larry Sceurman and his beautiful wife, Barbara, stopped by my warm and cozy sunporch to pick up some early review copies of the…
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Inspiration, Perspiration, Procrastination
We’ve all heard the adages about success being a small part inspiration and a large part perspiration. But have you ever stopped to consider how much procrastination factors into that equation? If I had to rewrite the old adage— because this morning I did all the dishes, vacuumed the kitchen floor and…
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This weekend: 6th Annual Easton Book Festival
This weekend will feature a plethora of in-person events at the Sixth Annual Easton Book Festival— from authors, readers and dogs at the Farmers Market tomorrow morning to panels and workshop of all kinds from sun up to sun down. For Parisian Phoenix this means on Sunday, October 20: If you…
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Craft your Zine with your inner child, TONIGHT!
I have been asked several times recently what I publish. What kind of books I like and promote. And I usually smile and reply that I don’t have a certain genre— that I collect people, storytellers, voices. The creative world is so vast, and with artificial intelligence improving and distribution…
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Lehigh Valley Poetry Round-up
If you like your poetry in the comfort of your own home, Stick Figure Poetry released its fall issue a few days ago, edited by Darrell Parry, author of Twists: Gathered Ephemera and founder of that online poetry publication that began life as a program at Mary Meuser Memorial Library. Poet and familiar face at Parisian Phoenix Nancy…
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Festival Unbound and Poetry in the Rose Garden TODAY
Every April, the world celebrates poetry— the same sort of observance reserved for Black History Month or Disability Pride or Suicide Awareness. And here we are, in October, already, and I am impressed with the volume of poetry events flooding the Lehigh Valley, six months after official National Poetry Month, perhaps an…
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Splintered River as the election approaches
I can’t help but feel that nothing we create in our fictional universes will compare to what is happening in the real world. And that is why I agreed to publish E.H. Jacobs’ debut novel, Splintered River. In some ways, the premise of the novel seems unbelievable, and you wonder if these ambitious political…
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Judy Blume and other Dollar Tree Greats
The other day I was getting ready for an event and I got a text from our art director, Gayle. “Look what I found at the Dollar Tree. What do you think of these covers?” “OMG!” I replied. “I was just talking about Judy Blume the other day. I want…
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Building a Third Place
Persnickety Books in Burlington, N.C., recently sent out a newsletter that mentioned a new book by a North Carolina author focusing on finding your third place. I am fascinated by the idea of third place, and my dream is to build Parisian Phoenix into a physical location with a bookstore,…
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