Author: Angel Ackerman

• events fiction

  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…

  3 Oct 2024
• reflection

  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…

  1 Oct 2024
• from the publisher reflection

  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,…

  30 Sep 2024
• events parisian phoenix author

  Keeping up with Echo City

  Illustrator Joseph Swarctz will have all of the Echo City titles at the Tatamy Fall Fest on September 28— so if you are missing a title or haven’t picked up the latest, that’s a great place to get your personalized holiday gifts. Echo City returns to Barnes & Noble on the following dates and in these…

  26 Sep 2024
• events from the publisher

  Write to Read launches Tonight

  The Write to Read Workshop series at Blue Flame Events Retail Store launches tonight at 6 p.m. Consider it your drop-in hours to pursue any of your literary questions.

  25 Sep 2024
• events

  Explore the Literary Landscape

  Opportunities for YOU to write In addition to the Write to Read workshops, Parisian Phoenix has a variety of upcoming opportunities where you can explore your own writing passions. If you’re interested in learning more about Substack, the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group will host Angel Ackerman on September 28, presenting Newsletters for Authors and an afternoon workshop…

  24 Sep 2024
• from the publisher reflection

  A chat with the National Center on Disability & Journalism

  I had a meeting with a writer earlier this week, and she mentioned that meeting me in the setting where we connected seemed like a message from the universe. She had just finished the YA fantasy book that she had been working on for four years. And I have similar…

  23 Sep 2024
• events fiction

  Meet a Storyteller: Larry Sceurman

  On Sunday, September 22, our resident oral storyteller Larry Sceurman will be signing books at the Barnes & Noble Bethlehem in the Southmont Shopping Center from 1 to 4 p.m. He will have copies of both of his nostalgic fiction books, novella The Death of Big Butch and short story collection Coffee in the Morning.  In October, Larry will…

  21 Sep 2024
• events reflection

  Death of the American Mall?

  Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to spend the day at the Mall Rats Punk Vendor Festival at the Palmer Park Mall, celebrating the 1990s, and hosted by Blue Flame Events. My Echo City Capers duo, illustrator Joseph Swarctz and his sidekick author Ralph Greco Jr., were signing books down at the Barnes & Noble at the Promenade Shops in Center…

  20 Sep 2024
• from the publisher

  How resources impact disability memoir

  Angel Ackerman posted about the impact resources have on what disability/medical memoirs make it to the public eye and what they cover. Read more on AngelAckerman.com.

  19 Sep 2024