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  7 Feb 2024
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  Official WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS press release

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Echo City Capers “Who Turned Out the Lights?: An Echo City Capers Adventure” Released Today First Illustrated Middle-Grade Book from PA Publisher Hits All Major Retailers  EASTON, PA–(1/31/2024): Marking their 18th release, Echo City Capers sees the publication of“Who Turned Out the Lights?: An Echo City Capers…

  31 Jan 2024
• coming soon events news nonfiction parisian phoenix author

  From Lehigh Valley News. com: Wayne Sherrer at the Sigal Museum

  Our own Wayne Sherrer appeared in Lehigh Valley News.com as part of their Black History in the Lehigh Valley article: Graves and genealogy Additionally, author Rev. Wayne C. Sherrer’s exhibition, “Phorgotten No More: Glimpses of African-American Presence in Phillipsburg, NJ 1777-2021,” shines the light of the Black experience in the…

  29 Jan 2024
• coming soon events fiction parisian phoenix author

  Echo City Capers at B&N March 16

  Our dynamic due, Joe and Ralph, return to the Barnes and Noble store in Easton (@Southmont Center 4445 Southmont Way Easton, PA 18045) on March 16th, from 11-5 See the event page here. This will mark their first appearance at this B&N (but certainly not their last…I’ll report on the…

  26 Jan 2024
• coming soon events poetry

  The Poetry Preseason

  In February, on the first of the month, Parisian Phoenix will be sponsoring the poetry workshop supplies for the Noble Quills Poetry Workshop and Open Mic at the Barnes & Noble, Southmont Shopping Center, Bethlehem Township, Pa. The event starts at 7 p.m. in the Barnes & Noble cafe, which their cafe…

  23 Jan 2024
• coming soon fiction new releases parisian phoenix author

  Preorder Echo City’s superhero middle grade:

  Who Turned Out the Lights? Echo City Capers will release an expanded second edition of their middle grade fiction, superhero chapter book, Who Turned Out the Lights? on January 31. This book was originally released by a Canadian publisher, but we’ve tweaked it, added some more art, rearranged the format and put…

  18 Jan 2024
• fiction review

  Reading my way through January

  I’ve seen people post a lot of goals and themes for January: dry January, Veganuary, and all the hopes of better lifestyles, more exercise, and creating healthy habits that can mean anything from sleep hygiene to flossing your teeth. I’ve pledged to read more— and to read beyond my typical…

  17 Jan 2024
• new releases news nonfiction

  Phorgotten No More launches today: The African American history of Phillipsburg

  Today— 1/15/2024, strategically for Martin Luther King Jr. Day— Phorgotten No More: Glimpses of the African-American Presence in Phillipsburg, NJ 1777-2021 will launch on all the regular platforms from Barnes & Noble (order now here) to Bookshop.org and that influential online retailer Amazon.com has it listed here. Wayne has collated and poured over…

  15 Jan 2024
• from the publisher reflection

  The Power of a Book Plate

  So yesterday, I spent the afternoon with author and friend William Prystauk, who, while he does not publish novels with us, contributes to every project and event where I extend him an invitation (Easton Book Festival, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Not an Able-Bodied White Man with Money, and Juicy…

  14 Jan 2024
• from the publisher reflection

  How Many Books Should a Book Publisher Buy?

  So, I made a pledge for 2024– to read more books that are popular, that come recommended, that support local and/or self-published authors, books from booktok and well, books I don’t expect to like. But, as of right now, we are a small independent book publishing company that does not…

  12 Jan 2024