Author: Angel Ackerman
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Like peanut butter and chocolate… Better together
Publisher’s Note: When I was in the midst of our National Independent Bookstore Day programming at Book and Puppet, a woman approached me and very professionally and briefly introduced herself as a local editor with whom I had connected on Instagram. Now, before I tell you the rest of my…
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Poetry is Stupid; Change My Mind
Today, at the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Darrell Parry delivered a presentation at the organization’s morning meeting called, “Poetry is Stupid. Change My Mind.” He followed that with an afternoon workshop of what he described as 12 enthusiastic writers participating in various exercises relate to the crafting of poetry…
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A chat with Olivia from Chronicles & Coffee
On Tuesday afternoon, I had the delightful opportunity to speak with Olivia Brooks, the host of the podcast “Chronicles and Coffee” and proprietor of a website of the same name. She’s young, still in college, and she started her podcast this year. She’s probably #1 on my people to watch…
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And today’s adventure… Phillipsburg Comic Con with Echo City Capers
Today, Joe Swarctz and Ralph Greco Jr., our own dynamic duo of the Echo City Capers team, exhibited at Phillipsburg Comic Con. Now, as newspaper reporter, Phillipsburg was my home for many, many years. And the communities that feed the Phillipsburg area school district– Phillipsburg proper, Lopatcong Township, Pohatcong Township,…
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Upcoming Non-fiction Books Announced
We are just about to update our production schedule for the upcoming season. Several new authors have joined our stable, as the publishing industry says, or the birdhouse as we tend to say. And it looks like our next few titles will focus on nonfiction.
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More than Independent Bookstore Day: Celebrating the Creative Family
Today, National Independent Bookstore Day 2023, Parisian Phoenix Publishing connected with the Arts Community of Easton at Book and Puppet to celebrate fine art, the written word, and, of course, independent booksellers. National Independent Bookstore Day is set by professional booksellers’ trade organizations, and this year it happened to coincide…
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National Independent Bookstore Day & ACE Open Studio Tour
This blog post is a reminder to mark your calendars for April 29 and celebrate National Independent Bookstore Day with your local bookstore or if you are in driving distance, come see us at Easton’s Book and Puppet Company. And remember in addition to our events with Echo City Capers,…
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Cover Reveal and Blurb for ‘Coffee in the Morning’
Gayle Hendricks has released a peak at the cover for Larry Sceurman’s second book, Coffee in the Morning. The official release date for Larry’s book has not been set, but we expect it to arrive in early May. From the back of the book: Larry Sceurman’s second book, Coffee in…
