Author: Angel Ackerman
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I don’t have the answers.
It’s hard to believe that fifteen months have gone by since Parisian Phoenix released its first title on the world. Fifteen months, nine books, more than a dozen artists and writers working together to create craft books featuring unique voices and diverse perspectives. There are milestones we have reached as…
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Slowly revealing The Phulasso Devotional
Our publisher Angel Ackerman spent about half her Christmas Day editing The Phulasso Devotional. She mentions it in her personal blog, and watch our social media for more info on what Phulasso is and when you can expect it. I woke at 6:30 this morning but despite having ten hours…
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Yuletide Beginnings
When we launched Parisian Phoenix, we didn’t do extensive research or think about branding. When we thought up our tag line– promoting unique voices and diverse perspectives– it represented what we thought the creative world needed, But we might have been manifesting, to use a trendy term right now. We’re…
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Call for Submissions: The Scavenger Hunt Photo Book.
This is a very new idea, less than a week old. Expect some details to change, and watch our submissions page for updates. As creative people, the staff at Parisian Phoenix knows some really talented photographers. We wanted to highlight the work of these and other photographers with a scavenger…
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Brainstorming: Plans for 2023
We all need a brainstorming day. Our culture seems to value the end of the calendar year as a time for collecting our thoughts, setting goals and focusing on moving forward. But I think we all need to do such brainstorming and organizing periodically. First, a retrospective: Parisian Phoenix published…
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Big Butch free on Kindle for all right now
Greetings, all. Our publisher has some adventures yesterday— many of which spurred from the arrival of The Death of Big Butch print books. Speaking of Big Butch, Parisian Phoenix has partnered with Amazon to offer the ebook FREE for all readers for the next few days. If you want to…
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Big Butch debuts this week, free now on Kindle unlimited
May, 1974. Jimmy Washburn lives in a sleepy small town with a beautiful wife he adores and his almost two children. He works at the small auto body shop his grandfather founded, under the direction of his uncle. Surrounded by family and lifelong friends, Jimmy has a good life reviving…
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Sex and a Beer
December 2, 2022. When did that happen? Time does sneak up. The Death of Big Butch should be headed to the printer this weekend, and the December Parisian Phoenix email newsletter will follow. Last night, the folks at Book & Puppet Company, and organizers of October’s Easton Book Festival, posted…
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The Success of Indies First, an appearance on the news
Great news for local fans who might find themselves in downtown Easton during the holiday season: Book & Puppet should have books from Parisian Phoenix Publishing in stock. Angel Ackerman, Nancy Scott, Darrell Parry and Gayle Hendricks stopped into the bookstore to hang out with bookstore owner Andy Laties and…
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