Category: coming soon
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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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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…
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Open Sesame with author Jon Gibbs and other weekend nonsense
Because most of us in the Parisian Phoenix birdhouse work day jobs, weekends tend to explode with creativity and commitments. I started this morning answering email, tracking income and expenses and doing the sort of nonsense that keeps the business doing business. In my personal life, my daughter and I…
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dealing with machines, not people
Our art director talks about printing in the internet age… My first job was at Hess’s department store making signs on a machine similar to this. We set metal type, one letter at a time, and backward. I’ve … dealing with machines, not people
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Books, book reviews and book news
I recently purchased Suzanne Mattaboni’s “eighties novel” Once in a Lifetime and kept it in my purse to keep me company in all the medical waiting rooms. As in my habit, I reviewed the book on Goodreads and tagged the author however I could on social media— and she quoted…
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Hi-ho into April: an invitation to our Book & Puppet event April 29
It certainly has been here. March brought much excitement for the publishing company with Thurston’s release of The Phulasso Devotional, the Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group Write Stuff Conference, collaboration with Echo City Capers, production of Larry Sceurman’s short story collection, Coffee in the Morning, and planning for a cornucopia…
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Press Release: Event with Book and Puppet to support indie bookstores, the arts and poetry in downtown Easton April 29
For immediate releaseFor more information contact:Angel R. Ackerman, publisherangel@parisianphoenix.com Celebrating National Independent Bookstore Day, Arts Community of Easton Open Studio Tour, National Poetry Month & New Books from Local Authors LEHIGH VALLEY, PA— Parisian Phoenix Publishing and Easton’s Book and Puppet Company will host events at the bookstore; April 29…
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The unbridled joy of packing tape
So, Art Director Gayle and I exchanged the most ridiculous email thread based on a special promotion. It went something like this: I forward the email from Sticker Mule that reads, “Beautify your boxes. 1 roll custom packing tape for $9” with the message and subject line that says, “Tape!”…
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Save-the-Date April 29: National Independent Bookstore Day
It’s a Save-The-Date edition of the Parisian Phoenix blog— we’re writing today to tell you to mark your calendars for APRIL 29. It’s National Independent Bookstore Day and if you’re local to Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, we’ll be celebrating with downtown Easton’s Book and Puppet Company and honoring the Arts Community…
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Why We Read: I don’t think it’s escape
We often hear that readers read books to escape, but I think it’s more complex than that. I think, sure, if we had to describe succinctly the allure of reading that would be it. I’ve been a writer for decades. And if I it weren’t for personal health issues*, I…
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