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Mary Oliver and her dog Percy

Poetry by Season

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

A simple guide to the verse that suits each turn of the year, for the person who likes their reading to keep time with the light

The Seething Storm paperback standing in front of a submerged Atlantis city in teal and blue underwater light

Seething Storm Review: A. N. Jones Brings Her Atlantis Trilogy to a Close

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Seething Storm ends The Patrons of Earth trilogy with a quest to the lost city of Atlantis, a war among the Greek gods, and the most assured writing of the series.

Cathy Warshaw, author of the Sisterhood Sleuths mystery series

Cathy Warshaw Turns an Eight-Book Young Adult Mystery Series Into a Free Magazine and Global Youth Outreach Programme

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The Sisterhood Sleuths franchise now spans books, a free digital magazine, a schools outreach programme, podcasts, and board games, all aimed at building critical thinking in readers aged 10 to 18.

Kenneth Bliss, author of Canthany Rising and The Accident

Kenneth Bliss Writes Christian Fantasy Books for the Dungeons and Dragons Generation

Darie Nani··1 min read

The Michigan author maps tabletop RPG mechanics onto Christian theology across two books set in the same universe, targeting a niche that barely registers in search data.

Clara Stories children's book series by Sharon Philbrick

Sharon Philbrick Created a Children's Book Series That Teaches Economics Without a Single Lesson

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Clara Stories uses gentle coastal stories, invisible coins and a character called Airius to introduce six-year-olds to money, fairness and AI, with companion guides so parents can join the conversation.

Anthony P. Jones, author of Sorrowful Mysteries

Sorrowful Mysteries by Anthony P. Jones Called 'The Da Vinci Code on Steroids' by Producer George Folsey Jr.

Darie Nani··1 min read

The late Hollywood producer behind Animal House and Coming to America endorsed the Virginia author's Catholic thriller before his death in December 2024.

Voyage of the Salamander book cover over Lily Starling series hero artwork

Voyage of the Salamander: The Independent Space Opera That Just Won Three BookFest 2026 Awards

Darie Nani··1 min read

Christian Hurst writes his Lily Starling novels on evenings and weekends, between a day job in advertising and a house full of rescue beagles. This month one of them quietly took First Place in three categories at the BookFest 2026 awards, and it is one of the warmest, most character-driven space operas you will read this year.

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Gripping Finale Seething Storm Concludes The Patrons of Earth Trilogy By A. N. Jones

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

A. N. Jones spent a decade writing her way back to the trilogy she started with her late mother. Seething Storm, the final book in The Patrons of Earth series, is words woven with love, grief and strength."

Gabrielle Pelayo, author of Fractured, Never Shattered

A Debut Novelist Writes a Man's Trauma to Say What Men Rarely Get to

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Gabrielle Pelayo's debut psychological fiction, Fractured, Never Shattered, follows a composed man whose memories stop staying buried, built from real conversations about what men do not say out loud.

Urban noir street at golden dusk, cinematic illustration for Citiscape novel feature by Beverly Schloendorf

Citiscape: The Magical Realism Novel Asking Readers to See the People Cities Forget

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Beverly Schloendorf's debut weaves Death, a ghost-turned-guardian and a homeless girl into eighteen interconnected tales about urban invisibility.

Ancient hominin skull on a laboratory table, illustrating the fossil at the center of Genes of the Past

A Biochemist's Novel Imagines the Sense Humans Lost When Speech Began

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Biochemist Christer Jansson's Genes of the Past uses a fictional 550,000-year-old Moroccan fossil to propose a sense ancient hominins lost when spoken words began replacing mental images.

Cindy Divine by Shafter Bailey book cover

Cindy Divine Is the Fictional Girl Holding a Mirror to Real American Politics

Darie Nani··1 min read

Shafter Bailey's debut novel follows a traumatized girl who becomes a global figure, but the real target is the political class that lets children fall through the cracks.