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Carlton Garborg Launches New Publishing House
Carlton Garborg, former president of Summerside Press and Ellie Claire, has launched a new venture, Broadstreet Publishing. The house is also developing a new Bible translation.
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Frank Schaeffer Goes It Alone with New Book
Frank Schaeffer is an atheist who prays every day. After 22 books with traditional publishers--some of them bestsellers--he's decided to self-publish. The new book will stir up controversy, but that's nothing new for him.
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Religion On-Sale Calendar: July 2014
July releases include a starred-reviewed opener to a fiction trilogy set in a small-town church; Spanish-language editions of Rhonda Byrne's popular books.
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Woman Writer Examines Proverbs 31 By Living It For a Year
Rachel Held Evans has an issue with the typical evangelical Christian interpretation of Proverbs 31, believing it has reduced generations of Christian women to shame, despair, and fatigue. But instead of trying to fight that biblical ideal of womanhood, she decided to roll with it.
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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, July 9, 2014
Alejandro Jodorowsky's film 'The Dance of Reality' is based on his unorthodox autobiography; Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham offer imperfectly wise stories and parables
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PW Talks with Gustav Niebuhr: The Story of an Unknown Hero
In 'Lincoln's Bishop,' Gustav Niebuhr tells the compelling story of Henry Benjamin Whipple, who spoke out against injustice toward Native Americans during the 19th century.
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Religion Update Fall 2014: The Good, the Alien, the Secular
Fall religion, in not so many words: still too many pastors; religion is still bad for you and the world (Christopher Hitchens has even come back from the dead, via previously unpublished essays, to remind us of this); Pope Francis still looks promising.
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Driscoll Rift Stories Not True, Tyndale Says
In spite of news stories citing a rift between Tyndale House Publishers and controversial pastor Mark Driscoll, the publisher stated on Tuesday that the relationship is still intact.
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Christian Retail Show Flat; Reinvention on the Table
The International Christian Retail Show met June 23-25 in Atlanta, Ga., and the CBA is reporting that total attendance at the event was flat. Although many exhibitors had downsized their presence on the floor, others cited good traffic and the importance of the show for conducting their international rights business.
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Fiction at ICRS: Awards to Celebrate while Publishers Trim Efforts
Even while publishers at the International Christian Retail Show celebrated top books in Christian fiction, publishing programs are being cut back in this crowded category.
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Terry Eagleton: A Late-Life Return to Religion
Terry Eagleton is a bookseller's nightmare. "They simply don't know where to put me," he says. With good reason: the pre-eminent cultural critic and distinguished professor has written on cultural theory, politics, and history, as well as a memoir and a novel. In recent years, his attention has returned to religion.
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, June 25, 2014
An Amish weekend; Catholic Press Association selects best books; awards and honors.
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PW Talks with Don Piper: '90 Minutes in Heaven' Celebrates 10 Years
Don Piper’s car was hit by a truck in 1989, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. Piper wrote about what happened next in the bestselling "90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death & Life," which paved the way for other recent bestsellers recounting glimpses of the afterlife.
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Direct-to-Digital Christian Fiction Picks Up Steam
Christian publishers are experimenting with digital publishing, trying out serializations, separate digital-first lists, and more. The key, publishers have found, is flexibility.
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Reviews of New and Forthcoming Religion and Spirituality Books, June 25, 2014
Beyonce's pastor writes about love; liberation theologian Leonardo Boff assesses Pope Francis.
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Minka Disbrow, Mother Who Never Gave Up, Dies at 102
Minka Disbrow, the mother separated from her daughter by adoption who spent nearly 80 years searching for her, has died at the age of 102. Disbrow’s story was told in a May 2014 book, 'The Waiting: A True Story of a Lost Child, a Lifetime of Longing, and a Miracle for a Mother Who Never Gave Up,' by her granddaughter, Cathy LaGrow.
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Dan Brown Interviewed by NPR at Mark Twain House Benefit
Dan Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code” and current bestseller “Inferno,” was interviewed June 7 by NPR's John Dankosky at a benefit for the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Conn. The conversation turned to religion and science, topics Brown has dealt with in his novels.
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Family Christian Stores Names New CEO
Family Christian Stores, the largest Christian retail chain in the U.S., has appointed Charles Bengochea as president and CEO, succeeding Cliff Bartow, who is retiring after 11 years at the helm.
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, June 11, 2014
Bruderhof magazine back in print; a signal anniversary for women in ministry; readers join authors online and on the water; publishing seminar offered; awards and honors.
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