August 19, 2024 Edition

Died: author and evangelical feminist Patricia Gundry

CT — Patricia Gundry, an evangelical author who taught that “God was the first feminist,” died on July 31 at age 87. Her first book, “Woman Be Free!” was published by Zondervan in 1977 and CT listed it as one of the books with the greatest influence on American evangelicals since World War II. Gundry is survived by her husband Stan and their children.

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Christian bestseller lists posted for August

ECPA has released the monthly Christian bestseller lists for August 2024 in 15 categories. The top-selling book is “Forgiving What You Can’t Forget” by Lysa TerKeurst (Thomas Nelson) with “Practicing the Way” by John Mark Comer (WaterBrook) and “The Five Love Languages” by Gary Chapman (Moody Publishers) coming in at #2 and #3.

View the month’s Christian bestsellers

Christian fiction community to gather at Art of Writing, held between PubU & Christy Gala

The annual ECPA Art of Writing conference returns for Christian fiction authors, publishers, and writers, as the precursor for The Christy Award Winners Gala held on November 14 in Chicago. Four afternoon seminars, held after PubU and free for PubU registrants, will feature publishers, agents, and authors talking about today’s Christian fiction market and best practices.

Program and registration information at TheChristyAward.com
Christy Award finalists will be announced on September 12 via webcast. Register here.

PubU Editorial track sessions announced

Connor Sterchi (Managing Editor, Moody Publishers) and Katara Patton (Executive Editor, Our Daily Bread Publishing) have developed six sessions for industry editors for ECPA PubU, held November 13-14 in the Chicago area. They are:

• Advice and Perspectives from Authors Who Are Also Editors with editor/authors Ashleigh Slater, Amanda Cleary Eastep, Carol Traver
• Ten Fixes for Your First-Time Fiction Author with editor Amanda Cleary Eastep
• Practical Guidelines, Strategies, and Mindsets for Copyediting and Developmental Editing with Connor Sterchi
• Behind the Scenes of the New Chicago Manual of Style 18th Edition with writer/editor Carol Fisher Saller
• Editorial Conundrums, Dilemmas, and Enigmas with editors Pam Pugh, Phil Newman, Kevin P. Emmert
• Fostering Diversity in Content Curation with editors Yvonne Hawkins and Adrienne Ingrum 

ECPA PubU offers the unique opportunity to learn from industry leaders and network with other colleagues in similar publishing roles. The program also features tracks in Marketing, Design, Publicity, Production & Operations, and includes an afternoon Children’s Book Summit or Art of Writing seminars, a program for Emerging Leaders, and access to numerous pre-recorded master classes.

Early bird registration and program information is at ECPAPubU.org

Lysa TerKeurst’s new release with Nelson Books receives positive review from PW

Publisher’s Weekly has given a positive review to Lysa TerKeurst’s upcoming book, “I Want to Trust You, but I Don’t.” The review highlights the book as a “book for wounded believers looking to get back on their feet.”  You can read the full review here.

Broadstreet author Dr. Alan Weissenbacher on Jesus Calling Podcast

Dr. Alan Weissenbacher, the managing editor of the journal Theology and Science and a teaching pastor from California, recently joined The Jesus Calling podcast to illustrate how we can harness the power of neuroscience to change our habits, which includes the disciplines of prayer and studying Scripture. Weissenbacher’s book, “The Brain Change Program” is available from Broadstreet Publishing Group.