Niequist Discussed Her Latest Book ‘Present Over Perfect’ with Oprah
on August 20, 2017

Grand Rapids, Mich., August 21, 2017 – Shauna Niequist appeared on “Super Soul Sunday” on August 20^th to discuss her instant New York Times bestseller Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living (Zondervan, August 2016, 9780310342991).

The breakout title debuted at #2 on The New York Times Advice, How-To, & Miscellaneous bestseller list for Aug. 28, 2016, #1 on the Publishers Weekly Nonfiction list, #1 on The Wall Street Journal Best-Seller Nonfiction list and #8 on USA Today’s Best-Selling Books list.  Present Over Perfect has reached more than 350,000 copies sold since its release in August of 2016.

To watch Niequist’s conversation with Oprah, visit: http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Shauna-Niequist

About the Book:
In a culture that values speed, efficiency, image, and busyness, Shauna Niequist was aching for another way to live. At 36 years-old the popular author found herself exhausted and isolated, fed up with the frantic life she had created. In her book, Present Over PerfectNiequist shares what she’s learning on her journey to trade competition, comparison, and exhaustion for meaning, connection and unconditional love. 

About the Author:
Shauna Niequist is the author of Present Over Perfect, Savor, Bread & Wine, Cold Tangerines, and Bittersweet. Shauna is a bookworm, a beach bum, an enthusiastic home cook and a passionate gatherer of people. She is married to Aaron, and they live in Chicago with their two boys, Henry and Mac. You can connect with her online at ShaunaNiequist.com.

Zondervan is a world leading Bible publisher and provider of Christian communications.  Zondervan, part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc., delivers transformational Christian experiences through its bestselling Bibles, books, curriculum, academic resources and digital products. The Company’s products are sold worldwide and translated into nearly 200 languages. Zondervan offices are located in Grand Rapids, Mich.  For additional information, please visit www.zondervan.com.

Ada, Mich. (August 15, 2017)—Greater Detroit Romance Writers of America (GDRWA) recently announced the winners of their 2017 Booksellers Best Awards. Thin Ice by Irene Hannon won in the Inspirational Romance category. GDRWA is a local chapter of Romance Writers of America, and is dedicated to promoting the romance genre as well as supporting authors and aspiring novelists. For the complete list of winners, please click here.

Thin Ice by Irene Hannon
(Revell; ISBN 9780800724535; ebook ISBN 9781493401697; $14.99)
Bestselling author Irene Hannon pulls out all the stops in this high-stakes thriller that races to a bone-chilling finish. After losing her parents and her sister, Christy Reed has been mired in grief. Now, life is finally starting to feel normal again—until an envelope addressed in her sister’s handwriting arrives in the mail. And the note inside claims she is still alive. FBI Special Agent Lance McGregor is assigned to reopen the case, but he’s coming up with more questions than answers. Is Christy a pawn in a twisted cat-and-mouse game—or the target of a sinister plot? As Lance digs deeper, one thing becomes clear: someone in the shadows has a deadly agenda.

Irene Hannon is the bestselling and award-winning author of more than fifty novels, including Buried Secrets, Tangled Webs, and Dangerous Illusions, as well as the Heroes of Quantico,Guardians of Justice, and Private Justice series. Her books have been honored with three RITA Awards from Romance Writers of America, and she is a member of that organization’s elite Hall of Fame. Her many other awards include a National Readers’ Choice Award, a Daphne du Maurier Award, a Retailers’ Choice Award, two Carol Awards, and two Reviewers’ Choice Awards from RT Book Reviews magazine, which also honored her with a Career Achievement award for her entire body of work. In addition, she is a two-time Christy Award finalist.

Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, offers practical books that bring the Christian faith to everyday life. Whether through fiction, Christian living, self-help, marriage, family, or youth books, each Revell publication reflects relevance, integrity, and excellence.

Baker Publishing Group publishes high-quality writings that represent historic Christianity and serve the diverse interests and concerns of evangelical readers.

Contact: Lynnae Lubbers
(616)676-9185 x193  llubbers@bakerpublishinggroup.com

WESTMONT, IL—After more than thirty years of acquiring and editing academic titles for InterVarsity Press (IVP), Dan Reid has announced that he will be retiring on December 31, 2017.

“Dan Reid is one of the most respected, gifted, and longest-tenured people in the world of academic publishing,” Jeff Crosby, IVP’s publisher, said. “He has been a significant part of building IVP Academic’s stature and impact over the past three decades. His imprint on us as people and on our academic program will continue for years to come.”

Reid (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary), currently associate publisher for academic, joined IVP as a reference book editor in 1986 and was the developmental editor for IVP’s award-winning New and Old Testament dictionaries. He also wrote his own academic studies, including God Is a Warrior, cowritten with Tremper Longman III.  For many years Reid was senior acquisitions editor for reference and academic books, and in January 2016 he became the IVP Academic editorial director. Jon Boyd, who has worked with Reid as the associate IVP Academic editorial director since 2016, will fill that position.

“Dan Reid is legitimately a living legend in the world of academic publishing, and his intellectual exploits here over the past four decades have got us where the press is today (a very good place),” Boyd said. “We’re going to miss him personally after his retirement, but I’m thankful we’ve got the rest of the year to squeeze as much professional wisdom out of him as we can. Building on this foundation, I’m excited to look toward the future of IVP Academic’s mission, one I’m convinced is crucial to the vitality of the university and the church alike.”

Boyd has his MA in Old Testament and Semitic languages from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and his PhD in history from Johns Hopkins University. He was hired as IVP’s digital communications manager in 2012. Prior to that he worked as the director of communications at North Park University. He has also served as a senior editor at Britannica.com, an online division of Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., and as web producer and associate director of graduate and faculty ministries with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

Cindy Bunch, associate publisher, director of editorial, said, “The editorial department has been delighted to have Jon Boyd join our ranks this past year. His expansive range of reading, study, and personal interests make him an ideal editorial director for our academic line. From the nuances of grammar to the conceptual work of developing books in disciplines ranging from theology to psychology to history and more, he engages it all with relish. I look forward to partnering with him in his new role.”

Amid their changing roles, Boyd and Reid have also hired a new academic editor: Anna Moseley Gissing. Boyd said, “Anna impressed us with the thoughtfulness of her approach to academic authors and readers and with the maturity of her scholarly insights when interacting with some high-octane material. We think she’s going to impress the authors and audiences she works with, too.”

Gissing most recently served as associate editor for IVP Books. Prior to coming to IVP she was the associate director of Women in the Academy and Professions (WAP), a division of InterVarsity’s Graduate and Faculty Ministries. She was also the editor ofThe Well, a website designed to support women in graduate and professional schools and on faculty. Gissing has graduate degrees in theological studies from Beeson Divinity School and in New Testament from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. She has also served as senior writing instructor for Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Charlotte.

“Anna is one of those applicants who looks great on paper, and then you meet her, get to know her a little better—and you see she’s even more remarkable than you realized,” Boyd said. “I couldn’t be happier to have her on the IVP Academic team. It’s going to be a joy to share her skills, insights, and personal gifts with authors and the readers we serve together.”

Gissing joins the IVP Academic editorial team, which also includes David McNutt (PhD, Cambridge University), associate editor, who has been with IVP Academic for four years. His responsibilities include IVP’s Reformation Commentary on Scripture and a range of theological fields, including theology and the arts.

Founded in 1947 as an extension of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, InterVarsity Press serves those in the university, the church and the world by publishing thoughtful Christian books that equip and encourage people to follow Jesus as Savior and Lord in all of life. For more information, visit ivpress.com.

Contact:  Krista Clayton | 630.734.4013 | kclayton@ivpress.com

The Treasury of David by Charles Spurgeon wins Book of the Year

(Nashville, TN) August 16, 2017—The Spanish division at HarperCollins Christian Publishing received nine awards from the Spanish Evangelical Christian Publishers (SEPA).  These awards recognize market impact and milestone achievements from the previous calendar year. SEPA awards are presented annually in Miami, FL at the Spanish Christian Trade Show, Expolit.

The imprint Editorial CLIE received the SEPA Book of the Year Award for The Treasury of David (El tesoro de David) by Charles Spurgeon with notes by Eliseo Vila.

For sales volume, the company took home four awards:

• 2016 Highest Sales Volume in the Category of Christian Life: The Purpose Driven Life (Una vida con Propósito) by Rick Warren (Editorial Vida)
• 2016 Highest Sales Volume in the Category of Gift Books: Jesus Calling (Jesús te Ilama) by Sarah Young (Grupo Nelson)
• 2016 Highest Sales Volume in the Category of Text Bibles: Biblia 28 a la vez NVI (Editorial Vida)
• 2016 Highest Sales Volume in the Category of Specialized Bibles: The Maxwell Leadership Bible(Biblia de liderazgo Maxwell) (Grupo Nelson)

For Milestone Achievements, HCCP was honored with four awards:

• 2016 Honor Gallery (over 1,000,000 copies sold): The Purpose Driven Life (Una vida con Propósito) by Rick Warren (Editorial Vida)
• 2016 Honor Gallery (over 500,000 colies sold): Biblia 28 a la vez NVI (Editorial Vida)
• 2016 Honor Gallery (over 250,000 copies sold): In Honor of the Holy Spirit by Cash Luna (Editorial Vida)
• 2016 Honor Gallery (over 100,000 copies sold): Strong’s Concordance (Nueve concordancia de Strong) by James Strong (Grupo Nelson)

“We are so proud of all our authors and partners who were both nominated and recognized at this important awards celebration,” says Larry Downs, senior v-p and publisher for HCCP’s Spanish publishing program. “Our authors consistently strive to bring readers compelling content that honors God and promotes biblical principles. Seeing these authors recognized by the SEPA Awards speaks to the strength of their content and long-term viability of the message.”

The 2017 SEPA Awards season covers from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016.

About HarperCollins Christian Publishing: The world’s leading Christian publisher, HarperCollins Christian Publishing Inc., comprises both Thomas Nelson and Zondervan publishing groups in addition to Olive Tree Bible Software. The Company produces bestselling Bibles, inspirational books, academic resources, curriculum, audio and digital content for the Christian market space. Also home to BibleGateway.com, the world’s largest Christian website, and FaithGateway.com, an online community dedicated to helping people grow in their faith. HarperCollins Christian Publishing is headquartered in Nashville, TN with additional offices in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil. For more information visit www.HarperCollinsChristian.com.

Contact:  Casey Harrell, Senior Director, Corporate Communications 
tel:    615.902.1109   web: Casey.Harrell@harpercollins.com

The AFD Group is delighted to announce that Lion Hudson’s excellent book publishing business will join the wide AFD family of businesses. These include several major Christian Media projects, Christian Holidays, Software Products, Technology and Facilities Infrastructure, Alternative Power Generation and Medical Devices.

Managing Director of the AFD Group, David Dorricott warmly welcomed the Lion Hudson business: “Lion products have been a high quality support to my own discipleship journey for over four decades. Alison and I are thrilled that together we can help Lion expand and develop its product range and distribution so that thousands more disciples across the world can benefit from their insights and teaching. With our three young grandchildren growing up in an increasingly secular world, Lion’s range of Children’s books seems to us to be without equal in ensuring they learn to know and love the Word of God – and get to know their saviour.”

Suzanne Wilson-Higgins, Managing Director and Caroline Gregory, Finance & Shared Services Director will become directors of Lion Hudson Limited (IOM) and the staff will transfer to the new company.

“The past six months have been challenging times and we have been upheld in the Lord by the prayers of our supporters including staff, authors, illustrators and trading partners in the UK and around the world”, says Wilson-Higgins. “We are thankful for tremendous support we have received and are very pleased that a positive outcome has been achieved for the company and staff. Lion Hudson can now move forward with the robust support of the AFD Group.”

FRP Advisory’s Nigel Hamilton-Smith, joint administrator, said: “We are delighted to have helped secure new ownership for the Lion Hudson book publishing business after six months of trading through administration. In AFD Group, Lion Hudson has found the ideal owners to take forward the business, the staff and their shared values that have underpinned the journey which continues to bring so much pleasure to everyone involved from authors and agents, to readers and their families.”

About AFD
The AFD Group is a wholly-owned private business lead by David and Alison Dorricott. With over 30 years of experience delivering IT and address-list management solutions AFD Software now serves thousands of UK organisations and has a network of hundreds of Trade Partners. The AFD Group also includes Christian Multi-Media publishing of the Friends and Heroes TV Series and “What’s in the Bible” and Christian Holidays through Spring Harvest Holidays. The AFD Group are currently developing the Mountain View Innovation Centre near Ramsey, Isle of Man.

About Lion Hudson
Lion Hudson is committed to publishing quality literature, worldwide. We publish books for adults and children under five different imprints: Lion Books, Lion Children’s Books, Lion Fiction, Candle and Monarch. Our books sell around the world and are translated into over 200 languages. International co-edition publishing is a particular strength with more than half our sales made in international markets. http://www.lionhudson.com/page/about/.

For further information or comment contact:
Suzanne Wilson-Higgins suzannew@lionhudson.com Tel +44 (0) 1865-302763 or
Caroline Gregory carolineg@lionhudson.com Tel +44 (0) 1865- 302777 or
David Dorricott, david.dorricott@afd.co.uk Tel +44 (0) 1624 811730

At Home in this Life: Finding Peace at the Crossroads of Unraveled Dreams and Beautiful Surprises rolled farther out into Barnes & Noble stores this past month due to brisk initial sales.

Author Jerusalem Jackson Greer’s title released in May and received excellent publicity including an interview with Bible Gateway, a CBA UNITE feature, and an interview with Marketta Gregory that was syndicated in the GateHouse Media Newspapers and websites. Reviewers have called At Home in this Life, “another Benedict Option” – read more here.

This fall, Paraclete plans expanded marketing for this book including a newly released online study guide, outreach to women’s groups in churches, and author-led webinars.

With a foreword by Shauna Niequist, and endorsements by Tsh Oxenreider and Sarah Bessey, Jerusalem’s book has connected with many women who also live in the crossroads of disaster and delight, celebration and mourning, the ordinary and the extraordinary. She shares how a discovery of the spiritual practices in the Benedictine tradition (stability, silence, prayer, manual labor) and stories from the Bible on the lives of David, Ruth, Timothy, Esther, and Noah, and the words of Jeremiah, transformed her, and helped her to ‘make herself at home’ in the midst of a beautiful, messy, amazingly tender, and completely unbalanced life.

For more information, contact Sr. Antonia Cleverly, srantonia@paracletepress.com, (508) 255-4685 x 329

In its Bicentenary year, Bible Society Australia is pleased to announce “Our Mob, God’s Story” has won the top prize at the 2017 Sparklit Awards in Melbourne.

The highly acclaimed Indigenous art book celebrates the Bible through the eyes Australia’s First Nations artists gathered together from across the land.

The Sparklit judges called the book “beautiful, confident and irresistible.” As 2017 Australian Christian Book of the Year “Our Mob, God’s Story” has attracted huge interest since its release in March this year. Featuring 115 paintings by 66 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, it’s unique in being a Christian resource, educational tool and a glorious Indigenous art book all-in-one.

Along with stunning paintings “Our Mob, God’s Story” also features each artist’s personal testimony of Christian faith, compiled by award winning Australian author Christobel Mattingley and Bible Society Australia’s Indigenous Ministry Projects Coordinator Louise Sherman.

When accepting the top award, Sherman said “we have many unique voices in this country, particularly indigenous voices, that this world needs to hear.” Its impact has been far-reaching as well, with book reviews on “Our Mob, God’s Story” in the U.K and the United States.

Australia’s longest living organisation, Bible Society Australia released “Our Mob, God’s Story” in March 2017 as an integral part of its Bicentenary celebrations. The vision of Bible Society Australia is to see all people engaged with the Bible in a language they can understand, in a format they can use, and at a price they can afford.

OUR MOB, GOD’s STORY is available from www.bibleshop.org.au, Koorong Books, or by calling 1300 139 179.

Funds raised from the sale of the book will go directly to Indigenous Scripture Publication work.

For details and to arrange interviews with co-author Louise Sherman please contact: John Pearson National Media & Communications Manager Bible Society Australia Ph. 0438 771 269