Billboard’s Top Gospel Artist of the Decade and multi-GRAMMY award winning singer and songwriter, Tasha Cobbs Leonard’s Do It Anyway offers a revelatory and uplifting message about discovering the transformation unlocked when we show up to hard things with resilient faith and perseverance. A deeply personal account of Tasha’s trials and triumphs, she offers practical steps for being courageous in risk and patient in discomfort, and shows the breakthrough is always worth it on the other side.
The book is scheduled for publication in Summer 2024.
World rights were acquired in a multi-book deal by WaterBrook Editor Estee Zandee from Esther Fedorkevich at The Fedd Agency.
For rights queries: Denise Cronin, decronin@prh.com
WaterBrook is an imprint of the Random House Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
Deep End of the Lake by Carol Stratton won first place for General Fiction and The Stars in April won second place in the Young Adult category. The awards recognize outstanding Christian books by indie authors and small publishers. The Christian Indie Publishing Association sponsors the awards, and they were announced at The Well Conference in April.
Iron Stream Media is overjoyed to announce four finalists in four different categories for the 2023 Selah Awards and Directors’ Choice Awards that will be presented at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in late May. According to the awards staff, there were more entries than ever before this year as the contests continue to grow. Conference directors have also announced this will be the last year for the Directors’ Choice Awards.
WESTMONT, IL—The recent winner of a gold
May 2, 2023 —Iron Pen Poetry, an imprint of Paraclete Press, is pleased to announce the Spring 2024 publication of Reversing Entropy: Poems by Luci Shaw (ISBN 978-1-64060-870-2 | Pub date April 4, 2024 | Trade paperback, French flaps | 5.5X8.5 | 112 pages | $21).
May 5, 2023, WHEATON, Ill.—Crossway is pleased to announce the launch of phase 2 of an initiative to distribute one million English Standard Version (ESV) Bibles around the world. The focus of phase 2 is to freely distribute Bibles to children throughout the Global South, especially on the continent of Africa.
Tempe, Ariz., May 8, 2023 — ECPA will continue its annual free
Ada, Mich. (May 1, 2023)—Baker Publishing Group is pleased to announce the promotions of Michele Misiak, Raela Schoenherr, and Brianne Dekker. Michele will serve as the new executive vice president of direct to consumer and retail, filling the vacancy of Sue Smith who will retire June 1. Raela Schoenherr has been promoted to the role of fiction marketing director for Baker Publishing Group. Brianne Dekker will serve as the new fiction marketing manager for Revell.
Raela Schoenherr joined the fiction acquisitions team at Bethany House Publishers in 2008 and held various acquisitions roles before becoming marketing manager for Bethany House fiction. She’s had the pleasure of working with award-winning, bestselling, and acclaimed writers and enjoys supporting authors and helping readers find their next great read. A graduate of Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, with a degree in business marketing, she lives in Minneapolis, MN. In Raela’s new position as the fiction marketing director, she will be responsible for directing and managing all aspects of marketing and publicity for both the Bethany House and Revell fiction teams.
Brianne Dekker joined Baker Publishing Group in 2017, starting in marketing as assistant to the Baker Books and Revell fiction and nonfiction teams. She transitioned to working exclusively on Revell fiction when she was promoted to assistant marketing manager, which was exactly where her fiction-loving heart dreamed of being all along. It’s been her joy to continue working with the fiction team and Revell’s fantastic authors since then. Brianne has a bachelor’s degree from Calvin University and lives in Grand Rapids, MI, where she loves to read, crochet, and spoil her cat, Poppy. In Brianne’s new position as marketing manager, she will assume the role as lead marketer for all Revell fiction titles.
What do you do when God doesn’t give you what you want?
Grand Rapids, Mich. (April 24, 2023) — Our Daily Bread Publishing (ODBP), a global creator of Bible-based resources, announces the promotion of Katara Patton to Executive Editor for the Voices Collection. Through the Collection, the VOICES community discusses, develops, and distributes resources by Black Christian content creators for communities of color.




