Eugene, Oregon—May 2, 2018—Harvest House Publishers is pleased to announce that GraceLaced: Discovering Timeless Truths Through Seasons of the Heart by Ruth Chou Simons is a recipient of the 2018 Christian Book Awards® in the Devotion & Gift category. 

GraceLaced is more than a book with pretty florals and fanciful brushwork—its about flourishing. This beautiful volume of seasonal devotions encourages readers in any circumstance to become deeply rooted in God’s faithful promises as they journey through the changing seasons of the heart.

“I am incredibly honored, and am grateful to my publisher, my agent, my editor and the many others who worked with me to bring this book to life. I’m thankful for friends who’ve diligently cheered me on, and my supportive readers. The glory goes to God, who does immeasurably more than we ask or imagine,” shared Simons upon receiving the news.

Simons, an artist, writer, entrepreneur, and speaker, is the creator of the popular GraceLaced online shoppe, blog, and Instagram community where she daily shares scriptural truths through her hand-painted artwork and words.

The Christian Book Award® program has recognized the absolute highest quality in Christian books since 1978. Based on excellence in content, literary quality, design, and impact, the Christian Book Award® program is the oldest and is among the most prestigious awards in the religious publishing industry.

About the Publisher:
Harvest House, a Christian publishing company based in Eugene, Oregon, publishes more than 135 books per year and carries a strong backlist offering more than 1,200 titles. Over 140 million Harvest House books have been sold worldwide through diverse distribution channels, and additional millions have sold in over 75 different languages.

Contact:  Christianne Debysingh, Harvest House Publishers
Phone: 888-468-4108  Fax: 541-302-0732
Email: cdebysingh@harvesthousepublishers.com
Web: www.harvesthousepublishers.com

Page Chaser: Books. Naps. Coffee. Repeat

(Nashville, TN) May 3, 2018— Not  long ago, a small group of HarperCollins Christian Publishing (HCCP) employees sat commiserating. The problem was this: they were avid readers, pop-culture enthusiasts and Christians who had no community.

Why doesn’t a fun, engaging faith-based book community exist?  Was there a way to build a home for avid readers who just happened to also be believers? Could a bookish community be diverse, intellectual, witty and sharp, and still be uplifting?

There was only one way to find out.  Enter Page Chaser.

Page Chaser is a space for everyone stuck in the middle; a place where you can talk about Stranger Things and Max Lucado. Page Chaser promotes positive, intelligent conversations on diverse content that makes people laugh, think and engage, leaving negativity at the virtual door. Any reader who is interested in discovering great stories, inspiring conversations and, well, just great clean content will feel welcome.

Stephanie Newton, the Page Chaser brand ambassador summed it up nicely, “When dreaming up Page Chaser, we discussed the idea of, ‘The nicest corner of the Internet.’ It seemed imperative to us that, in a world full of cruel social internet content, we could be here, metaphorically handing out muffins and asking if you’ve read Neil Gaiman.  We’re not here to fight with you. We’re not here to lead a revolution. We just want to bring goodwill back to humanity – one book at a time.”

PageChaser.com is home to humorous editorials, listicles recommending books, current news as it relates to books, author Q&As and more. Page Chaser’s audiobook platform offers readers “First Listens” of new books, bonus materials and behind-the-scene glimpses of in-studio author recordings. The all-original content features new titles, some hidden gems and contributor all-time favorites, positioning it to be an important discoverability point for readers and reviewers.

Page Chaser has a multifaceted reach through different content platforms. To support its blog, @page.chaser is a highly curated Instagram feed where engaging questions are posed alongside high-quality photos. Page Chaser on Facebook boosts blog posts and shares audience-provoking material to grab the attention of future page-chasers.

Newton added,  “Page Chaser is a place for conversing, laughing, reading, and belonging. Around here we firmly believe that there are two things you can never have enough of: friends and books, and we hope to be your favorite gathering spot for both.”

To learn more, please visit PageChaser.com.

Media Contact:  Casey Harrell, senior director, Corporate Communications
tel: 615.902.1109  email: casey.harrell@harpercollins.com

WaterBrook and Multnomah has promoted two key editors in the Colorado Springs office. Laura Barker, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, announced the promotions of Shannon Marchese to Executive Editor and Susan Tjaden to Senior Editor.

“Shannon is highly respected by colleagues throughout Christian publishing for her keen instincts and up-to-the-minute knowledge of current trends. She joined our company as Editor in 2004, and since then she has spearheaded our fiction and children’s programs with passion and energy,” said Barker. Marchese has edited books by best-selling, award-winning authors like Cindy Woodsmall and Lisa Tawn Bergren. In her most recent role as Senior Editor, Marchese has expanded her list to include nonfiction authors such as Jessica Honegger, Jonathan Merritt, and Jo Saxton. Marchese’s expertise is reflected in many forthcoming titles, including As the Tide Comes In by Cindy Woodsmall, Walk On by Ben Malcolmson, and Imperfect Courage by Jessica Honegger.

“In her more than six years with WaterBrook and Multnomah, first as Associate Editor and most recently as Editor, Susan has consistently proven herself a team player with a great eye for books with commercial appeal. Along with winning the appreciation of authors like Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Becky Thompson for her skillful ability to draw out the best in their writing, Susan has taken the lead in developing ideas for the interactive inspirational resources and journals in WaterBrook’s proprietary creative line,” said Barker. Tjaden’s upcoming books include Made Like Martha by Katie Reid, Eat at Home Tonight by Tiffany King, and The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker.

WaterBrook and Multnomah are imprints of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, the world’s largest trade book publisher, which is dedicated to its mission of nourishing a universal passion for reading by connecting authors and their writing with readers everywhere. The company, which employs 10,000 people globally, was formed on July 1, 2013, by Bertelsmann and Pearson, who own 75 percent and 25 percent, respectively. With more than 250 independent imprints and brands on five continents, Penguin Random House comprises adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction print and digital English- and Spanish-language trade book publishing businesses in more than 20 countries worldwide. With 15,000 new titles, and 600 million print, audio and eBooks sold annually, Penguin Random House’s publishing lists include more than 60 Nobel Prize laureates and hundreds of the world’s most widely read authors.

Contact: Beverly Rykerd  (719) 268-1935  brykerd@penguinrandomhouse.com

Who Lynched Willie Earle? compels modern Christians to understand both race and faith

(Nashville, TN) – Abingdon Press is excited to announce Who Lynched Willie Earle? Preaching to Confront Racism by author William H. Willimon is the winner of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) 2018 Christian Book Award® in the Ministry Resources category.

In Who Lynched Willie Earle? Willimon encourages preachers to see American racism as an opportunity for Christians to honestly name our sin and engage in acts of “detoxification, renovation, and reparation.” Preaching that confronts racism powerfully communicates salvation from the sinful narratives of American white supremacy. It hears black pain, names white complicity, and offers a Gospel-centered critique of American exceptionalism and civil religion.

“Will Willimon’s books are inspiring, creative, humorous, prophetic, and edgy. That’s in part how the author makes the lynching of Willie Earl in 1947 so relevant today,” notes Paul Franklyn, Associate Publisher at Abingdon Press. “It’s an honor to receive this recognition,” says Will Willimon. “I’ve been working on this book for fifty years, ministering to ‘America’s Original Sin’ (Jim Wallis) of racism and enjoying the task of speaking up and speaking out in the pulpit. My purpose was to equip and to encourage fellow preachers and I’m pleased to have been honored in the Ministry Resources category.”

The award was presented in Washington D.C., May 1, 2018, during the ECPA Leadership Summit. “For 40 years ECPA has recognized excellence in Christian publishing through the Christian Book Award® program,” says Stan Jantz, executive director of ECPA. “We are grateful to the publishers and their authors who create and produce these Award-winning books and Bibles. They are prime examples of the effective way publishing fulfills ECPA’s mission: To make the Christian message more widely known.”

Abingdon Press is the primary publishing imprint for The United Methodist Publishing House and has a tradition of crossing denominational boundaries with thought-provoking and inspirational books. Abingdon Press titles include a wide array of quality Bibles, Bible studies, small group studies, Christian living, fiction, devotional, academic, professional, and reference titles published each year to enrich church communities across the globe. Visit AbingdonPress.com.

Dr. Emerson Eggerichs, the New York Times bestselling author of Love & Respect, will do a media tour beginning this week to discuss his latest book The 4 Wills of God: The Way He Directs Our Steps and Frees Us to Direct Our Own (April 2018, B&H Books). Dr. Eggerichs will be featured on nationally-syndicated radio shows and top podcasts such as Building Relationships with Dr. Gary Chapman, RELEVANT Magazine’s new Love & Money Podcast, Life Today with James and Betty Robison and other top outlets.

Live appearances this week will include:

• May 7 from 10:30-11am CT: Bill Martinez Live!
• May 8 from 5-6pm CT: In the Market with Janet Parshall on Moody Radio
• May 9 from 3-4pm CT: Live the Promise with Susie Larson on MyFaith Radio

Earlier this spring, Dr. Eggerichs was featured on The Eric Metaxas Show, Chris Fabry Live! and Connecting Faith with Carmen LaBerge. For more information about The 4 Wills of God, click here.

Nashville, Tenn., May 4, 2018 – Bestselling author and nationally known speaker, Annie F. Downs, has reached a milestone: 100 Days to Brave: Devotions for Unlocking Your Most Courageous Self, has sold more than 100,000 units.

The book released October 2017 and has become so popular that it is continuously flying off the shelves at these retailers: Amazon, Target, LifeWay, and Barnes & Noble stores. 

“Annie comes alongside the reader as a friend and mentor, offering achievable steps to replace fears with courage.,” said Laura Minchew, senior vice president and publisher of Gift Books, Tommy Nelson Children’s Books and New Media at Thomas Nelson. “We are so happy to see the success of this book and the huge number of lives it has impacted.” 

Downs wrote 100 Days to Brave as a reflection of her own journey to stop allowing fear to hold her back. With honesty and relatable humor, the compilation of best-of writings and new pieces from Annie has helped readers embrace the path and the plan God has for them. 

“My life changed significantly when I stopped listening to fear and started to believe that I could be brave. I’ve seen it in other people, and I see it in myself, that amazing doors open (and all the right ones have closed) when I choose to take the courageous next step. It’s what I hope for all my friends and readers – that bravery would be their first option, not the last,” said Downs.

Annie F. Downs is an author, blogger and speaker based in Nashville, Tennessee. Flawed but funny, she uses her writing to highlight the everyday goodness of a real and present God, and loves traveling around the country speaking to young women, college students and adults. Annie has written five other books: Looking for Lovely, Let’s All Be Brave, Perfectly Unique, Speak Love, and Speak Love Revolution. Learn more about her at anniefdowns.com and follow her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.  

Zondervan is a world-leading Bible publisher and provider of Christian communications. Zondervan, as part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc., delivers transformational Christian experiences through its bestselling Bibles, books, curriculum, academic resources and digital products.  Zondervan offices are located in Grand Rapids, MI. For additional information, please visit www.zondervan.com.

Media Contact: Angela Guzman, Publicist
(615) 902-2737   Angela.guzman@harpercollins.com

Washington D.C., May 1, 2018 – The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced the winners of the 2018 Christian Book Awards in 11 categories and named ADORNED: LIVING OUT THE BEAUTY OF THE GOSPEL TOGETHER (Moody Publishers 2017) as the winning title for the Bible Study category. The announcements were made at the ECPA Awards Celebration held at the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC, during the ECPA Leadership Summit.  The evening celebrated the 40th anniversary of ECPA Christian Book Awards.

ADORNED, by best-selling author Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, is considered to be her legacy work on Titus 2. Known for her wisdom, warmth, and knowledge of Scripture, she has touched the lives of millions of women through Revive Our Hearts and the True Woman movement. Her love for Christ and His Word is infectious, and permeates her online outreaches, conference messages, books, and two daily syndicated radio programs, Revive Our Hearts and Seeking Him. Her books have sold more than three million copies.

The Christian Book Award winners will be promoted through multiple retail and media outlets including media sponsors Christianity Today,  Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ChristianBook.com, Covenant Group, LifeWay Christian Stores, Logos Bookstores, Mardel, NetGalley, Parable Christian Stores, and Signature Marketing Network.

To learn more, visit the program’s new website at ChristianBookAwards.com.

 

March 22, 2018, Minneapolis, Minn. —In recognition of his extraordinary contributions and excellence in media, Executive Producer/Screenwriter/Author Brian Bird (BroadStreet Publishing) has been selected as the recipient of the prestigious Platinum Award at the 3rd Annual Global Media Summit (GMS).  The award will be presented at the Summit Gala, Saturday evening April 28th at the Gaylord Texan Resort in the Yellow Rose Ballroom.

During his thirty-year career in Hollywood, Bird’s writing and producing work comprises-dozens of films and over 250 episodes of network television.  Some of those projects include films The Case for Christ, The Heart of Man, Captive and television shows Touched by an Angel, Step by Step, and Evening Shade. 

Currently, Bird is the Executive Producer of The Hallmark Channel’s original show, When Calls the Heart, now in its fifth season and boasts an ardent fan movement called the Hearties.  When Calls the Heart has  a viewerships of over 5 million. Bird has authored a book based on the show called When God Calls the Heart with co-author Michelle Cox.  BroadStreet Publishing has recently signed Bird and Cox to two more books in the When God Calls the Heart series.   Each book takes God moments from the series episodes and highlights the inspirational meaning.

The Hallmark Channel announced this week that When Calls the Heart has been picked up for Season 6.

Bird and Cox  were recently invited to be guests on the Hallmark Channel’s Home & Family show to share about When God Calls the Heart.  http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/home-and-family/videos/when-god-calls-the-heart-home-family

BroadStreet Publishing President, Carlton Garborg, said he is thrilled by the partnership with Brian Bird and Michelle Cox and views this as the beginning of a long and exciting relationship.

For more about BroadStreet Publishing visit www.broadstreetpublishing.com

For more about the Global Media Summit visit www.gmssummit.com

 Contact: Suzanne Niles 213.434.3331  suzanne.niles@broadstreetpublishing.com

 

 

Readers will come together to discuss Lone Witness

Rachel Dylan, author of Lone Witness (Bethany House), will be hosting a Facebook launch party on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 8:00 PM EDT/5:00 PM PDT.

During the live event, Dylan will be sharing the inspiration behind the new release and leading readers in a discussion of the book. Readers will also be able to ask the author questions throughout the night. The party will also include live video featuring the author. Prizes will be given out, including copies of Lone Witness as well as books from other authors.

About the Lone Witness, book 2 in the Atlanta Justice series:

Prosecutor Sophie Dawson has taken a new role at the Fulton County DA’s office, and her first case involves a local bank employee who may be cheating customers. She’s determined to bring justice to those who’ve lost their savings . . . but her life is turned upside down when she becomes the only witness to a double homicide involving a vengeful gang.

With her life at risk, friends and family convince her that she needs protection, and private security guard Cooper Knight is hired as a bodyguard. But as threats escalate, neither Cooper nor Sophie knows whom they can trust.

Unwilling to back down on either case, Sophie pursues the truth at any cost. But her bank litigation gets more complicated by the day, and the gang will stop at nothing to keep her from taking the stand. With all sides closing in, steadfast Cooper is the only man she can lean on. But drawing close may be the distraction that costs both of their lives.

About the Author:  

Rachel Dylan was a litigator in one of the nation’s most elite law firms for over eight years and now works as an attorney at one of the Big Three automobile manufacturers. She is the author of four Love Inspired Suspense novels and most recently, the Atlanta Justice series (Deadly Proof and Lone Witness). Dylan lives in Michigan with her husband.

Learn more about the author at www.racheldylan.com, on Facebook (RachelDylanAuthor), Twitter (@dylan_rachel) or Instagram (racheldylanauthor).