GIRLS OF THE WORLD: DOING MORE THAN EVER BEFORE

New York, March 14, 2024 – The sixth book from Emmy award-winning ABC News Anchor Linsey Davis hit the New York Times bestseller list for 3/24/2024 at #10 for Children’s Picture Books. Her new book, Girls of the World, released March 5, 2024. The new release is her sixth children’s book, following previous bestselling titles The Smallest Spot of a Dot; The World Is Awake; One Big Heart: A Celebration of Being More Alike than Different; Stay This Way Forever and How High is Heaven? This is her second time appearing on the list. The newest book was co-written with children’s book author Michael Tyler.

Linsey made appearances on ABC’s Nightline, GMA 3 What You Need to Know, The View, Live with Kelly & Ryan, The Sherri Show, and Good Morning America Weekend in addition to other shows to talk about her book, which released during Women’s History Month.

The book calls attention to the truth that it is never too soon to become aware of and speak up about things that are important. Girls of the World invites all to celebrate the equality and fairness we should all experience. It encourages girls to be strong, brave, and curious about the world and their place in it.

You can’t stop us now.

Our time has come.

We’re ready! Let’s go!

There’s much to be done!

The co-author is writer and Chicago-based speaker Michael Tyler (author of The Skin You’re In, and co-author with Davis on the New York Times bestseller The Smallest Spot of a Dot). The illustrator is Lucy Fleming, who also illustrated Davis’ previous five books.

Girls of the World:

• Has a message that celebrates equality, fairness, and is meant to spur girls (and boys) on to be brave and take their place in a challenging world
• Concludes with a personal note from Linsey Davis, noting remarkable women who have made impacts in their fields
• Is a giftable book for parents, grandparents, teachers to read aloud to young children ages 4 – 8.

“You go, girls–read, be you, stay excellent, and achieve!” — Kirkus Reviews

Girls of the World: Doing More Than Ever Before is available now anywhere books are sold.

Linsey Davis is an anchor for ABC News Live Prime, which is ABC News Live’s first-ever streaming evening newscast, and weekend “World News Tonight” on Sundays. She is a correspondent filing reports for “World News Tonight,” “Good Morning America,” “20/20” and “Nightline.” Davis has covered news stories around the globe, including the Las Vegas massacre, Harvey Weinstein allegations and subsequent MeToo Movement, Boston Marathon bombing, Nairobi Mall massacre and several of President Obama’s trips overseas. She has conducted interviews with major influential figures, politicians, health officials and newsmakers including Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Camille Cosby and Bill Gates. She is also known for her 2020 presidential election cycle coverage, during which she was a moderator (her second time) for ABC News’ New Hampshire Democratic Debate and a core member of the anchor team for election day and all eight nights of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.  Linsey lives in New York with her husband and son, who is her biggest inspiration.

Zonderkidz™, the children’s division of Zondervan, inspires young lives through imaginative, innovative and educational resources that represent a Christian worldview and build up God’s children and teens. For additional information, please visit www.zonderkidz.com.

 

“In this wonderful book, Chris does more than sing; he teaches. He shows us how to expand our view of God through worship. He calls us out of the me-driven world and into a worship-led life. As God grows larger, self and even our struggles seem smaller.”
— Max Lucado, New York Times Best-Selling Author

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 18, 2024) – For over two decades, GRAMMY® award winner Chris Tomlin has been recognized as one of the most successful worship leaders around the world. According to TIME magazine, he is heralded as “the most often sung artist” and recently celebrated the historic achievement of holding the #1 position on a radio chart for more than three years during his career.

In his new book, How Great is Our God: Living a Worship-Led Life in a Me-Driven World (K-LOVE Books, March 19, 2024), Tomlin celebrates 20 years of one of his most impactful songs and invites readers to redefine worship beyond music. Tomlin uses his experience as a worship artist and impressive songbook to provide readers with tools for living a God-centered life.

Tomlin and co-author JD Walt work together to reveal all that is to gain by making God and others the focus as they invite readers to remember the true meaning of worship inside and outside of the church and offer guidance for incorporating worship every day.

“As a young man God had placed a calling and mission on my life to help give people a voice to worship God,” said Tomlin. “Over the years of writing songs and leading worship around the world, I have found myself on a journey of learning what it means to truly live a worship-led life. Today I am excited and humbled to announce that I have written a book with a hope and prayer that it helps guide a deeper and more tangible understanding of what it means for us all to live a worship-led life. The book is titled “How Great is Our God: Living a Worship-Led Life in a Me-Driven World” and I pray and believe that the content in this book will have a meaningful impact on your relationship with God, yourself, and others.”

How Great is Our God is a powerful guidebook for what Tomlin describes as the upward, inward, and outward movement of worship. From his first song to his last, Tomlin uses lyrics to encourage readers to maintain heavenly vision and step into our calling of who God created us to be.

The book announcement accompanies the news of Tomlin’s Holy Forever World Tour kicking off in April 2024. This is Tomlin’s first major global headlining tour in over a decade as he will embark across the United States and beyond, including England, Ireland, and Germany.=

How Great is Our God is now available for preorder nationwide. For coverage or interview requests, please contact christina@epic.inc.

About Chris Tomlin
TIME magazine heralded Chris Tomlin as the “most often sung artist in the world” as his music has inspired and uplifted an entire generation of believers. Along the way, Chris has scored 21 number-one singles, 30 top-ten hits (more than any other Christian artist), and spent a total of 158+ weeks at number-one during his career. He’s sold more than 12 million albums with 6.9 billion career global streams, won a Grammy, three Billboard Music Awards, 29 Dove Awards, became a two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year honoree, and an ASCAP Songwriter of the Year. In 2016, he was named one of only four artists ever to receive the Sound Exchange Digital Radio Award for over 1 billion digital radio streams, alongside Justin Timberlake, Pitbull, and Garth Brooks. Chris is also the first Christian artist to reach the billion streams threshold on Pandora and was presented with their BILLIONAIRE award. In April, he will embark on the Holy Forever World Tour, his first major global headlining tour in over a decade, and “Good Friday Nashville” returns to Bridgestone Arena on Friday, March 29th. His new book, How Great is Our God: Living a Worship-Led Life in a Me-Driven World will also be available nationwide March 19, 2024.

Connect with Chris Online:  Website | Instagram | Facebook | X | YouTube

J.D. Walt is a renowned Bible teacher, author, poet, and pastor who lives in Gillett, Arkansas.

K-LOVE BOOKS, an imprint of EMF Publishing, has published bestselling books such as The Way of the Father by Michael W. Smith, Heaven’s Light Breaking by Greg Laurie, Behind the Lights by Helen Smallbone and On Our Knees by Phil Wickham. Educational Media Foundation (EMF) is the parent organization of K-LOVE and Air1 Radio and the AccessMore podcast network.

Media Industry Veteran Brings Decades of Marketing Experience to Growing Global Ministry

March 18, 2024 — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – Christian publisher David C Cook welcomes veteran marketing leader Brian Mitchell to the organization as Chief Marketing Officer. Mitchell has a background in both the publishing and music industries, bringing unique expertise and capability to lead marketing efforts for both Cook and its Nashville-based music label, Integrity Music.

“I’m honored to join the leadership team at David C Cook,” said Mitchell. “I’m driven by the joy of delivering the hope of Christ to people across the globe through music, print, and digital media.”

Mitchell began his media career in 1986 in radio broadcast roles, followed by nearly two decades of record executive leadership positions at Provident/Sony and Capitol/Universal, including General Manager of Essential Records, developing artists such as Jars of Clay and Third Day.

Most recently, prior to joining David C Cook, Mitchell served as President of WTA Media leading its literary agency and publishing efforts with K-LOVE Books after its acquisition by Educational Media Foundation (EMF). He also contributed his marketing expertise to digital distribution campaigns for top-grossing films such as War Room and I Can Only Imagine.

Mitchell also served as Vice President of Marketing at Thomas Nelson Publishers/HarperCollins, helping lead several imprints to garner multiple New York Times bestsellers.

As Big Idea Entertainment/DreamWorks Animation’s Vice President of Marketing and Licensing for the VeggieTales® brand, he led marketing initiatives and contributed product development for live tours, television, films, records, and home entertainment episodic releases.

“Brian’s extensive experience in marketing combined with his servant heart and dynamic leadership style made him the obvious and immediate choice for CMO,” said David C Cook Chief Executive Officer, Bill Reeves. “I could not be more thrilled that Brian is on board and have no doubt he will lead our marketing teams to grow and expand our 149-year global ministry.”

David C Cook is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to equipping the global church with leadership, discipleship, and worship resources to help Christians grow in faith and pass it along to the next generation. Read more about David C Cook and its global ministry at www.davidccook.org.

Media Contact:  Cathy Herholdt, VP, Communications, cathy.herholdt@davidccook.org, 719.533.3011

Colorado Springs, CO. (March 6, 2024) – In June 2024, NavPress will release Becoming Like Jesus: Reflecting Christ in Your Everyday Life by Cynthia Heald. Cynthia is the author of multiple bestselling and award-winning Bible study series and books, including Becoming a Woman of Excellence, Becoming a Woman of Freedom, and Abiding in Christ: Becoming a Woman Who Walks with God. In her new book, Cynthia explores questions such as “What if we really imitated Jesus?” and “How can we allow Him to shape our hearts, motivations, and actions so we increasingly remind people of the one we follow?”

Becoming Like Jesus shares Cynthia’s seasoned guidance from a lifelong faith, the challenges and rewards of embodying Christlikeness, and her own imperfect, stumbling experiences in learning to become like Jesus. Perfect for individual quiet time or a 6-week small-group study, the book will inspire and encourage readers to embrace simple yet powerful ways God molds Christians into the image of His Son.

In Becoming Like Jesus, readers will find

• devotional reflections on the invitation to daily spiritual growth;
• insightful quotations from godly writers and prayers; and
• Scripture references and Bible study reflection questions.

Readers can join Cynthia in embarking on the life-changing journey of Becoming Like Jesus beginning June 4, 2024.

NavPress is a business ministry of The Navigators. With a rich catalog of bestselling books, discipleship resources, and The Message® Bible, NavPress supports readers as they know Christ, make Him known, and help others do the same.®  Since 2014 NavPress has been in a publishing alliance with Tyndale House Publishers, one of the largest independently owned Christian publishers in the world. NavPress resources are sold, distributed, and marketed worldwide through Tyndale House Publishers.

Contact: Kristen Schumacher, kristenschumacher@tyndale.com, 630.784.5103

Becoming Like Jesus
ISBN: 978-1-64158-759-4
Softcover: $16.99 | June 4, 2024
NavPress.com

New wide margin format, first of its kind in NASB

Grand Rapids, MI, March 2024 – Zondervan, a division of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is pleased to announce the release of the NASB Wide Margin Bible (New American Standard Bible, 1995 Text)—the first of its kind for Zondervan’s NASB line.

“Our mission is to publish beautiful Bibles in translations readers love; we are so happy to bring a wide margin version to faithful readers of the NASB,” said Melinda Bouma, vice president and publisher of Bibles for Zondervan. “By using the margins to deepen their study with notes, reflections and prayers, readers of this Bible will not only deepen their understanding of the Scripture — they’ll also create a beautiful keepsake for their loved ones.”

The NASB Wide Margin Bible gives readers the translation celebrated for faithfulness to the original biblical languages, with wide margins on both the inside and outside of the page. Features include:

• The full text of the New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition
• Wide margins on the inside and the outside of the page provide ample room for making notes
• Beautiful two-color page design
• NASB Comprehensive Concordance
• Double-column format
• Words of Jesus in red
• Premium 36 GSM paper
• Two satin ribbon markers
• Available in Leathersoft™ and genuine calfskin leather
• Exclusive Zondervan NASB Comfort Print® typeface
• Print Size: 9.5

Universally recognized as the gold standard among word-for-word translations, the beloved New American Standard Bible, 1995 Edition, is now easier to read with Zondervan’s exclusive NASB Comfort Print typeface.

The NASB Wide Margin Bible is available now. To request a review copy, please email Amy Bigler at amy.bigler@harpercollins.com

About Zondervan: Zondervan, a worldwide leading Christian publisher of books and Bibles, is part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Inc. Its publications include a variety of Bible translations for all ages; books in different genres and subject areas for the general reader; curriculum for individual and group Bible study; books for children and young adults; academic resources including textbooks and reference books; ministry resources; and books on faith and culture. Zondervan is located in Grand Rapids, MI. For more information, visit www.zondervan.com.

Contact:  Amy Bigler, Director of Public Relations, amy.bigler@harpercollins.com

March 2024 | LISLE, IL—InterVarsity Press (IVP) is thrilled to announce that four IVP titles have been recognized as finalists for the 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. The honored titles are All God’s Children by Terence Lester, Rethinking the Police by Daniel Reinhardt, Nobody’s Mother by Sandra L. Glahn, and Tell Her Story by Nijay K. Gupta.

IVP books were chosen as finalists in the following categories:

Multicultural (Adult Nonfiction)

All God’s Children: How Confronting Buried History Can Build Racial Solidarity

Community activist and founder of Love Beyond Walls, Terence Lester shares the buried history of the struggles Black people have faced against unjust systems. He tells powerful stories of courage, injustice, pain, and triumph, including ones from his own history. He also unpacks the sociological and cultural dynamics of unconscious bias and inattentional ignorance that keep us apart, and how they can be overcome. This honest account of what it’s like to be Black in America paves the way for the church to move beyond showing support from a distance toward loving one another in long-term solidarity, advocacy, and friendship.

Lester’s books include When We Stand, I See You, Getting Past Stuck, Simple Prayers for Hurting People, and Identity Theft. He also coauthored a book with his daughter, Zion, titled Zion Learns to See.

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Political and Social Sciences (Adult Nonfiction)

Rethinking the Police: An Officer’s Confession and the Pathway to Reform

Through personal experiences and the mentorship of Black Christians, former police officer Daniel Reinhardt’s eyes were opened to the dehumanization, systemic racism, and brutality endemic to US police culture. Laying out a history of policing in the United States, Reinhardt offers a new model based on servant leadership, not dominance and control.

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Women’s Studies (Adult Nonfiction)

Nobody’s Mother: Artemis of the Ephesians in Antiquity and the New Testament

Based on groundbreaking research and new data about Artemis of the Ephesians, Nobody’s Mother by Sandra L. Glahn demonstrates how better background information supports faithful interpretation. Combining spiritual autobiography with scholarly exploration, Glahn takes readers on a journey to ancient Ephesus and across early church history. Unveiling the cult of Artemis and how early Christians related to it can give us a clearer sense of the type of radical, countercultural fellowship the New Testament writers intended Christ’s church to be.

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Women’s Studies (Adult Nonfiction)

Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church

For centuries, discussions of early Christianity have focused on male leaders. But there is ample evidence in the New Testament that women were respected leaders at the frontier of the gospel ministry. Nijay K. Gupta shines light on the inspiring contributions of women such as Phoebe, Prisca, Junia, Nympha, and more.

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As part of its mission to discover, review, and share the best books from university and independent publishers, Foreword Magazine Inc. hosts an annual awards program each year. After more than twenty-four hundred entries spread across fifty-five genres were submitted for consideration, the list of finalists was determined by Foreword’s editorial team. Winners in each genre, along with Editor’s Choice Prize winners and Foreword’s Indie Publisher of the Year, will be announced in June 2024.

For a complete list of IVP award winners visit ivpress.com/award-winners.­­

Founded in 1947, InterVarsity Press (IVP) focuses on publishing Christian books that discuss influential cultural moments, provide tools for mental growth through a Christian framework, and equip pastors, professors, and ministry leaders in their work. IVP is a subsidiary of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.

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

AWARD-WINNING SONGWRITER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE HOLCOMB IS SET TO RELEASE A NEW PSALMS ALBUM, ALL OF MY DAYS, ON APRIL 12TH AND AN EXPANDED EDITION OF HER DEVOTIONAL, FIGHTING WORDS, ON APRIL 16TH

NASHVILLE, TENN. (MARCH 08, 2024) Award-winning songwriter and bestselling author Ellie Holcomb will release a brand new Psalms project, All of My Days(Capitol CMG), on April 12th along with a new expanded limited edition of her bestselling devotional, Fighting Words (B&H Publishing,) on April 16th.

Holcomb’s new album, All of My Days, is a beautiful collection of curated Psalms that have personally carried her through difficult times as well as played an encouraging role in the lives of her listeners through her “Memory Mondays” where she sings Scripture verses to songs each week. Fans can presave the album and listen to the first song, “Where Can I Go – Psalm 139” here.

Holcomb’s Fighting Words: Expanded Limited Edition features 10 bonus devotionals, new interior flourishes, and an extra art piece inside. Seven Psalms included in the expanded edition will have a song to accompany it from All of My Days. Preorder a copy of this limited edition here.

“I’ve always wanted to make a Psalms project,” shares Holcomb. “Singing Scripture has been equivalent to a physical act of burying seeds of hope and truth and light deep in my heart. The joy and comfort that come when those little melodies surface, especially during the dark or hard moments in my story, Scripture songs have been an encouragement for me over the years.”

She adds, “It is so humbling to hear how many have resonated with Fighting Words. I’m so delighted that we’re now sending out this extended version that includes so many of my ‘lifer’ verses. The book now feels like a stack of paper Ebenezers, little reminders of how God has deeply met and encouraged me through the Scriptures.”

Celebrating the upcoming releases of two very special projects, Ellie Holcomb was honored this week by her label and publisher for career achievements. Holcomb has surpassed more than 500,000 copies sold of her books (three children’s books and a devotional book) and has amassed more than 500 million career streams for her music.

“We could not be more thrilled to celebrate Ellie’s remarkable publishing success,” shares Dr. Devin Maddox, Publisher, B&H Publishing Group. “With her bright hope, kind heart, incredible talent, and diligent work ethic, it’s no wonder readers feel so served by her various B&H books. We are grateful to partner with her as she shares God’s love with so many ​children and adults!”

“It takes a very special creative to accomplish what Ellie Holcomb has done as both a recording artist and an author. All of us at CCMG are so proud to work with her and congratulate her on these major career milestones,” says Brad O’Donnell, Co-President of CCMG.

“It is such an honor to be able to partner with Ellie”, adds CCMG Co-President Hudson Plachy. “We are so thrilled for all of her success as a songwriter, author and musician.”

Samantha Steele, COO of Triple 8 Management shares, “Working with Ellie Holcomb for over a decade now has been the joy of a lifetime and we’re overwhelmed by these milestones  – to have her books in so many homes and her songs in so many hearts is such a delight!”

About Ellie Holcomb

For eight years, Ellie recorded and toured full-time with her husband’s band, Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, before stepping off the road when her first child was born. Her solo debut, As Sure As The Sun (2014), landed her a Top 10 hit and a GMA Dove Award for “New Artist of the Year.” Her critically acclaimed sophomore LP, Red Sea Road, followed in 2017. In 2021, she released her third full-length solo project, Canyon, to much acclaim, earning her a second Top 10 radio single with the song, “I Will Carry You.”

Holcomb has also released three children’s books – each with a companion EP of original music written specifically for kids. Her debut book, Who Sang The First Song? (B&H Publishers, 2018), has achieved the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Bronze Award for selling more than 100,000 copies. The book hit the ECPA juvenile bestseller list and was a finalist for the 2019 Christian Book Award in the children’s category. She has also authored two additional children’s books, Don’t Forget To Remember, and most recently her Christmas book, Sounding Joy, which landed at No. 4 on ECPA’s Christian Juvenile Bestsellers, Christmas 2022 list. Her first adult book and devotional, Fighting Words: 100 Days of Speaking Truth into the Darkness (2021), has spent many months on the ECPA Bestseller list.

She won the GMA Dove Award for “Children’s Album of the Year” in 2020 for her Sing: Remembering Songs album, in 2022 for “Recorded Music Packaging” for her album Canyon as well as in 2023 for “Children’s Recorded Song of the Year” for her Christmas song “Sounding Joy.”

Ellie resides in her hometown of Nashville, TN with her husband Drew Holcomb, and their three children. For more information visit: ellieholcomb.com.

Join travel writer Angie Orth on a journey of self-discovery as she empowers readers to buck expectations, take leaps of faith, and trust that God’s plan is better than anything we think we want for our lives.

Angie Orth should have had at least 2.5 kids by now—everyone else back home did. Despite a successful PR career in New York, Angie was failing at the roles she was born to play—those of submissive wife and grandchild incubator. Without a potential husband in sight or the hope of a photogenic brood to show off, she was beginning to wonder if God forgot about her.

With her thirtieth birthday looming, Angie was at a crossroads. Should she hightail it home to find a man like a “good girl” or continue running the rat race in New York City and hope for the best?

Orth chose Plan C: Escape! She quit her job, launched a travel blog, and booked a one-way ticket to the South Pacific while her Southern family gnashed their teeth in protest. But the timing couldn’t have been worse for a solo trip: she found herself dodging tsunamis, earthquakes, revolutions, grabby men, and incessant DMs from her worrywart relatives over a journey that spanned five continents. In the midst of her global misadventures, Orth’s hilarious, vulnerable journey of faith and wanderlust demonstrates that God’s plan is so much more creative than society’s expectations.

Fasten your seatbelt for this sassy, relatable memoir about living life unscripted yet still on mission. By the time readers turn the last page of Flirting with Disaster, they’ll feel empowered, knowing God’s vision is better than anything we think we want—or are supposed to want—for our lives. And they’ll be ready to take on the world in their own way.

Angie Orth is a writer and speaker best known for her travel and lifestyle website, Angie Away, and travel series The Jet Sisters. She’s a recovering PR agency publicist, former New Yorker, current Floridian, hesitant risk-taker, and allegedly, a grown-up. She’s covered travel for AFAR, Cosmopolitan, Buzzfeed, Lonely Planet, The Today Show and Destination America. Angie has visited more than 60 countries and she absolutely does not have a favorite so please don’t ask.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (March 8, 2024)—On March 6, 2024, the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference announced the finalists for their annual Selah Awards. In this announcement, twelve Baker Publishing Group fiction titles were selected as finalists, including seven titles from the Revell division and five titles from the Bethany House division.

Two of the twelve combined titles received the honor of being named in multiple categories. Julia Monroe Begins Again (Rebekah Millet) is a finalist in both Contemporary Romance and First Novel, and The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass (Katie Powner) was named in both the General Fiction and Audiobooks categories. The winners will be announced at the Selah Award ceremony on May 29, 2024, during this year’s Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in Black Mountain, North Carolina.

The Selah Awards were created by the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference to celebrate the best in Christian writing, with a focus specifically on published works (either traditionally published or independently published). The awards open each year and accept entries that have been published within the last calendar year, from January to December.

Finalists by category are:

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CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

The Words We Lost by Nicole Deese (A Fog Harbor Romance, #1), Bethany House; April 2023

After a meeting jeopardizes Ingrid Erikson’s career, she fears her future will remain irrevocably broken. But when the man who shattered her belief in happily-ever-afters offers her a sealed envelope from her late best friend, Ingrid is sent on a hunt for a hidden package and must confront her past before she can find the healing she’s been searching for.

The Secret to Happiness by Suzanne Woods Fisher (Cape Cod Creamery, #2), Revell; May 2023

Callie Dixon sets her goals and reaches them—so how did this executive chef end up in a small ice cream shop on Cape Cod, sharing a room with her cousin and refusing to set foot in the kitchen? It will take the charm of a young boy, and his quiet, steady father, to help her find the answers—and maybe the secret to happiness.

Julia Monroe Begins Again by Rebekah Millet (Beignets for Two, #1), Bethany House; October 2023

With her two boys off to college, forty-year-old Julia Monroe intends to expand her cleaning business in New Orleans, but God seems to have other plans. Samuel Reed, the ruggedly handsome Green Beret who broke her heart more than twenty years ago, has returned to town, and he’s determined to win her back.

 

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FIRST NOVEL

Julia Monroe Begins Again by Rebekah Millet (Beignets for Two, #1), Bethany House; October 2023

With her two boys off to college, forty-year-old Julia Monroe intends to expand her cleaning business in New Orleans, but God seems to have other plans. Samuel Reed, the ruggedly handsome Green Beret who broke her heart more than twenty years ago, has returned to town, and he’s determined to win her back.

 

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GENERAL FICTION

The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner, Bethany House; September 2023

Pete is content in his simple life in a remote Montana town, but elderly widow Wilma is busy meddling in Pete’s life to make up for past wrongs. When the sister Pete was separated from as a child shows up, Pete must confront a difficult past, and Wilma discovers her long-awaited chance at redemption may come at too high a price.

 

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HISTORICAL OR BIBLICAL FICTION

Daughter of Eden by Jill Eileen Smith, Revell; February 2023

Eve has spent all of her days in the Garden, exploring with Adam and walking with their Creator—until the day everything changes. Suddenly she faces darkness she has never before experienced. How will she find the courage to face the unknown future and trust in the promises God has given?

The All-American by Susie Finkbeiner, Revell; July 2023

In this 1950s coming-of-age story, two sisters are left reeling when their father is accused of being a member of the Communist party. Bertha finds a haven with the All-American Girls Baseball League. Flossie finds herself in an unexpected friendship. Both are about to discover how much good there is in the world—even in the hardest of circumstances.

This Is Where It Ends by Cindy K. Sproles, Revell; June 2023

Widow Minerva Jenkins has lived alone in her small mountain home for 40 years, where she has guarded her husband’s deathbed request. When a young reporter comes calling and inquires about a rumored box of gold on her property, an unlikely friendship forms. Will she go to her grave with her husband’s secret, or will the weight of it be the death of her?

 

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HISTORICAL ROMANCE

The Maid of Ballymacool by Jennifer Deibel, Revell; February 2023

The only home Brianna Kelly has ever known is Ballymacool Boarding School, but when the son of local gentry arrives at the school to deal with his unruly niece, an unexpected discovery uncovers the truth about her past—and the key to her future.

 

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MYSTERY/SUSPENSE

Cold Pursuit by Nancy Mehl (Ryland & St. Clair, #1), Bethany House; July 2023

Former FBI profiler River Ryland suffers from PTSD after a serial killer case gone horribly wrong and has opened up a private investigation firm with Tony, her former colleague. Their first job is a cold case, but when the past comes back to haunt them, there’s a killer on the loose with River in their sights, set on finishing the job they started.

The Vanishing at Castle Moreau by Jaime Jo Wright, Bethany House; April 2023

In 1865, orphaned Daisy Francois takes a housemaid position and finds that the eccentric Gothic authoress inside hides more than the harrowing tales in her novels. Centuries later, Cleo Clemmons uncovers an age-old mystery, and the dust of the old castle’s curse threatens to rise again, and this time, leave no one alive to tell its sordid tale.

 

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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

Countdown by Lynette Eason (Extreme Measures, #4), Revell, August 2023

Flight paramedic Raina Price’s past has marched back into her present—and it wants to kill her. With a stalker who knows her well determined to end what he started, US Marshal Vince Correlli vows to protect her at all costs—even if ends his career.

 

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AUDIOBOOKS

The Wind Blows in Sleeping Grass by Katie Powner, Bethany House; September 2023

Pete is content in his simple life in a remote Montana town, but elderly widow Wilma is busy meddling in Pete’s life to make up for past wrongs. When the sister Pete was separated from as a child shows up, Pete must confront a difficult past, and Wilma discovers her long-awaited chance at redemption may come at too high a price.

With Every Memory by Janine Rosche, Revell; June 6, 2023

After a tragic accident robs her of the last nine years of memories, Lori Mendenhall comes home to a family completely different than she remembers. As her memory returns and past secrets resurface, it will take all of them to repair what’s been broken and find a new future together.

 

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Baker Publishing Group is pleased to congratulate all these finalists. The full list was announced by contest director Eva Marie Everson in a Facebook Live video, which can be viewed here.

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The mission of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference is to inspire writers to connect with God, other writers, and industry professionals as they embrace their calling with excellence. The conference also provides connection points with God, other writers and industry professionals through onsite events, digital gatherings, and ongoing mentoring opportunities with the goal of fostering a community of believers that comes together to serve God through all aspects of writing.

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

Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, seeks to uplift readers’ families, faith, and free time with our library of industry-leading fiction and bestselling, Christ-centered nonfiction.

Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, publishes books that help 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.

Contact: Anne Van Solkema, (616) 676-9185 x152, avansolkema@bakerpublishinggroup.com

March 4, 2024 — In a strategic move to blend artificial intelligence with book publishing, Hatch Endeavors is announcing various services designed to facilitate publishers in onboarding AI technology safely and efficiently. Hatch Endeavors is a new company launched by Torrey Sharp, an industry veteran since 1996 and current owner of Faceout Studio.

“There’s a growing need for AI solutions that not only drive workflow efficiency but also preserve the core values of the publishing industry. Our approach is to initially keep things simple, seeking to optimize workflow efficiency in various test use cases before pursuing more transformative use of AI. To be clear, we are focusing on workflow. We do not support the use of AI generated imagery on book covers,” says Torrey Sharp.

Torrey’s new company, Hatch Endeavors collaborates with Rebar, a team of digital innovators in Colorado. Their combined capacity will help publishers accelerate their AI adoption by providing them with the tools and expertise they need to get started. Their process ensures each step is purposeful and efficient, regardless of resource constraints.

“We understand everything hinges on the privacy and security of your valuable IP. We will work toward on-boarding clients with the best security measures available and help publishers create custom GPTs to solve distinct needs and challenges,” says Rebar General Manager and Lead Developer, Daniel Nice.

Services include setting up users in a team or enterprise account, departmental audits to determine best test use cases, creating custom GPTs to accomplish specific tasks, training and advanced levels of customization as needed. These service offerings are not just about technological advancement; it’s about cultivating a partnership that respects the art of book creation while embracing the possibilities of the future.

https://www.hatchendeavors.com/   |   https://www.rebar.is/

For more information, please contact:
Torrey Sharp, Owner / Hatch Endeavors, LLC, torrey@hatchendeavors.com