May 21, 2018 Edition
Industry News
Whitaker House acquires Smart Kidz Books
Whitaker Corporation has acquired Smart Kidz Books from Smart Kidz Media, Inc. Details were finalized by representatives of both companies in a recent meeting at Whitaker corporate headquarters in southwestern Pennsylvania.
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Paraclete Press announces its new imprint: San Damiano Books
Paraclete Press, an ecumenical publisher, announces the launch of San Damiano Books: a new series/imprint focused exclusively on Franciscan spirituality. It will publish books for children as well as adults, fiction and nonfiction, spirituality and practical theology, books by vowed Franciscans and laypeople/writers.
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Barbour Publishing supports local charity with Benefit Book and Yard Sale
Barbour Publishing is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its first-ever Benefit Book and Yard Sale in support of local charity, The Good Neighbor Project.
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Media Announcements
Bible Gateway interviews Alastair J. Roberts, co-author of “Echoes of Exodus”
How is the theme of exodus spread throughout both the Old and New Testaments? How is its message of redemption through Jesus Christ from slavery to sin seen in a unified manner in Scripture? Bible Gateway interviewed Alastair J. Roberts (@zugzwanged), who, along with Andrew Wilson (@AJWTheology), authored the book, Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture (Crossway, 2018).
Bible Gateway interviews Abdu Murray, author of “Saving Truth”
Increasingly, Western culture embraces confusion as a virtue and decries certainty as a sin. This cultural phenomenon led the compilers of the Oxford English Dictionary to name “post-truth” their word of the year in 2016. How can Christians offer truth and clarity to a world that shuns both? Bible Gateway interviewed Abdu Murray (@AbduMurray) about his book, Saving Truth: Finding Meaning & Clarity in a Post-Truth World (Zondervan, 2018).
Actress Candace Cameron Bure reads Bible verses about kindness on Bible Gateway
The author of Kind is the New Classy: The Power of Living Graciously (Zondervan, 2018), actress and model Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure) is on Bible Gateway video reading favorite Bible verses on the subject of kindness.
Product News
Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter & literary executor pens foreword for new spiritual biography of beloved author
Charlotte Jones Voiklis, L’Engle’s youngest granddaughter and literary executor, wrote the foreword to "A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle, Author of A Wrinkle in Time" by Sarah Arthur (Zondervan, August 2018). In it Voiklis recalls crying the first time Sarah interviewed her. “We talked about my grandmother’s life: her habits, milestones and challenges, and what we each knew to be her impact on others.”
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Wanda E. Brunstetter’s bestselling series inspires new musical
Barbour Publishing is pleased to announce the official premiere of "Stolen," the brand-new musical adapted from Wanda E. Brunstetter’s bestselling Daughters of Lancaster County series. Created by Blue Gate Musicals, the show is scheduled to make its debut on June 29, 2018 at the Blue Gate Theater in Shipshewana, Indiana, and will also appear at the Ohio Star Theater in Sugarcreek, Ohio, beginning in September.
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New Hope Publishers releases resource to give spiritual refreshment for caregivers
New Hope Publishers announces the release of "30 Days of Hope When Caring for Aging Parents" by author Kathy Howard. Data shows that approximately 43.5 million caregivers have provided unpaid care to an adult or child in the last twelve months. With ever increasing numbers of adults becoming caregivers to their aging parents, this devotional is a timely and much needed encouragement.
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