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Joel Rakow releases political thriller set in the Texas Panhandle
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Joel Rakow, Ed.D., has released his first fiction novel, Life in Woke America, a political thriller set in Amarillo and the Texas Panhandle.
Debut author V.R. Vaka releases gay romance novel 'Nexus: Finding Home'
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Debut author V.R. Vaka has released ‘Nexus: Finding Home,’ a coming-of-age gay romance about love, identity and belonging.
Manhattan Book Group expands U.S. publishing services
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Manhattan Book Group said June 17, 2026, that it is broadening its publishing services for authors across the United States, adding more production, distribution and marketing support.
Off the Beaten Path adds 9-day Great Lakes Northwoods trip
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Off the Beaten Path has launched Splendid Superior, a new 9-day small-group adventure through Duluth, the Apostle Islands, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Isle Royale National Park. The itinerary is open for 2027 departures and starts at $8,595 per…
J.A. Hoskins earns four honors at Next Generation Indie Book Awards
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Australian-Canadian author J.A. Hoskins will be recognized June 26 at the 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards in Chicago for her debut novel Writer-in-Residence, which won third place in fiction and three additional honors.
L. E. Ryan’s new novel explores grief and a final reunion beyond death
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Footsteps on an Empty Beach follows a widow given 24 hours to reunite with her late husband after a mysterious Gatekeeper grants one impossible request.
Oklahoma author ties childhood screen time debate to new kids' book
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Broken Bow author Kasey Mansfield is using the renewed conversation around screens and childhood play to promote her children’s book The Day the Devices Disappeared.
Indigo River Publishing launches sci-fi children's book 'Walter the Woogobee'
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Indigo River Publishing has released Walter the Woogobee: The Vortex To Vidza, a new children’s sci-fi adventure by Brenda Beckelmen and illustrated by Julia Jochmann.
Michael Albert imagines a post-revolution America in new book
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Michael Albert’s new 482-page book, The Wind Cries Freedom: An Oral History of the Next American Revolution, argues that ordinary people can organize to build a more just and democratic future.
Adventure tourism market seen reaching $2 trillion by 2032
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Adventure tourism is projected to surge from $324.9 billion in 2022 to nearly $2 trillion by 2032, driven by demand for experiential travel, mobile booking tools and a growing middle class.
Twinkle Zaman sets debut novel for September release
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Twinkle Zaman will release her debut novel, It’s Got To Be You, on September 8, 2026. The story follows a young woman pulled into a relationship with a rising country star, while her own writing ambitions and secrecy complicate what happens next….
Million Kids releases book on child cyber exploitation
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Million Kids has released Digital Warfare: Our Kids on the Frontline, a new book by Opal Singleton Hendershot focused on the rise of online child exploitation, sextortion and AI-enabled threats.
Akin Famojuro releases historical drama Freedom in Shackles
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Akin Famojuro has released Freedom in Shackles, a historical fiction screenplay and drama about an African crown prince forced into enslavement in nineteenth-century America.
David A. Royster releases The Grove Beneath the Ash
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David A. Royster has introduced The Grove Beneath the Ash, a fantasy novel about a druid returning to a corrupted forest and confronting grief, responsibility, and renewal.
The Odyssey gets a sci-fi reset in The Ulysses Universe
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A new science fiction series launched June 12, 2026, reimagines Homer’s Odyssey as a 23rd-century deep-space survival story.
Christopher L. Reilly’s debut thriller follows a surgeon turned vigilante in Houston
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Christopher L. Reilly has completed El Chancho, a crime thriller set in Houston about a trauma surgeon who hunts predators after dark while carrying scars from war and family loss.
Way Too Fast recounts Danny DeGennaro’s life and murder
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Author John Farmer Jr. has released Way Too Fast, a book about musician Danny DeGennaro’s rise, return to Levittown, and violent death.
Damon Thorley releases gothic crime novel Gravestone Manor
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Damon Thorley’s new novel, Gravestone Manor, centers on a funeral dynasty in the fictional town of Ravenholt, where a patriarch’s death triggers a public scandal, a police investigation and a fight over a supernatural inheritance.
Audiobook edition of Radically Wild to bring Scott Sunderwald’s wilderness stories to listeners
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Scott Sunderwald is set to release an audiobook edition of Radically Wild, narrated in his own voice, after the book’s hardcover, paperback and eBook rollout.
Thriller Harmless lands at JXN Film Festival
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Panther Pictures’ independent feature Harmless has been selected for the JXN Film Festival in Jackson, Mississippi, running July 26-31, 2026. The film’s festival slot follows coverage in Super 8 Magazine and puts the small-format thriller in front…
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