Got Soup for the Soul?

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Miracle of Love released June 5. The compilation includes a story by Susan G Mathis and others. She will sign copies of the book at Barnes & Noble, 920 Colorado Blvd., in Glendale, CO, on Saturday, June 16, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Heather FitzGerald is excited that her YA Fantasy book, The Genesis Tree, is a finalist in the Oregon Christian Writer’s Cascade Awards for Speculative Fiction. That makes it a finalist in three out of four contests entered this year (still awaiting ACFW). What a blessing and an honor!

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Interviews and Awards!

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Here’s the latest CAN news! Karen Whiting has a few more interviews to share: Monica Schmelter interviewed her on Bridges to talk about the joy of making and sharing bread and bread in the bIble https://vimeo.com/263945269?ref=fb-share&1 Brevard Authors Society interviewed her about a few of ther titles and how she got into writing https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=aaplw&p=brevardauthorssociety+youtube+karen+whiting#id=2&vid=d0675cc7d90a1f776cd81733bb2c8d45&action=click Karen’s newest article, 10 Benefits of Family Prayer Time,  is on Crosswalk https://www.crosswalk.com/family/parenting/kids/10-benefits-of-family-prayer-time.html     Author Heather L.L. FitzGerald is excited to announce that her book, The Genesis Tree, is a Speculative Fiction finalist in the Selah Award competition, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian…

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Awards and Speaking Engagements

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Your CAN authors have good news to share as well as opportunities for readers to engage! Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible has been named a finalist in the adult non-fiction religion category of the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! The book is the brainchild of CAN member Dr. Sandra Glahn. INDIES recognize works by individual authors and independent publishing houses, including academic presses such as Stanford University.  More than 2,000 entries spread across 68 genres were submitted for consideration. The list of finalists was determined by Foreword’s editorial team. Winners are now being decided…

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Book Reviews Galore

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Looking for unique book ideas for that special reader this Christmas? We’ve got three book reviews from three very different genres to present today! A medical thriller, a devotional cookbook, and a Christian fantasy offer some less-than-mainstream choices for the bookworms on our list. See what others have said and then check them out at your favorite outlet! ******* Medical Judgement by Richard Mabry, M.D. Abingdon Press   Medical Judgement, a medical suspense novel by Richard Mabry, M.D., kept me in a state of suspicion to the end. I suspected everyone of harassing Dr. Sarah Gordon, a woman who had…

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Award-winning books & reviews

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Snow on Bald Mountain by Linda Wood Rondeau with Elk Lake Publishing released Aug. 2017. This novelette is a sequel to the critically acclaimed, Miracle on Maple Street. Ryan McDougal’s wife informs him she’s pregnant. To find better housing, he accepts a job as a caretaker for an eccentric, elderly woman. He wonders why she never leaves her home and seems fixated on three mysterious photographs that line her mantel. But pregnancy complications arise, Ryan finds himself on his knees one more time. Available now in print. Ebook to follow soon. For review contact Linda Wood Rondeau lindarondeau@gmail.com. **********    …

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A Chat with Author Heather L.L. Fitzgerald

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Greetings from Sarah Sundin in California! Summer vacation is here for the young people in our lives—which means summer reading! So this is the perfect time to chat with author Heather L.L. Fitzgerald, who writes fantasy novels for young adults. She has a fascinating way of incorporating bits of her real life into her fantasy world. Heather, tell us about your novel, The Genesis Tree (book 3 of The Tethered World Chronicles). Deception is rampant, the enemy is subtle, and love dares to tug at Sadie’s heart amid the turmoil that forces her and her family back to the Tethered…

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