What does healing look like after loss? Join us on Saturday, June 27, in Charlotte, NC, for a girlfriends gathering featuring comedy writer and producer Angela Nissel (Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom is Dead) and holistic educator and herbalist Lucretia VanDyke (African American Herbalism) as they explore the intersections of grief, humor, herbs, food, …
Angela Nissel will appear in support of her new memoir, Good Grief, Pass the Bread, Mom Is Dead (Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers), a brutally honest and laugh-out-loud funny memoir about grief, caregiving, mental health, and survival. In the book, Nissel chronicles her unexpected role as caretaker to her terminally ill mother while navigating …
Didrianna Foreman is a junior book publicist located in Raleigh, North Carolina and a recent creative writing graduate from UNC Charlotte. Her reading interests include romance, fantasy, and thrillers, with a strong focus on emotionally nuanced stories rooted in Black culture. Debut novelist John Gary Long announces the release of Hope’s Sunrise, published by FearNot …
Released April 2, 2024, Blackwildgirl: A Writer’s Journey to Take Back Her Superpower, by award-winning Black feminist scholar Dr. Menah AdelaEyaside Pratt, Ph.D., provides a captivating and enthralling roadmap for women striving to become empowered, fierce, fearless warriors committed to self-discovery and spiritual growth. With an early review in Forbes and endorsements from Nikki Giovanni, Naomi Tutu, and Katrina M. …
Jamya is a senior at Indian Land High working as a publicity intern with The Literary Lobbyist. She is considering majoring in mass communications or journalism with a double minor in public relations and entrepreneurship. Jamya plans to attend an HBCU. In different areas of our society, such as workplaces and educational and religious institutions, …
September is Sexual Health Awareness Month, and one Los Angeles clinical psychologist in private practice addresses intergenerational trauma from a holistic, body-centered, and racially informed context. Los Angeles, CA – September 14, 2023 — Sexual assault is arguably one of the most destructive crimes against a person— against humanity. While there have been decades of …
New Book Offers Call to Action for Therapists, Healers, Helpers & Space Holders to reimagine and shift the mental health paradigm -Politicize their Practice Through an Emotional-Decolonial Lens. (Montclair, New Jersey July 3, 2023) — In many ways the field of psychotherapy has been progressive—advocating for access to mental health care, fighting to destigmatize mental …
December 2022 made twenty years that I have worked in the book publishing industry. I’ve seen authors self-publish crime novels, poetry, memoirs, women’s fiction, and self-help books while others have garnered deals for their business books, children’s books, and essay collections. It’s a lovely thing to see a writer’s dream of becoming a published author …
October 27 is National Mentoring Day, a day that raises consciousness about the significant benefits of mentorship and encourages more people to get involved in the process. In his new memoir Improbable MD: From the Bayou to the Boardroom, Dr. Derek J. Robinson, a board-certified physician in Emergency Medicine, attributes his career success and ability to overcome …
Crime is the biggest-selling genre in books. In the western world, crime fiction– mystery, thrillers, suspense, etc. makes up somewhere between 25 and 40 percent of all fiction book sales. After writing 3 novels, Dallas crime novelist Omar Scott’s newest book is what the publishing industry would describe as a police procedural. These mysteries cast …
