Ann Byle

1 week ago | grmag.com | Ann Byle

John Counts knows Michigan’s small towns—he’s lived in them, visited for outdoor activities, and reported on the people and events of those small towns so often that they have become part of him. And are now the impetus behind his book of stories titled Bear County, Michigan, published by Northwestern University Press.

1 week ago | publishersweekly.com | Ann Byle

Comer Adds Another PRH Christian PartnershipJohn Mark Comer, the bestselling author of the 2025 ECPA Christian Book of the Year, Practicing the Way, published as part of a partnership with PRH Christian Publishing imprint WaterBrook, has signed a new four-title partnership with the imprint. Comer will publish trade titles on topics including spiritual formation, discipleship, and contemplative spirituality, with releases beginning in 2028.

2 weeks ago | englewoodreview.org | Ann Byle

A Feature Review ofChurch Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, & How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a GenerationCara MeredithHardcover: Broadleaf, 2025Buy Now: [ Bookshop ] [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ] Reviewed by Ann ByleCara Meredith knows her church camp. She attended Christian camps as all good church kids did, then became summer staff, then joined the camp world as a full-timer and later as a camp speaker.

4 weeks ago | englewoodreview.org | Ann Byle

A Feature Review ofDeath of the Author: A NovelNnedi OkoraforHardcover: William Morrow, 2025Buy Now: [ BookShop ] [ Amazon ] [ Kindle ]Reviewed by Ann ByleNnedi Okorafor has won the awards—Hugo, Nebula, and more—and topped the bestseller lists, both of which she’s sure to do again with her new novel Death of the Author. This novel within a novel is a wild array of themes: tropes, questions, answers, family, AI technology, future, past, and present.

1 month ago | publishersweekly.com | Ann Byle

Tom Dean of A Drop of Ink Literary has negotiated a world rights agreement with Brooke Hill of W Publishing Group for the tentatively titled Holy Cow! End Times Prophecy Just Got Real!, written by the Faith & Friction podcast team of Chichi Onyekanne, Tracy Onyekanne, Annaly Mawire, and Jason McKay. The authors make biblical prophecy accessible and explain why now is the time to pay attention to signs of the end times forecast throughout the Bible. The book will be released in early summer 2026.