Announcements

Eastern Shore Writers Association member David Hoffman and his son, Michael Hoffman, are delighted to announce the forthcoming release of their first book, The Shady Side of Delmarva: Fifteen Short Stories. The authors will be signing and selling from 12 noon - 2 pm on Saturday, June 6, at the Pitts Street Treasures Building, 11 Pitts Street, Berlin, MD. Sometimes grim, sometimes comic, this collection of yarns and tall tales featuring the travails of working men and women never fails to entertain. A young diesel mechanic learns skill alone won’t save him from a ruthless boss. A delivery driver meets...

Holy Saturday is often the overlooked part of the liturgical calendar. Good Friday drapes the faithful in black, Easter Sunday dazzles them awake with sunrise and the empty tomb. But in between, throughout the long Holy Saturday, comes the agony of living with the reality of death. In his new book, Holy Saturday: A Memoir of Loss and Hope, author and Episcopal layman Gary S. Hauk claims that painful metaphor for the heart-rending loss of his son, Thomas. At the age of 16, Thomas died from complications of Addison’s disease. One ordinary evening in July 2002, Thomas went to bed, fell into...

The Book Bin in Onley, Virginia, and Secant Publishing in Salisbury, Maryland, are announcing the winning entries in an international contest that will produce a one-volume anthology of new, original short stories on the human impact of climate change. With recurring themes that include a warming climate, rising seas, and retreating flora and fauna, the 34 winning submissions were drawn from nine countries and ten states. Submissions were accepted from October 15, 2023 to March 1, 2024. Cash prizes of $1,000, $500, and $250, respectively, will be awarded to A. A. Rubin of East Williston, New York (“Noah’s Great Rainbow,”...

Secant Publishing, an independent publisher in Salisbury, Maryland, and Book Bin, an independent bookstore in Onley, Virginia, announce a contest to find the year’s best short stories devoted to the theme of global climate change and its human impact.

We are interested in literary interpretations of how individuals and families, societies and economies, cities and nations are bearing the brunt of a world dominated by new extremes of weather, seasons, and ecological disasters

Three books written by regional authors and published by Secant Publishing have been honored in the annual Independent Publisher Book Awards competition. "Congratulations go out to Brent Lewis (Stardust by the Bushel); Joseph Koper (The Isaiah Fountain Case); and Paul Awad & Kathryn O'Sullivan (When Earth Shall Be No More)," said Ron Sauder, publisher. "It is a special honor for a small indie press like Secant to have multiple titles recognized in a competition that is open to all independent authors and publishers, from the smallest to the very largest." Among the winners this year were major university presses such...