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Celebrating Mothers We Love (or Don’t) in Literature on Mother’s Day
This Mother's Day let's explore common archetypes of mothers in literature and consider all the ways they are depicted in some of our favorite novels!
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Celebrating the 2024 CIBAs Overall Grand Prize Winner: Reenita Malhotra Hora for Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh
And finally, a huge congratulations to Reenita Malhotra Hora, the Overall Grand Prize Winner of the 2024 CIBAs for her exception book Vermilion Harvest: Playtime at the Bagh!
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SOMETHING I KEEP UPSTAIRS by J.D. Barker – Supernatural Thriller, Mystery, Horror
An old and hungry thing wakes beneath the house on Wood Island. In Something I Keep Upstairs, a circle of teens try to grasp that terrible moribund power. Highly recommended!
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Chanticleerians in the News! Journey Grand Prize Winner Mark Berridge on TEDx Brisbane
Mark Berridge is presenting at TEDx Brisbane today! Tune in at 5pm PST to see this Journey Grand Prize Winner present! Congratulations Mark!
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The CAC25 and the CIBA Awards— An Incredible Weekend with Authors from Around the World!
The annual Chanticleer Authors Conference and CIBA Awards was a great success, with learning, networking, and celebrating the best books of 2025!
Honoring Linda Quinby Lambert, Seán Dwyer, and David Beaumier – Recipients of the Village Books Literary Citizenship Award 2024
"The writing and publishing world is one made of relationships. Writing itself may be a somewhat solitary activity, but once the story or poem is ‘done’ we rely on others to read, share, and publish our work. Yet there are so many levels of participation from others in this community.” ~ Lori May, author of The Write Crowd: Literary Citizenship & The Writing Life