The 2025 Hemingway Spotlight for 20th & 21st c. Wartime Fiction
The Spotlight for the Hemingway Awards is here! These stories surround real life events of war in the 20th & 21st Century, remembering those who served.
Celebrating Father’s Day with Some of Memorable Book Dads
This Father's Day we reflect on how literary dads guide, challenge, and sometimes harm, and how they reveal the many complex shades of fatherhood.
THE ROCKET MAN’S DAUGHTER: A Novel of Family, Faith and Resistance in Nazi Germany by Bruce Gardner – Historical Fiction, WWII, Nazi Germany
Klara Neumann's family fractures under the pressure of the Nazi regime as The Rocket Man's Daughter chooses resistance over collaboration—despite the risks. Highly recommended!
The Historical Resonance of Banned Books Week
In the Golden Age of Russian Literature, writers used fiction to present new ways of thinking, while skirting the restrictions of government censors.
Happy Fourth of July from Chanticleer 2023
Happy Independence Day from Chanticleer! We have some Award-Winning Summer Reads for you to enjoy as you celebrate the holiday!
SEEING GLORY: A Novel of Family Strife, Faith & the American Civil War by Bruce Gardner- Christian Historical Fiction, Civil War, American Slavery
In Seeing Glory, three children of southern slave owners reckon with their Christian faith, the cruelty of slavery, and the seismic shift of the Civil War. Highly recommended!
June SPOTLIGHT on CHAUCER AWARDS – Early Historical Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Romantic Fiction, Crusades, Medieval
As in Chaucer's words in the Nun's Priest Tale of the Canterbury Tales, "For crowing there was not his equal in all the land." And crowing we are about these CHAUCER Book Awards for Historical Fiction Award Winners!
HOPE of AGES PAST by Bruce Gardner – Historical Fiction, Thirty Years War, Historical Romance, Family Saga
An epic novel of enduring faith and love set amidst the brutality of the Thirty Years War in Europe.