The Quantum of Light

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Mary Oliver and her dog Percy

Poetry by Season

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

A simple guide to the verse that suits each turn of the year, for the person who likes their reading to keep time with the light

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism

Careless People: Sarah Wynn-Williams' Memoir revelling how the elite shaped world events

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Sarah Wynn-Williams invented her own job at Facebook, then spent seven years watching it from the inside. Her memoir reads like literature and lands like testimony. The book gives you "a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them."

Picturesque view of a cobblestone street in Marburg's old town, showcasing historic architecture and cafes.

How Kathy Taylor Turned Two Stays in Marburg Into an Autobiographical Novel

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

A retired professor wrote The Birthing House across two decades and two stays in the same German town. It is a novel about grief, language, and how writing returns a woman to herself.

Kenneth Bliss, author of Canthany Rising and The Accident

Kenneth Bliss Writes Christian Fantasy Books for the Dungeons and Dragons Generation

Darie Nani··1 min read

The Michigan author maps tabletop RPG mechanics onto Christian theology across two books set in the same universe, targeting a niche that barely registers in search data.

Voyage of the Salamander book cover over Lily Starling series hero artwork

Voyage of the Salamander: The Independent Space Opera That Just Won Three BookFest 2026 Awards

Darie Nani··1 min read

Christian Hurst writes his Lily Starling novels on evenings and weekends, between a day job in advertising and a house full of rescue beagles. This month one of them quietly took First Place in three categories at the BookFest 2026 awards, and it is one of the warmest, most character-driven space operas you will read this year.

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Gripping Finale Seething Storm Concludes The Patrons of Earth Trilogy By A. N. Jones

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

A. N. Jones spent a decade writing her way back to the trilogy she started with her late mother. Seething Storm, the final book in The Patrons of Earth series, is words woven with love, grief and strength."

Gabrielle Pelayo, author of Fractured, Never Shattered

A Debut Novelist Writes a Man's Trauma to Say What Men Rarely Get to

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Gabrielle Pelayo's debut psychological fiction, Fractured, Never Shattered, follows a composed man whose memories stop staying buried, built from real conversations about what men do not say out loud.

Urban noir street at golden dusk, cinematic illustration for Citiscape novel feature by Beverly Schloendorf

Citiscape: The Magical Realism Novel Asking Readers to See the People Cities Forget

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Beverly Schloendorf's debut weaves Death, a ghost-turned-guardian and a homeless girl into eighteen interconnected tales about urban invisibility.

Katrina Bills, author of Prayed Up

Katrina Bills Wrote an Award-Winning Daily Prayer Devotional That Doubles as a Spiritual Growth Manual

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The Chicago-born author and publisher built Prayed Up around real seasons of loss, love, and faith, then watched it win a NYC Big Book Award.

Cindy Divine by Shafter Bailey book cover

Cindy Divine Is the Fictional Girl Holding a Mirror to Real American Politics

Darie Nani··1 min read

Shafter Bailey's debut novel follows a traumatized girl who becomes a global figure, but the real target is the political class that lets children fall through the cracks.

James C. Clemens Jr, author of Echoes of Strength

Author James C. Clemens Jr on the Poems That Came From Listening to God

Darie Nani··1 min read

In Echoes of Strength, James C. Clemens Jr turns real experiences of struggle, family, and faith into inspirational poetry that reads less like verse and more like testimony.

Karen Lawrence, author of The Last Midwife

Author Karen Lawrence Delivered Babies in the NHS, Now She Delivers Bestselling Stories

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Former NHS midwife Karen Lawrence began writing during the Covid pandemic. Her debut novel The Last Midwife, a dystopian thriller about state-controlled childbirth, became a bestseller.