A small local publishing house is thriving and growing–now expanding into children’s books and poetry. The following is an update from the publisher and my friend, Greg Shaw. It’s heartening to see former KUOW host Steve Sher authoring “The Moon Bear.”
| Happy spring, Clyde Hill Publishing insiders! Please share, if you care to… April will always recall for me my sophomore English literature teacher. In her classroom, just one block north of the Dallas city limits, I was introduced to Chaucer and his prologue to the Canterbury Tales. We were asked to do something unthinkable today – to memorize it – and perhaps Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And bathed every veyne in swich licóur Of which vertú engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne A language nerd, I practiced the lines on my bed in a small apartment. I spoke first with a Texas accent, then Irish, Scottish, British, and (for fun) Russian. 24 years later, I am so proud of our poetry imprint, Pulley Press, and of our multi-faceted Clyde Hill important and writing collaborations. Stay tuned for a number of surprising new collections and books in the year ahead. Happy spring! Greg Clyde Hill Publishing Updates First, we are happy to announce our new website is live! With an “interactive bookshelf” style home page you can now click on each title we’ve ever worked on and 1) learn more about that title, and 2) get links on where to purchase the title online. We’ve also added three pages sharing details about our three offerings, writing collaborations, and two separate pages for our imprints, Clyde Hill and Pulley Press. Frances, our Pulley Press Editor, will soon embark on a trip to meet with poets across the US, including participating in the New Orleans Book Festival, and spending time in Louisiana, Alabama, and Missouri. Pulley Press is accepting submissions from poets in rural places with full-length poetry books available for publication. Click here to learn more about our poetry imprint and review the submission guidelines. If you know of writers from rural areas sharing untold stories through poetry, please send them the submissions link. Ready to explore the new site and everything we offer? Click here to get started.   We’re also thrilled to congratulate authors Daniel R. Levitt and Mark Armour on their book, Intentional Balk, being awarded the 2023 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal, which honors the best book of baseball history or biography published during the preceding calendar year. Learn more about the book and buy your copy here. Great job, Dan and Mark! Finally, please welcome our first-ever children’s book, The Moon Bear. The Moon Bear marks the literary debut of Seattle’s respected and long-time Public Radio host Steve Scher, who built a reputation for giving guests the space to present their ideas with nuance. Scher brings a similar sensitivity, and an ear for poetic language, to his newest project. Gwen and her friend the Moon Bear popped into Scher’s mind unbidden, like a mysterious noise in the night, he says. “Their voices sang to me, whispered to me and there they were.”Learn more about the book and buy your copy here. We sincerely hope each and every one of you has a lovely spring, and wish you good luck on making a dent in your “to be read” pile! |
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