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On the Beach
If you didn’t receive our latest newsletter, you can find it online here . It includes: A reflection by author Louis Greenstein on what...
Jul 27, 2025


Novelist Spotlight
Janice Deal , author of our books Strange Attractors and The Blue Door , appears on the new episode of Mike Consol's podcast Novelist...
Jul 14, 2025


Events in May
Folks in the Philly area: Janice Deal , author of The Blue Door , is coming to town in mid-May. Three of our cherished local authors will...
May 5, 2025


Appearances by Janice Deal
"This seemingly simple story of a woman trying to come to terms with her daughter’s horrendous crime turns into an otherworldly...
Apr 9, 2025


An Interview with Janice Deal
A Q&A with Janice Deal, author of The Blue Door , conducted by Nathaniel Popkin of our Editorial Board, the book's principal editor. This...
Mar 25, 2025


Our Appeal
Yo, it's our first-ever fundraiser, to support publication of Janice Deal's new novel, The Blue Door . Click the image to hear Jan talk...
Nov 18, 2024


Opening the Blue Door
That weird door knocker shown in the picture—a hand seeming to emerge from the door itself—acts as a harbinger of what's to come: namely,...
Oct 24, 2024


Announcing the New Deal
In the newsletter that went out yesterday, we announced the New Deal. What, you think FDR beat us to it? No, we're talking about our next...
Aug 7, 2024


Walking Prompts
Responding to continued interest in our book Ways of Walking, editor Ann de Forest has created several sets of prompts for readers (or...
Jul 3, 2024


From Acquaintance to Intimacy
In our latest newsletter, Ann de Forest, the editor of Ways of Walking, describes her adventures during a residency at the Shillim...
Apr 30, 2024


An Edgy Take on Walking
The online series "Walking America - Writers in Conversation" returns on 2/28. This new event features an editor and contributors to a...
Jan 23, 2024


Playlist as Small Town
By Louis Greenstein Author of Mr. Boardwalk and The Song of Life Janice Deal has compiled a playlist to accompany her wonderful volume of...
Jan 2, 2024


Walking America
WALKING AMERICA Online, Wed., Nov. 29, 2023 4 p.m. EST Since the publication of Ways of Walking last year, the anthology's editor, Ann de...
Nov 21, 2023


Walking to the Falls
An upcoming event for WAYS OF WALKING: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 6:30 p.m., at the Falls of Schuylkill Library, 3501 Midvale Ave., in the East...
Oct 5, 2023


No Need to Google
After a whirlwind tour of Philly, with back-to-back-to-back events for Strange Attractors: The Ephrem Stories, Janice Deal has returned...
Sep 25, 2023


Happy Pub Day!
Today is the official publication day for Strange Attractors: The Ephrem Stories by Janice Deal. Congratulations, Janice! This remarkable...
Sep 12, 2023


Big Doings in Small Towns
Please join us for the All But True event on September 21, 2023, 6:30 p.m. (ET), featuring Shannon Bowring and Janice Deal. Both authors...
Sep 6, 2023


Chicago Review: A "Must-Read"
Janice Deal's book of linked stories, STRANGE ATTRACTORS, has been named one of the 12 must-read books of September by the Chicago Review...
Sep 1, 2023


Fall Events
Janice Deal, the author of Strange Attractors, will be making multiple personal appearances this fall, in Chicago, Philadelphia, various...
Aug 29, 2023


Did I know you before?
It seems like, in another life, another place, we knew each other. Is that an illusion? Is it true? Why is that other life, whether real...
Jul 29, 2023
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