BAIPA member John Brooks has announced that his book, The Girl Behind The Door has won the IBPA 2015 Silver Award in the Parenting and Children category. The book is among four finalists competing for the IBPA 2015 Gold Award; John and Erika Brooks … [Read more...]
Joel Blackwell One of 40 Authors to be Featured in Sacramento
BAIPA member Joel Blackwell has been accepted as one of 40 authors to discuss his book and display it at the Sacramento Public Library Book Festival Sunday April 12. Go here for Local Author Festival Info. His book, published in February 2015, is … [Read more...]
Viva Volunteers! 17 Sign Up at January 10 Meeting
Our request for volunteers at the January 10 meeting resulted in a grand total of 17 people who signed up to be considered as Board or committee members. The Board is now in the process of contacting and interviewing the potential volunteers, and … [Read more...]
Sharing the Pain of Birthing a Book
Lordy, I swear it was easier giving birth to my children than birthing a book. Last September a voice inside me told me to record an audio of some passages from a family memoir I wrote ten years ago. After one editor, an illustrator, a book … [Read more...]
"Acoustic Stories: Pickin' for the Prez and Other Unamplified Tales" Wins Foreword Reviews Award
BAIPA member Bill Amatneek's book, "Acoustic Stories: Pickin' for the Prez and Other Unamplified Tales," has been announced as a 2013 Foreword Reviews Book of the Year award winner in the category of Performing Arts & Music. See … [Read more...]
New Member, New Book: My Amazing Day
New BAIPA member Karin Fisher-Golton has written a new book, My Amazing Day: A Celebration of Wonder and Gratitude. She says: Here is a review I wanted to share with BAIPA members--both because I am very pleased and honored by what the reviewer saw … [Read more...]
Love Comes At Twilight Is Published
Love Comes at Twilight: A Love Story for Seniors is based on my experience of playing bridge on the Internet, meeting a man (now 82), beginning a correspondence with him, and, after two years of courtship, yearning to meet him in person. The novel is … [Read more...]
Honey Bee Book Causes Buzz
A book that I edited, Hives in the City: Keeping Honey Bees Alive in an Urban World by environmental journalist Alison Gillespie, is now available in paperback and e-book. The publisher is Croydon Hill, Silver Spring, Maryland. The website is … [Read more...]
An Author's Enigma – the trauma of publishing a novel – Part 1
[This is the first of four excerpts from Jonathan R. Husband's essay about his publishing experiences as a first-time indie author, written for the benefit of other BAIPA authors. In BAIPA, he is known as John Cammidge. -- BAIPA blog editor, Linda … [Read more...]
New book about Obamacare and the Tea Party
The Midnight Stranglers: Obamacare, The Tea Party, and a Sleep Apneac's Fight Against the U.S. Healthcare System, which was self-published in the first week of the new year, is a product of three BAIPA members: Author Aiden Hill, Editor David Colin … [Read more...]