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THE SOUL READER IS FINALIST IN USA BOOK NEWS BEST BOOKS 2011 AWARDUSA Book News selected Gerard Webster’s The Soul Reader: A Novel of Suspense (WestBow Press, 2011) as a finalist in Religious Fiction for the Best Books 2011 Award. The Soul Reader is a sequel to In-Sight, Webster’s first novel. A Catholic suspense thriller, The Soul Reader, follows Ward McNulty […]

STEALING JENNY CLIMBS TO NUMBER ONEAnd a chance to win a copy! (read on…)This week CWG Vice President Ellen Hrkach’s new novel, Stealing Jenny, climbed to number one in “Religious/Liturgical Drama” on Amazon Kindle. Ellen’s award-winning historical romance, In Name Only, continues to be in the top 100 in Religious Fiction […]

JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS…A STAR IN THE NIGHT Looking for appropriate children’s Christmas books before Advent begins? CWG Member Jennifer Gladen’s A Star In The Night (Guardian Angel Publishing, 2010) explores the true meaning of Christmas through the eyes of a young boy named David.Geared for children 5-12, with beautiful […]

STEPHANIE MANN ON KRESTA IN THE AFTERNOONCWG member Stephanie Mann will appear on Kresta In the Afternoon on November 15 at 4:40 p.m. EST (3:40 p.m. Central) on Ave Marie Radio Network. Listen live on-line wherever you are: http://avemariaradio.net/christian-radio-host.php/Al-Kresta/.Stephanie and Al Kresta will discuss her recent article “Henry VIII’s ‘Achievement’: What […]

A SAINT PER WEEK FOR CATHOLIC MOMSJust in time for All Saint’s Day, Lisa Hendey, CWG member and founder of CatholicMom.com, offers her newest publication, A Book of Saint’s For Catholic Moms (Ave Maria Press, 2011). The fifty-two saints are offered as weekly companions for mothers to help them with the joys and trials […]

GOD MOMENTS II RELEASE CWG member Michele Elena Bondi welcomes the release of her sixth book, God Moments II: Recognizing the Fruits of the Holy Spirit (Joseph Karl Publishing, 2011). God Moments II  was released exactly one year after God Moments: Stories That Inspire, Moments to Remember. Bondi is currently writing and compiling […]

EXTREME MAKEOVER RELEASED In her new book, Extreme Makeover: Women Transformed by Christ Not Conformed to the Culture (Ignatius Press, 2011), syndicated radio talk show host and CWG member Teresa Tomeo explores the objectification of women in popular culture by the secular media. Using statistics and testimonies, Extreme Makeover shows that the […]

HALLOWEEN READS BY KARINA FABIAN CWG member Karina Fabian is traveling on a cyber-space book tour to promote Frightliner & Other Tales of the Undead (Damnation Books LLC, 2011) with collaborative author Colleen Drippe’. She will tour with Frightliner from October 1-16, and for her other novel, Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator (Damnation Books […]

I AM HIS MOTHER SPIRITUAL REFLECTION New CWG member Carlos Solorzano’s book for spiritual reflection builds on an interesting premise. I Am His Mother (CreateSpace, 2011) is a devotional dedicated to the Holy Mother, but with reflections based on a fictional document written by Mary about her Son. Solorzano expresses this […]

SOUTHERN BOOK SIGNING TOUR FOR PITTMANCWG member Susi Pittman, author of Animals in Heaven? Catholics Want to Know! (iUniverse, 2009), will sign books in Jacksonville, FL, at St. Joseph Catholic Church on October 2, 2011. The book signing begins a five-day author tour of Western North Carolina from October 6-10. Columbine Communications & […]