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“Anti-Blog”? An interview with Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J.
April 1, 2014 1:25 pm 6 Comments
A few weeks ago at lunch Fr. Joseph Fessio announced that he was planning to start an “anti-blog”. It would feature poetry. Of course, we were all intrigued, especially after Father recited some of the poems, first in German, then in translation. This “anti-blog” has now launched at www.AngelicPilgrim.com and… Read more »
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Everywhere in Chains – Book Trailer
March 27, 2014 5:20 pm Leave a Comment
James Casper now has a book trailer for Everywhere in Chains! Watch it above, and see more about the book here or on his author site here. This trailer was created by Katherine Casper.
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Authors reviewing authors
February 24, 2014 1:42 pm Leave a Comment
Ignatius Press authors reviewing each other! Dorothy Cummings McLean (Ceremony of Innocence) reviews Fiorella de Maria’s Do No Harm for Catholic World Report: Apparently it is unusual for one Ignatius novelist to review another, but I cannot resist chatting about Fiorella de Maria’s excellent legal thriller Do No Harm. This… Read more »
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A reader review of “Everywhere in Chains”
February 20, 2014 10:42 am 2 Comments
Reader Ellen Amland sends this review of Everywhere in Chains: I kept paging back to the home page on my Kindle to check that the title of James Casper’s book was indeed called Everywhere in Chains. The title suggests a story filled with dark imagery, a violent plot, and more… Read more »
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$3.00 Book Sale!
February 17, 2014 7:04 pm 1 Comment
Our yearly Ignatius Press Lenten sale has begun, and this year two novels are included as well as a number of other books on literary topics! These books (hardcopy only) are on sale for only $3.00 each until April 19, 2014. Also available are two audio books by Chesterton for… Read more »
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“Voyage to Alpha Centauri delivers on every level.”
February 3, 2014 11:48 am Leave a Comment
Dr. Mark Nowakowski reviews Voyage to Alpha Centauri: With his most recent effort, “Voyage to Alpha Centauri,” O’Brien jumps genres into the realm of science fiction, continuing the long tradition of writing theologically meaningful sci-fi that was begun by authors such as C.S. Lewis. The comparison to Lewis is no… Read more »
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Harry Sylvester’s “Novel of Conversion”
January 22, 2014 11:39 am Leave a Comment
Literary reputations are delicate things. An author who today is touted as the next Faulkner or Dickens can be completely forgotten in only a few years, while others rise from utter obscurity. Harry Sylvester, unfortunately, followed the first of these trajectories. He was hugely popular in the 1940s, when knowledgeable… Read more »
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An Interview with Fiorella De Maria
December 19, 2013 11:08 am Leave a Comment
Fiorella De Maria is the author of four novels, including two published by Ignatius Press: Do No Harm and Poor Banished Children. Her other novels are The Cassandra Curse and Father William’s Daughter. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in such publications as Dappled Things. She and her family… Read more »
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Free download! The Yellow Tavern Mystery
December 18, 2013 11:45 am Leave a Comment
Here’s a Christmas present for mystery-loving readers! Those who have read T. M. Doran’s Terrapin know that the main character, Dennis Cole, is an engineering professor AND a mystery story writer (using the alias, Henry Drake). The Yellow Tavern Mystery is an original short mystery story by Cole/Drake featuring characters… Read more »
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Roger Thomas on the place of fear in literature
December 11, 2013 1:43 pm Leave a Comment
Our author Roger Thomas examines the place of fear in the minds and imaginations of the lovers of the Permanent Things. He then reads his short eerie story “The Narrowing” from his upcoming book of short stories The Ghosts of Midgard Manor. You can find his previous collection of short… Read more »