Attention poetry lovers! Our latest book, “This Insatiable August” by Maureen Clark, released today!
It’s a wonderful collection of words tackling faith, love, grief and unraveling.
You can order your copy today wherever Signature Books are sold.
We love this book too! “The September Six and the Struggle for the Soul of Mormonism” is available anywhere Signature Books are sold.
Our latest podcast is now available, featuring a session from the Sunstone Summer Symposium “Spiritual Paths of the September Six Thirty Years Later”.
Listen in as author Sara Patterson discusses how the people affected by this purge were part of a bigger story. She is joined by Maxine Hanks, Lynn Whitesides and Barbara Jones Brown (reading the words of D. Michael Quinn from his forthcoming memoir “Chosen Path” also published by Signature Books).
Their perspectives in the thirty years since their excommunications is at times joyful, poignant and painful.
Our forthcoming book with author Sara Patterson “The September Six And The Struggle For The Soul of Mormonism “ is now available for preorder with a release date of September 25th, 2023. You can buy it wherever Signature Books are sold.
Listen to the podcast here:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/signature-books-podcast/id1609884314?i=1000623793067
Our latest podcast dropped today.
Listen in as marketing manager Devery Anderson discusses our upcoming releases with managing editor John Hatch and company director Barbara Jones Brown.
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Our latest podcast is available now, and includes a very interesting interview with three authors who we know very well at Signature Books!
Our very own Barbara Jones Brown, company director, Devery S. Anderson, marketing manager, and John Hatch, editorial manager, join us to discuss their latest books that all release in 2023.
Listen as they speak to how being writers helps to better inform their work with Signature Books authors and projects.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/signature-books-podcast/id1609884314?i=1000608370741
Books discussed in the podcast:
“Vengeance is Mine: The Mountain Meadows Massacre and it’s Aftermath” by Barbara Jones Brown and Richard Turley.
“A Slow, Calculated Lynching: The Story of Clyde Kennard” by Devery Anderson.
“What Do You Mean, Murder?” Clue and the Making of a Cult Classic by John Hatch.
If you missed our “Unveiling Dr. Clandestine” event at Signature Books last month, you can watch it on our YouTube channel now with this link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ilORFIuFMDQ&t=2111s
This video is a panel discussion about a mysterious incident in 1977, in which an anonymous writer printed hundreds of pamphlets refuting Jerald and Sandra Tanner’s “Mormonism-Shadow or Reality?”.
Listen as panelists Barbara Jones Brown, Sandra Tanner, Gary J. Bergera and Ronald V. Huggins share what each of the participants had to say about this event, based on their own writings.
Sources cited for event are “Lighthouse: Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism”, “Confessions of a Mormon Historian: The Diaries of Leonard J. Arrington, 1977-1978”, and the upcoming D. Michael Quinn memoir, “Chosen Path”.
Books are available where ever Signature Books are sold.
Our latest podcast is now live with author Stephen Carter. Listen as he discusses his newest release with Signature Books, “Virginia Sorensen: Pioneering Mormon Author”.
Sorensen was a prolific writer and also a recipient of the Newberry Medal.
This book is now available wherever Signature Books are sold.
#womenwriters #womenshistorymonth #podcasts
Have you listened to our latest podcast with Utah Poet Laureate Lisa Bickmore? She discusses what it feels like to re release her first poetry book, “Haste”, and reminds us how to make time for writing. Listen wherever Signature Books Podcasts are available. #poetry
We are doing a Snowmageddon Book Giveaway!
1. Follow us on Facebook.
2. Like this post.
3. Tell us if it is snowing where you are.
4. Comment which book you would like if you win.
Choices are: “DNA Mormon”, “O Lady, Speak Again”, “Haste”, “Eight Myths of the Great Apostasy”, “Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon, Suffragist, Senator, Plural Wife”.
We will pick one winner from each of our social media platforms by Thursday, February 22nd at noon.
Good luck and stay safe out there!
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