Ashland Creek Press

11/11/2024

This is a must read/listen episode of the amazing Our Hen House podcast, especially for all who are on social media.
You know those videos in which helpless animals are "rescued"? Well, many of these videos are fake ... healthy animals are being harmed in order to stage a "rescue."
Don't believe everything you see ... and do not share anything you don't know to be true. Check out this podcast to see how to tell the difference between compassionate rescues and fake ones that actually abuse animals.

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08/11/2024

We are thrilled to be presenting at Tikkun Olam Farm Sanctuary- A Healing Community's Thanksgiving celebration this year! RSVP soon because this popular (and delicious) event will sell out soon!

Hope to see you there!

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween (and 10-year anniversary) to The Lithia Trilogy!

OUT OF BREATH launched on Halloween 2011 … followed by THE GHOST RUNNER in 2012 … and on Halloween in 2014, the publication of THE LAST MILE completed the trilogy.

The perfect series for YA and adult readers alike, The Lithia Trilogy is “fast-paced” (Ashland Daily Tidings), “thoroughly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) and “will have readers of light paranormal novels running to the next book” (Booklist).

Learn more at AshlandCreekPress.com … and try these spooky books for Halloween.

https://www.ashlandcreekpress.com/

24/10/2024

Happy Anniversary to bestselling author Gwyn Hyman Rubio's beautiful novel LOVE & ORDINARY CREATURES, which we published 10 years ago this month.

Set in the early 1990s in a quaint North Carolina seashore town, LOVE & ORDINARY CREATURES is an exquisite tale of the ways in which love and hope transcend species.

“Beautifully written” — Huffington Post Books

“Exquisite prose and thought-provoking viewpoints” — Kentucky Monthly

"Rubio is a writer of uncommonly warm and tender vision, often comic, brimming with love and hope ..." — New York Times Book Review

Learn more here: https://www.ashlandcreekpress.com/books/loveandordinarycreatures.html

24/10/2024

New on EcoLit Books - Gene Helfman reviews JoeAnn Hart's new novel, ARROYO CIRCLE!

Book Review: Arroyo Circle October 23, 2024 by John Yunker Guest book review by Gene Helfman.In Arroyo Circle, JoeAnn Hart deftly weaves a tale with multiple threads. As the story develops, the different characters become incorporated into the fabric through their disparate involvement in a tragedy....

23/10/2024

A great story about going vegan for the planet ... it's not about being perfect but about changing the world by doing your best.

Veganism doesn’t have to be all or nothing. Adopting a mostly plant-based diet but maintaining flexibility with friends and family can help make a climate impact.

17/10/2024

At the growing rate of human population, we're going to need to make huge changes to avoid global hunger. And there is a very simple solution: "The United Nations estimates we could feed an additional 3.5 billion more people simply by growing crops for human consumption on the land that is currently used to grow feed crops for farmed animals."

This post from A Well-Fed World outlines how the ONLY way to keep feeding humans is by eating more plants. Check it out ... and start eating more plants TODAY. Our future depends on it. (The animals will thank us, too.)

A plant-based food system would feed billions more people while slashing land use and emissions.

15/10/2024

New review by Jacki Skole on EcoLit Books!

Book Review: Honeymoons in Temporary Locations October 14, 2024October 14, 2024 by Jacki Skole What will a post-climate-disaster America look like? In Ashley Shelby’s short story collection, Honeymoons in Temporary Locations, the results range from devastating to absurd to all-too-plausible. Thi...

07/10/2024

Seattle - we are on our way!
Join us on Wednesday, October 9, at 7 p.m. at Third Place Books Ravenna for a DEVILS ISLAND reading, chat, and book signing!
Oceanview Publishing IPG: Independent Publishers Group
https://www.thirdplacebooks.com/event/john-yunker-midge-raymond

07/10/2024

Portland, Oregon, folks -- come join us Thursday night!

Reading: Midge Raymond and John Yunker: Devils Island Annie Bloom's Books welcomes Oregon authors Midge Raymond and John Yunker for a reading from their novel Devils Island. About Devils Island: Six guests embark on a wilderness tour, but only two emerge. Devils Island is home to abundant wildlife,....

04/10/2024

New on EcoLit Books: John Yunker's list of classic and contemporary books every animal lover should read.

From the snake tempting Adam and Eve to the sheep that saved Odysseus from the Cyclops, animals have featured prominently in literature from the very beginning of literature.  Today, animals p…

01/10/2024

Happy book launch day to FLOAT author JoeAnn Hart, whose new novel, ARROYO CIRCLE, is out today!

Check out our Q&A with JoeAnn on EcoLit Books: https://ecolitbooks.com/2024/10/01/arroyo-circle-a-qa-with-joeann-hart/

27/09/2024

Don’t miss the latest Our Hen House podcast, featuring two amazing reporters’ investigation into California’s underground market for puppies. And, Midge & John talk about DEVILS ISLAND at the top of the show!

California’s ban on the sale of puppies in pet stores solved the puppy mill issue for the state, right? Not so fast! Los Angeles Times investigative reporters Melody Gutierrez and Alene Tchekmedyian join Jasmin Singer and Mariann Sullivan this week on Our Hen House podcast 768, "Puppy Mills Go Underground," to discuss all they uncovered in their deep dive into the dark underbelly of the puppy trade in California.

25/09/2024

Thanks so much to Amy and Carrie for a fabulous chat on this wonderful podcast!

As climate change and environmental issues have become ever present in our minds, so has the rise of . This week we talk to Midge Raymond and John Yunker who are on the forefront of this sub-genre.

Writers Midge and John founded Ashland Creek Press , a small independent publisher that focuses on stories about the environment with a special emphasis on animals, 13 years ago. Literary agents often had trouble placing Midge and John's respective books with traditional publishers because eco-fiction wasn't really "a thing" those publishers spent resources on.

Jumping ahead a decade, eco-fiction is now a big "thing" because the topic of the environment it is a top tier issue even in presidential campaigns.

Midge and John talk to us about their press but also about the recent release of their eco-thriller DEVILS ISLAND that they co-wrote together. Their novel is set in Tasmania amongst the endangered and much-maligned Tasmanian devil. While this is a conservation-leaning novel, it is also a suspense story about a naturalist tour that goes very wrong, involving a disappearance and death.

We also talk about some cool things happening with the in just a few weeks, Amy's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice experience, and how Carrie and Amy have different feelings about coming in second place during trivia games.

The link to the show is in the bio or find Perks of Being a Book Lover wherever you listen to podcasts.

20/09/2024

These photos may be the saddest images ever ... but what will it take for humans to take action on climate change? This photographer is among many artists hoping to change the world for the better.

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at how artists hope to inspire climate action with sometimes graphic images, see how this year's wildfire season really compares to past years, and hear some strategies for dealing with climate anxiety.

19/09/2024

Writers, check out the latest theme issue at Bellevue Literary Review!

Attention, writers! Starting Sunday, September 1st, BLR will be accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for our 2025 theme issue. 📝 https://blreview.org/submit/

A bit about the theme, Animalia: 🐘
Health is not simply a human concept. The experience of inhabiting a body, with all its flaws and failings, is universal among all creatures. Most species—including our own—are highly interdependent. Even well into the digital age, animals remain an integral part of our daily lives. We elbow into each other’s homesteads, psyches, and microbiomes, affecting each other’s health. Animals can be sources of fear as well as sources of comfort. Animals can be teachers and they can be resources that we exploit.

For “Animalia,” BLR invites submissions that explore how health and healing both transcend and interconnect species, and what this can teach us about being human.

We look forward to reading your work! 😊

19/09/2024

By Midge Raymond   When John Yunker and I teamed up to write Devils Island, we knew we wanted Tasmanian devils to be major characters in the novel — yet we also knew we had to tread carefully. We wanted to be sure that we portrayed this endangered species in a realistic way, while also […]

19/09/2024

This is a terrific and insightful look at the true costs of our food, environmentally. If people had to pay the ACTUAL costs of their food, we would all be vegans!

Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. But some governments are experimenting with a new way of exposing the larger costs of what we eat.