PRINTED WORD REVIEWS
Printed Word
June 10, 2026
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IN THIS ISSUE
Local Author Opens Bookstore
GAB TALKS Short Blows Up
PWR Hosting Authors in Chicago
Featured FALCON review by Printed Word Reviews
Short GAB TALKS with author Mark Berridge
ALA interview with the publisher
Coming Soon
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Local Author Opens Bookstore From Social Media Featuring Independent Authors
To give independent authors a place to sell their work, Katelyn Matusky opened a Warren bookstore on the heels of her successful reading-themed TikTok account.
https://www.mahoningmatters.com/news/local/article315994517.html
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GAB TALKS Short Blows Up
In anticipation of Sara Fanfarillo’s PWR’s July front cover, Fanfarillo’s conversation with the GAB TALKS at BookCAMP 2026 blows up, surpassing 5,000 views this week:
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Don’t have $4,000 or more for an ALA Booth at the largest gathering of librarians?, Join us for as little as $150 for ALA 2026, Booth 4722 at the Printed Word Reviews booth during June 26th-29th. Authors will be signing books, and so can you: https://www.printedwordreviews.com/author-signings
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NYC Big Book Award, open to any publisher or author anywhere, next deadline is just weeks away, submit your book today: https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/
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Featured Printed Word Review FALCON book review:
Everlasting by Sara Fanfarillo
A sheltered boy raised in isolation by a secretive father must follow a mysterious key and map through deadly, time-bending worlds to uncover his true bloodline and stop a hidden force threatening both his family and reality.
https://www.printedwordreviews.com/bookreviews/978-1035872183
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Come The Blood Moon Night
A warlock scarred by prophecy and a nurse torn between worlds must confront dark magic, vampire war, and his own seductive new power to save the people he loves before destiny consumes them all.
https://www.printedwordreviews.com/bookreviews/978-1509264636
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[Short] GAB TALKS short with Mark Berridge, author of “A Fraction Stronger”
Mark shares the powerful personal journey to recovery following a devastating cycling accident. Finding resilience within difficulty, Mark has a passion for helping people who are facing change and trauma to become a fraction stronger.
Podcasts will be available at https://www.independentpressaward.com/thegabtalks or subscribe to SPOTIFY (or your favorite service) to listen to our author interviews, https://open.spotify.com/show/1Ek1K0qZPqj4XBKbfMlQJW
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Pie in the Sky and Other Illusions We Live With
A searing collection of poems, stories, and memoir that exposes the false promises of American myth, from poverty and family trauma to labor struggle, queer love, and the fight for dignity against oppression.
https://www.printedwordreviews.com/bookreviews/979-8992220278
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Super Science Vol. 1
After a mysterious atmospheric event turns ordinary citizens into "mad scientists," two of the LAPD’s finest in a specialized division must maintain order amidst a chaotic landscape of rogue inventors, experimental hybrids, and high-tech conspiracies.
https://www.printedwordreviews.com/bookreviews/978-1964226071
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Printed Word Reviews Interviews
Ted Olczak, Publisher of Printed Word Reviews, at ALA with Donna Spurlock of Charlesbridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvhBa10wp9g
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