Web & Print Publishing in the Catholic Tradition
We’ve just added three new Christian author portraits to our Cafe Press page: John Keats, Joseph Conrad, and Oscar Wilde! You can have their familiar faces printed on t-shirts, sweatshirts, mugs, aprons, mousepads, journals, postcards, and (my personal favorite) a beer stein. Might make a good Christmas present for the family bibliophile. Of course, if [...]
Idylls press (and Clan Murphy) is in the process of moving to beautiful Ashland, Oregon! We are very excited on many levels. Ashland is a mini-mecca for creative people in every area of the arts, and we doubt Idylls Press could find a home more conducive to fostering literary and publishing creativity. But sorting and [...]
The latest issue of Image Journal has a lovely review of Farrell O’Gorman’s Awaiting Orders. Here’s a snippet: O’Gorman’s novel is a pleasure, a refreshing combination of frank creatureliness and ethical searching. He delves into our worst impulses without ignoring our noble ones. For the rest of the review, click here. To read more about [...]
…over at Catholicmom.com book club. Thanks and more thanks to Lisa Hendey, who was an early supporter of The Mystery of Things and Idylls Press, for picking Farrell O’Gorman’s Awaiting Orders as the April selection in her Catholic Mom book club, and for helping to promote our little novena for a new Catholic literary revival. [...]
Mary’s House: New and Selected Poems by David Craig? Idylls Press steps away briefly from its primary mission of publishing the best in new and classic Catholic fiction in order to bring readers a lovely new collection from acclaimed poet David Craig. Mary’s House is a lively and challenging mix of contemporary and classical themes [...]
Part of our mission statement at Idylls Press is to contribute to a new Catholic literary renaissance. There’s a great deal of work to be done toward that end, especially in the often overlooked area of writing, publishing and promoting quality Catholic fiction; but nothing will be accomplished without the wisdom and grace of God. [...]
Stratford Caldecott has written a brief but alarmingly gratifying review of The Mystery of Things in the most recent issue (number eight) of Second Spring: A Journal of Faith and Culture: “Labelled ‘Book One of the Ashland Grail Cycle’, this is a stunning debut novel in the modern thriller genre, complete with sex and violence. [...]
We’re very proud here at Idylls Press to share the news that Farrell O’Gorman’s fine novel, Awaiting Orders, has just received a wonderful review by George Lensing in the weekly Catholic magazine America: Click here to read the review. Click here for more about Awaiting Orders, or to order a copy. Congratulations, Farrell! And if [...]
