new GodSpy blog & video

Debra Murphy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:20:45 +0000

Debra Murphy, author of The Mystery of Things, has posted a new blog on the front page of GodSpy: “After the Pope: Time to Hit the Books?”

Meanwhile, Idylls Press illustrator and book designer John Murphy spent the better part of his time in NYC during the pope’s visit helping GodSpy film and edit a nifty mini-documentary, “Pope Benedict XVI in New York City: An Encounter”, available for viewing both on GodSpy and on the National Catholic Register’s Pope 2008 website.

Blogging the Pope’s Visit to America

Debra Murphy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:55:47 +0000

Idylls Press illustrator and book designer John Murphy has copped the enviable job of flying to Washington D.C. and New York this week to blog for GodSpy on Pope Benedict’s visit to America. John’s first post, America: Encounter the Pope can be read here. His latest posts will appear on the GodSpy front page.

Wolfproof on Catholic Radio International

Debra Murphy — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:58:07 +0000

IT’S UP! LISTEN TO A FABULOUS AUDIOBOOK READING BY SYLVIA DORHAM OF MAUREEN MCQUERRY’S WOLFPROOF, NOW ON CATHOLIC RADIO INTERNATIONAL.

Great news for Idylls Press readers and audio/bibliophiles: Maureen McQuerry’s Narnia-esque fantasy, Wolfproof, has begun to air on Catholic Radio International. New chapters will appear on CRI’s Cover to Cover program every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings, so check back regularly to listen to the next segment!

Updated Reviews

Debra Murphy — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:04:17 +0000

We’ve been having some technical difficulties with our Idyllist blog, so can’t update it for a bit, but there are new posts and reviews on both Catholic Fiction and Catholic Movies Online—the latter on OSCAR present and past.

We are majorly rooting for the Coen Brothers’ masterpiece, No Country for Old Men, adapted from (Catholic writer) Cormac McCarthy’s novel.

John’s article on new Godspy site

Debra Murphy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:29:22 +0000

Thank God, we had really begun to miss our beloved Godspy. The new site looks terrific.

And our very own Idylls Press illustrator and reviewer, John Murphy, has contributed a lovely article to the new Godspy 2.0 launch; Radiohead: Together in the Alone–it made this Boomer ask her son for a Radiohead “best songs” compilation, so I could do a bit of musical catch-up.

Site Upgrade

Debra Murphy — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:36:32 +0000

We’re going to be migrating the site this week to a new server, so please don’t be surprised if the site is down for a short while. Pardon our webdust!

Time to Celebrate!

Debra Murphy — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:45:50 +0000

On this beautiful Saturday before Christmas, we here at Idylls Press would like to thank all of you for your interest and support of our little project of bringing new and classic Catholic literature into print. It’s been a challenging year, what with our preparations to relocate to Ashland, Oregon, but we’ve been impressed by what we see as a growing awareness of the great value to our culture of promoting the Catholic literary voice, much neglected in the last few decades. We hope to continue this work with renewed energy in 2008, and find new ways of working with and supporting other individuals and groups with similar aims.

On a practical note, our office will be closed for the Christmas holidays until Wednesday, January 2. If you’re interested in ordering any of our books during that time, we encourage you to use our Idylls Press Amazon Page.

Merry Christmas, and a blessed New Year!

Still time to order for Christmas!

Debra Murphy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:08:08 +0000

Idylls Press always ships FREE. That usually means Media Mail (otherwise we’d quickly go bust!), but “at this festive season of the year,” as Mr. Dickens would say, we ship via Priority Mail. That means if you order by Thursday, December 20, you should have your books in hand by Christmas Eve!

Also, don’t forget our Advent Special: With every order we send a complimentary The Mystery of Things mug, and if you order over $50 in merchandise we also send along a free autographed first edition hardcover of Debra Murphy’s novel!

See a list of our books here, or, if you already know what you want, order them from our Easy Order page or our Amazon.com web catalog.

Order your art prints here.

There might even still be time to order Christian Author portrait gifts from our Cafepress store, though you’d probably have to pay for expedited shipping.

And above all…Merry Christmas!

New Author Portraits!

Debra Murphy — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:37:56 +0000

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 you’re visiting this page, you probably ARE the family bibliophile.

Check ‘em out over here.

News

Debra Murphy — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:32:11 +0000

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 moving the possessions (and businesses!) of eight people is causing a few blips in our operations, and will continue to result in fewer website updates…sorry about that! (Order processing is always a priority, of course, so don’t hesitate to look to us to fulfill some of your Christmas shopping needs.) We expect the dust to settle in early 2008.

In the meantime, Idylls Press will have a table at the Southern Oregon Book and Author Fair in Ashland on Saturday, November 17th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Rogue River room of the Southern Oregon University Stevenson Union building, 1250 Siskiyou Boulevard in Ashland. (Here’s a map.) Besides having copies of all our books to sell, John Murphy will be bringing samples of his gorgeous illustrations for our upcoming Catholic Fiction Classics illustrated edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, due out before Christmas.