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What a great way to start the weekend! Our client, author and former Executive Producer at the Food Network, Karen Katz is featured in PEOPLE Magazine | PEOPLE.com today!
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In this article, Karen lists some of her favorite food memoirs. It's such a joy to read and even more exciting to see Karen's new food memoir, "Getting Sauced" featured in such a prominent way and amongst legends like Ruth Reichl, Stanley Tucci, Anthony Bourdain, and MFK Fisher.

Thank you to People Sr. Editor, Lizz Schumer for making dreams come true!

Karen's book is available for pre-order on Amazon and fine booksellers now.

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https://people.com/best-food-memoirs-karen-katz-getting-sauced-exclusive-8652747

Hungry? Grab a Snack and Dig Into These Delicious Food Memoirs (Exclusive) Former Emeril Lagasse producer Karen Katz, author of 'Getting Sauced' shares her favorite food memoirs in advance of her upcoming book

Thank you, Jordan Runtagh for the amazing article about my client, Debbie Gendler-Supnik in People today. This piece truly personifies that incredible time in history when Debbie met the BEATLES and got to see them live on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964.
Read the entire article here:
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Such a thrill to see our client, author Debbie Gendler on KTLA 5 News being interviewed by anchor Doug Kolk about her new book on The Beatles. "I Saw Them Standing There" is available now at booksellers nationwide.

Debbie Gendler discusses her new book "I Saw Them Standing There" Debbie Gendler joined the weekend morning show to discuss her new book "I Saw Them Standing There: Adventures of an Original Fan During Beatlemania and Beyond" chronicling her experience during the peak of "Beatlemania." This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning Weekend News on Feb.4, 2024.

Honored to be the publicist for this fantastic new book by the talented Debbie Gendler.

Want an inside look at that historic time when the Beatles came to America and appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show? Then check out Debbie's book ASAP. So many incredible, moving stories about this iconic band. The book launched today and is already the #1 bestselling book on Amazon in the Beatles category.

Sullivan show staffer, Debbie Gendler, recounts in her new book, I Saw Them Standing There, being one of the lucky 728 audience members for the Beatles' first appearance on the show. As an original fan, she takes us along on her zany Beatle adventures that span the decades. Published February 6, 2024, available at https://EdSullivan.lnk.to/StandingThereBookFP and booksellers nationwide.

Thanks for the wonderful piece on Chay Wike's new book, "The Kitchen Commune", Closer Magazine! And doesn't that cauliflower look delicious? Chay's book is available at fine booksellers everywhere. Yum.

Easy, Allergen-Free Hearty Recipes for Cauliflower, Skirt Steak The new cookbook 'The Kitchen Commune' features delicious allergen-free hearty recipes for roasted cauliflower, grilled skirt steak and date and cacao truffles.

TONIGHT! Thursday, Jan. 18th, 6:30PM at Omnivore Books in SF, meet Chay Wike, author of The Kitchen Commune cookbook. Charcuterie cups and drinks provided. Join the fun!

Chay Wike Author Talk • The Kitchen Commune: Meals to Heal and Nourish Everyone at Your Table Chay Wike grew up in New York City. Her parents and grandparents are from Cape Town, South Africa, and from a young age she had the privilege of traveling overseas to visit family and was exposed to all kinds of cultures and eating styles. Her path to healing began after the birth of her second chil...

Thank you, One Green Planet for featuring the delicious recipes from our client Chay Wike's new cookbook, The Kitchen Commune (launched yesterday!). The book is available at fine booksellers nationwide. And Chay will be at Omnivore Books on Thursday, Jan. 18th. Come meet the author and enjoy some tasty treats! Follow Chay on SF and IG The Kitchen Commune

Chay Wike, Author at One Green Planet Preparing a meal is an act of love for yourself and the ones you share it with. In Kitchen Commune cookbook, Chay Wike, author of the home cooking and lifestyle blog The Kitchen Commune, offers a guide to reclaiming your health and nourishing your family and friends with easy, delicious, allergen-fr...

Today is ​LAUNCH DAY for The Kitchen Commune: Meals to Heal and Nourish Everyone at Your Table, a new cookbook by Chay Wike​. This beautiful book features more than 100 family-friendly, crowd-pleasing recipes​ —including gluten-free, grain-free, paleo, vegan, and more—for everyone. 🌟 Available now at booksellers nationwide. Grab your copy and let the cooking journey begin! 📖👩‍🍳

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Got a minute or two? Tune in to my episode with the brilliant and super-talented LeAnna Weller Smith of WWeller Smith Designon the Creatively Speaking Podcast. Our conversation included so much advice for new authors. About to launch a book? Take a listen!

Unlocking the Secrets of Book Publicity: A Deep Dive with AAndrea Burnett PR

S2E9 | Unlocking the Secrets of Book Publicity: A Deep Dive with Andrea Burnett by Creatively Speaking | Weller Smith Design In this episode, renowned book publicist Andrea Burnett shares her journey and insights from her illustrious career in the publishing industry. With an impressive background in traditional publishing and a deep-seated passion for books, Andrea discusses the intricacies of book publicity, the importa...

San Francisco’s ‘last vibrant time’: Photographer captures city’s 1990s q***r renaissance Oakland photographer Chloe Sherman was part of San Francisco’s boundary-pushing cultural scene, which was largely centered in the Mission District before the dot-com boom.

Still holding strong as the #1 bestseller in Paleo, our fabulous client, Althea Brown of Metemgee 👏👏👏 Get her cookbook now on Amazon or fine booksellers near you!

Happy Pub Day to the incredible Althea Brown, author of Caribbean Paleo! Already #1 on Amazon. The book is filled with delicious recipes. You need not be on a paleo diet to love these dishes. Follow Althea on FB and Instagram. Available now on Amazon and at fine booksellers everywhere!

The P Word: A Manual for Mammals The Definitive Pre-Puberty Guide for Talking about the P Word

It's a great week for ABPR clients! Our talented author, Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack of Muy Bueno Cookbook is already in the Top 10 and her book hasn't even launched! Congrats Yvette. We're so honored to be working with you on this extraordinary cookbook. Here's to bestseller status! 👏👏👏👏

Surrounded by talented cookbook authors! Muy Bueno FIESTAS is LUCKY #7 - Best Sellers in Mexican Cooking, Food & Wine!
PRE-ORDER HERE: https://amzn.to/40fs9ps

LOVE seeing our fabulous client Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack of Muy Bueno Cookbook featured in this Marthastewart article today. 🍓🍓🍓

How to Store and Freeze Strawberries to Maximize Their Freshness Juicy and sweet in-season strawberries have a short season—but you can extend their shelf life if you know how to store them the right way. Or, learn how to freeze strawberries to save them for later—it's a simple process, especially with our helpful tips.

Congratulations to our client, Brad Prose of Chiles and Smoke for being chosen as Amazon's Editors Pick: Best Cookbooks of the Month! See more at chilesandsmoke.com

Congratulations to our amazing client, author Anna Voloshyna Cooks for this wonderful feature in BBC World's Table
for her cookbook BUDMO!

Five comfort foods to celebrate Ukraine Despite Russia's full-scale invasion over the past year, Ukrainians have not only fought for their country but also to keep their culinary traditions alive.

These are the 10 best cookbooks of 2022 Expect creative takes on classics from Bay Area chefs like Reem Assil and Tanya Holland.

At ABPR we pride ourselves on being inclusive and encourage all our colleagues to be themselves - whatever their sexual or gender identity. In honor of Trans Awareness Week, here’s a wonderful post by ABPR publicity associate Alex Zumpino.

Seven Books to Enjoy During Trans Awareness Week
By Alex Zumpino

This week is Transgender Awareness Week, observed from November 13 to November 19. This is a one-week celebration leading up to the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR), which memorializes victims of transphobic violence. Below, I’ve shared seven of my favorite fiction (and one non-fiction) books about the transgender experience ranging from Children’s, Middle Grade, and Young Adult.

A Quick & Easy Guide to Q***r & Trans Identities by Mady G., J.R. Zuckerberg
Limerence Press,

A great starting point for anyone curious about q***r and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!

In this quick and easy guide to q***r and trans identities, cartoonists Mady G and Jules Zuckerberg guide you through the basics of the LGBT+ world! Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience through informative comics, interviews, worksheets, and imaginative examples. A great starting point for anyone curious about q***r and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!

Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar
Penguin Random House,

A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash. For fans of Alex Gino's George and Lisa Bunker's Felix Yz.

Obie knew his transition would have ripple effects. He has to leave his swim coach, his pool, and his best friends. But it's time for Obie to find where he truly belongs.

As Obie dives into a new team, though, things are strange. Obie always felt at home in the water, but now he can't get his old coach out of his head. Even worse are the bullies that wait in the locker room and on the pool deck. Luckily, Obie has family behind him. And maybe some new friends too, including Charlie, his first crush. Obie is ready to prove he can be one of the fastest boys in the water--to his coach, his critics, and his biggest competition: himself.

Too Bright To See by Kyle Lukoff
Penguin Random House,

It’s the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug’s best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn’t particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be a girl. Besides, there’s something more important to worry about: A ghost is haunting Bug’s eerie old house in rural Vermont…and maybe haunting Bug in particular. As Bug begins to untangle the mystery of who this ghost is and what they’re trying to say, an altogether different truth comes to light–Bug is transgender.

When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
Lee & Low Books,

When Aidan was born, everyone thought he was a girl. His parents gave him a pretty name, his room looked like a girl’s room, and he wore clothes that other girls liked wearing. After he realized he was a trans boy, Aidan and his parents fixed the parts of life that didn’t fit anymore, and he settled happily into his new life.

Then Mom and Dad announce that they’re going to have another baby, and Aidan wants to do everything he can to make things right for his new sibling from the beginning—from choosing the perfect name to creating a beautiful room to picking out the cutest onesie. But what does “making things right” actually mean? And what happens if he messes up? With a little help, Aidan comes to understand that mistakes can be fixed with honesty and communication, and that he already knows the most important thing about being a big brother: how to love with his whole self.

When Aidan Became a Brother is a heartwarming book that will resonate with transgender children, reassure any child concerned about becoming an older sibling, and celebrate the many transitions a family can experience.

Me and My Dysphoria Monster by Laura Kate Dale
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,

Nisha's monster follows her everywhere. It used to be small, but recently her monster has begun to grow. And as her monster gets bigger and bigger, Nisha feels more and more unlike herself.

When people refer to her as a boy, or when she tries to hide her true gender identity, Nisha's dysphoria monster grows larger and larger. Until, one day, Nisha meets Jack - a trans man - who shows Nisha how she can shrink her dysphoria monster back down to size.

This touching story is the perfect book for discussing gender dysphoria with children, explaining what it is and how they and their families can deal with it. It also includes an accompanying guide for parents with further information about gender dysphoria, terminology, and first-hand examples of the author's own experiences.

Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve
ABRAMS Books,

Dean Foster knows he’s a trans guy. He’s watched enough YouTube videos and done enough questioning to be sure. But everyone at his high school thinks he’s a lesbian—including his girlfriend Zoe, and his theater director, who just cast him as a “nontraditional” Romeo. He wonders if maybe it would be easier to wait until college to come out. But as he plays Romeo every day in rehearsals, Dean realizes he wants everyone to see him as he really is now––not just on the stage, but everywhere in his life. Dean knows what he needs to do. Can playing a role help Dean be his true self?

The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
Penguin Random House,

Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s q***r community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical—and makes everyone who eats them break up.

“What’s done is done.”
Unless, of course, it was done by my brownies. Then it’s getting undone.

Syd (no pronouns, please) has always dealt with big, hard-to-talk-about things by baking. Being dumped is no different, except now Syd is baking at the Proud Muffin, a q***r bakery and community space in Austin. And everyone who eats Syd’s breakup brownies . . . breaks up. Even Vin and Alec, who own the Proud Muffin. And their breakup might take the bakery down with it. Being dumped is one thing; causing ripples of q***r heartbreak through the community is another. But the cute bike delivery person, Harley (he or they, check the pronoun pin, it’s probably on the messenger bag), believes Syd about the magic baking. And Harley believes Syd’s magical baking can fix things, too—one recipe at a time.


Donate to Transgender Organizations:

Donate to Trans Kids and Teens Wishlists for the Holidays
https://www.instagram.com/transanta/

Trans Women of Color Collective
http://www.twocc.us/donate/

Transgender Law Center
https://transgenderlawcenter.org/

NationalCenter 4 TransEquality
https://transequality.org/ways-to-give

G**s and Le****ns Living in a Transgender Society
https://www.glitsinc.org/donate

The Okra Project
https://www.flipcause.com/hosted_widget/hostedWidgetHome/MTAxMzk3

Happy Reading!

Alex Zumpino joined ABPR as a Publicity & Marketing associate in 2021. Alex is a trans man from Philadelphia. He has been making bookish content online since 2014 and is a big hockey fan. He loves reading LGBTQ+ contemporary novels in pursuit of having his own published one day. Alex’s love for publishing began with his first client, a self-published Historical fiction author to market her novels. He hopes to make change in the publishing world, making it a more inclusive and diverse place. Follow Alex’s channel, Puckandpaperbacks on YouTube!

Love movies or know someone who does? Here's the perfect gift for the film buff in your life. Get your copy now so you can bone up for the upcoming awards season!

Calling All Movie Fans: 'The Curious Movie Buff' Is Now on Sale 'The Curious Movie Buff,' the newest knowledge bomb from Mental Floss, contains history, trivia, and lore about dozens of films from the past 50 years.

Wonderful interview with our client Anna Voloshyna Cooks, the author of the newly published BUDMO!: Recipes from a Ukrainian Kitchen (Rizzoli New York) on KQED Forum. Ukrainian food is not just about borsch (that's the Ukrainian spelling, btw) and potatoes. Listen to Anna share her rich stories about the delicious food of her home country.

Her book is available at fine booksellers everywhere but selling our fast!

Borshch and Beyond: Anna Voloshyna on Ukraine’s Diverse Cuisine - KQED San Francisco chef Anna Voloshyna’s new cookbook Budmo! is a celebration of Ukrainian food and a call to rescue the regional diversity of her home country’s cuisine from the cultural erasure of Soviet occupation. Voloshyna’s hometown in southern Ukraine is now on the front lines of the Russian...

What a thrill to see two of our clients featured on this Plate Magazine Fall 2022 Cookbooks roundup. Congratulations to authors Anna Voloshyna of BUDMO! and Lula Moges of Enebla cookbooks.

Dive into Our List of Fall 2022 Cookbooks The key phrase for our fall cookbook roundup is “deep-dive,” and Kate Leahy (a cookbook author herself) truly went all in with write-ups of 16 new cookbooks for chefs and cooks. We compile this comprehensive list twice a year, and I love seeing the range of topics that unfold.

In honor of Pride Month, here’s a wonderful post by ABPR Publicity Associate, Alex Zumpino.

Top 5 Children’s Books About Trans Kids to Read for Pride Month 2022

Pride Month is upon us! As a transgender man, I love seeing myself represented in kid-lit. I love knowing how lucky trans kids are to have books to teach them about themselves and their friends & family. Below, I’ve shared my top five childrens’ picture book recommendations featuring trans kids for parents to read with their children for Pride 2022. All of the books mentioned are great for ages 3-8.

Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster by Manka Kasha
Feiwel & Friends,

“It’s not that being a princess is bad, it just isn’t for me”

Small Knight is supposed to be a princess according to their parents, the king and the queen/. But, they would rather go on adventures! When they realize that they’re ready to tell their parents, the anxiety monster comes to visit them. I love this book for many reasons because coming out is scary and anxiety-inducing, but seeing Small Knight conquer their fears shows other trans kids that their feelings are valid!

From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom, Wai-Yant Li, Kai Yun Ching - Arsenal Pulp Press,

Miu Lan faces many questions about who they are and who they may be. But one thing's for sure: no matter who this child becomes, their mother will love them just the same.

If the phrase “Trans is Beautiful” was a book, it would be this one. From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea is beautiful inside and out from the illustrations to the lyrical prose teaching gender-non-conforming children that it’s okay to be themselves but also it's okay to still be figuring yourself out!

It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity
Theresa Thorn, Noah Grigni - Henry Holt and Co.

Teaching children about gender identity is so important to help them better understand themselves and their peers. This book is a good introduction to pronouns and gender identity.

I am A Prince: An Inclusive LGBTQIA+ Children's Book
Damien Alan Lopez with Mutiara Arum (Illustrator)

Self-published,

If you want another book focused on royalty, this is a great read about a Latinx transgender prince coming out to his parents, The King and Queen, and how they communicate to make The Prince more comfortable in his body. This is a wholesome story that many trans kids and parents alike will appreciate as it shows how to be there for your child when they express their feelings of gender identity.

My Dad Thinks I'm a Boy?! By Sophie Labelle
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,

“Adults often think they can decide who children should be. But that’s not how it works!”

To wrap it up, I leave you with another book to help children (and parents) better understand themselves and their kids. The title is self-explanatory, but this is about a trans girl who recently came out and is trying to understand why her dad is having trouble understanding this. It’s a great book for trans kids and their parents to read together. But, it also talks about trans kids and their feelings.

Happy Reading and Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈

Alex Zumpino joined ABPR as a Publicity & Marketing associate in 2021. Alex is a trans man from Philadelphia. He has been making bookish content online since 2014 and is a big hockey fan. He loves reading LGBTQ+ contemporary novels in pursuit of having his own published one day. Alex’s love for publishing began with his first client, a self-published Historical fiction author to market her novels. He hopes to make change in the publishing world, making it a more inclusive and diverse place. Follow Alex’s channel, Puckandpaperbacks on YouTube!