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Starting and Running a Book Club
Starting and running a book club can be a rewarding way to share your love of reading with others and engage in stimulating…
Lake Drive Books Welcomes Lauren Cibene with a Memoir about Learning to Trust Again
When the things you’ve believed your whole life no longer feel solid, it can be unsettling. Fear and isolation can set in,…
Lake Drive Books Welcomes Love in the Face Co-Founder Nia Chiaramonte
Why is gender transition such a busy topic these days? Here’s why: we live in a time when those in the LGBTQIA+ community…
What If I Don’t Believe in God?
My brother told me he was an atheist at the start of a car ride. He opened up the conversation as if he were coming clean….
Celebrating Two Years of Lake Drive Books!
Friends, I’ve worked for decades in the corporate publishing world on a lot of great books (and maybe some not so great to…
At an Intersection on Intersex and LGBTQ Inclusion, But Not on the Fence
As humans in polite society, we know when it’s socially acceptable to avoid certain topics. Politics, finances, a secret penchant for blaring Nickelback alone in the car—we all pick and choose what to reveal in various settings. I could retreat into vague statements of pseudoconsent and have a shot at becoming a well-loved professor like I’d always dreamed. Or, I could be brave, like Danny before me, and take a step out into territory from which there would be no return.
Why Are People Buying More Ebooks and Audiobooks of Christa Brown’s Baptistland?
Something fascinating is going on with Christa Brown’s memoir Baptistland. I’ve been in book publishing for almost thirty…
Quit The Bible in a Year Reading Plan
Do you know those “Bible in a year” reading plans? They map out daily readings, suggesting various parts of the Bible to…
Christa Brown’s Ms. Magazine Article: Southern Baptists on a Mission of Misogyny
Lake Drive Books author Christa Brown recently published a Ms. Magazine article “Southern Baptists Pursue a Mission of…

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