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IPPY Winners Now Available on Amazon

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Anna

From BRIO’s Fall 2011 catalog, The Intuition Guidebook: How to Safely and Wisely Use Your Sixth Sense, by Cyndi Dale was recently awarded the Silver Medal in the New Age (Body-Mind-Spirit) category of the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Fans of … Continue reading

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Just Announced: BRIO Title Wins Midwest Book Award!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Anna

BRIO is pleased to announce that For Every Season, There is an Hors D’oeuvre, by chef Linda Steidel, has won the Midwest Book Award in the Cookbooks category! Her most recent title, this cookbook is the fourth installment in the … Continue reading

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Just Announced: BRIO Title Awarded IPPY Silver Medal!

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Anna

BRIO is delighted to announce that The Intuition Guidebook: How to Safely and Wisely Use Your Sixth Sense, by Cyndi Dale (Deeper Well Publishing and BRIO Press) has been awarded the Silver Medal in the New Age (Body-Mind-Spirit) category of … Continue reading

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Handwriting in the Digital Age

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Anna

The Huffington Post asks and explores the question: “Is Handwriting Dead?” as it pertains to the modern classroom here. It’s simply absurd, unthinkable, preposterous, and laughable for anyone not living in a bubble to muse that handwriting—that timeless motion of … Continue reading

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Scandal-Starved

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Anna

Thinking about releasing a biography or autobiography? Or, like me, you just like to read ‘em? It’s no secret: biographies that loudly reveal the secrets (true or false) of celebrities and public figures have higher book sales than their non-juicy … Continue reading

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BRIO at BEA!

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Anna

We’re pleased as punch to be joining the party at BookExpo America 2012, at the Javits Center in New York City! Publishers, authors, and new books, oh my! Rumor has it we’ll bestow a gift bag containing fabulous prizes (including … Continue reading

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Just Announced: BRIO Titles Nominated for Midwest Book Awards!

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Anna

BRIO is thrilled to announce that two of our titles have been nominated for the 22nd annual Midwest Book Awards! Congratulations to Jeffrey Burkart, author of The Hidden Prince, and Linda Steidel, author of For Every Season There Is an … Continue reading

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Spring Changes

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Anna

Changes can often be good, although usually our first instinct is to dig in our heels and resist them. Springtime brings about a welcome wave of changes: the obvious warmer weather, flowers blooming, birds chirping up a storm, actual storms … Continue reading

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Fantastically Twitterpated

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Anna

Spring certainly came early this year (in Minnesota, anyway), and with it, a flurry of, shall we say, “twitterpated” activity. (We all remember that scene in Disney’s classic Bambi, right?) The action even reached my office windowsill; this morning, twelve … Continue reading

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Foreword vs. Forward

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Anna

Okay, writers. You know the difference here; one of these is a motion-related verb or an option pertaining to your email inbox, while the other is meant to introduce a written work. The first smarty-pants to distinguish which witch is … Continue reading

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