Books We Loved at Five Directions Press in May 2026—fantasy by Lauren J. A. Bear, historical fiction by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie, and a contemporary novel by Gabriel Tallent

Spotlight interview with Lynda Miller, about her debut detective novel, Denver Undercover.

Spotlight Interview with J.S. Burke, author of the Dragon Dreamer series and other works, aimed at readers of all ages

Spotlight on Joanna Lowell, whose latest historical romance, A Rare Find, came out earlier this year from Berkley Publishing

Spotlight interview with Josh Denslow, whose story collection Magic Can't Save Us is due out in May 2025

Spotlight Interview with historical romance writer Andrea Pickens, who also publishes mysteries as Andrea Penrose

Spotlight Interview with Claudia H. Long, whose contemporary mystery Murder without a Duck came out in November 2024

Joan Schweighardt conducts this Spotlight interview with Cynthia J. Sylvester, author of The Half-White Album

Spotlight on Minrose Gwin in this interview by Five Directions Press author Joan Schweighardt about Gwin's new novel "Beautiful Dreamers"

Spotlight interview with Mary Fleming, whose third novel, Civilisation Francaise, appeared in July 2024

Interview that shines a spotlight on Shannon Robinson, author of the short story collection The Ill-Fitted Skin

Spotlight Interview with the memoirist, children's novelist, and micro-fiction writer Faye Rapoport DesPres

Spotlight interview with the psychotherapist, poet, and artist Alison Stone, conducted by Joan Schweighardt

Spotlight interview with the author Lynn C. Miller, who has just published a short story collection, The Lost Archive

Between the years of 1999 and 2005, just before the advent of digital books and books on demand, I had my own indie publishing company....