{"id":108714,"date":"2021-10-21T20:56:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108714"},"modified":"2021-10-21T20:56:42","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T00:56:42","slug":"parisian-phoenix-publishing-to-debut-at-easton-book-festival-oct-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108714","title":{"rendered":"PARISIAN PHOENIX PUBLISHING TO DEBUT AT EASTON BOOK FESTIVAL OCT. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>EASTON, Pa.\u2014 Parisian Phoenix Publishing, a boutique independent press representing unique voices and diverse perspectives, will make its first public appearence with a reading by founder and author Angel Ackerman at the Easton Book Festival at 3 p.m. October 23.<\/p>\n<p>Parisian Phoenix debuted its titles September 11 with Ackerman\u2019s horror Fashion and Fiends series, volume 1, Manipulations, a novel where supernatural forces stalk members of the high fashion world. Much of the novel takes place in various settings of the Lehigh Valley.<\/p>\n<p>The third annual Easton Book Festival ends Sunday, October 24.<\/p>\n<p>Readings occur at 22 Centre Square in Easton, near indpendent bookseller Book and Puppet Company and The Crayola Experience.<\/p>\n<p>Former journalist Angel Ackerman, a Slate Belt native and Wilson Borough resident, founded Parisian Phoenix with graphic design professor Gayle Hendricks from South Bethlehem.<\/p>\n<p>The second volume of the series, Courting Apparitions, will release in late November. Upcoming titles include Trapped, a contemporary romance which takes place in a fictional steel town modeled after Bethelehem; Twists: Gathered Ephemera, a poetry manuscript by Easton poet Darrell Parry; and an identity politics anthology with connections to the Lehigh Valley that discusses everything from \u201ccoming out\u201d to disability, and includes local identities like Pennsylvania Dutch.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Parisian Phoenix Publishing, including their publication opportunities and release schedule, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/parisianphoenix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ParisianPhoenix.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nParisian Phoenix Publishing<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; EASTON, Pa.\u2014 Parisian Phoenix Publishing, a boutique independent press representing unique voices and diverse perspectives, will make its first public appearence with a reading by founder and author Angel &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=108714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PARISIAN PHOENIX PUBLISHING TO DEBUT AT EASTON BOOK FESTIVAL OCT. 23<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PARISIAN-PHOENIX-PUBLISHING.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/108715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}