Blue Denim Press

02/03/2025

We are pleased to participate with MyPoolitzer and Quantifiction in the first "AI evaluated" writing contest. Details at this link:

AI-Judged Writing Competition: Where AI Meets Literary Genius Welcome to the future of literary contests! MyPoolitzer, Quantifiction & Blue Denim Press present the first writing competition judged by AI.   What We Look For Captivating adult fiction of any genre of up to 80’000 words. What Do You ...

11/22/2024

Author Shane Joseph promotes his new novel, courtesy of the Cobourg Public Library's Virtual Author series.
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10/31/2024

Blue Denim Press authors Shane Joseph and Susan Statham will be featured this Sunday at Cobourg's re-branded book store, the Reader's Nook. Come on out for an afternoon of intriguing literature.

09/18/2024

"Twas a full house at our book launch on the weekend

09/15/2024

Tonight's the Night! Please register at:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/northumberlandfestivalofthearts/1218829

09/13/2024

Come on out to the Northumberland Festival of the Arts that begins today!

09/08/2024

The forgotten video: Part 2 of author Shane Joseph's interview with Liz Torlee, recorded 3 months ago and put on ice due to perceived "sensitivity." In it, a frank discussion on uncomfortable subjects such as insular publishing worlds, AI intrusion, and political (in)correctness

Shane Joseph discusses his latest novel "Victoria Unveiled" - where AI meets the publishing industry - with author Liz Torlée.

07/19/2024

Coming this Fall...

06/30/2024

Since I'll be selling and signing books at Cobourg Waterfront Festival today from 10 a.m. to 12.30p.m. and tomorrow from 12.30p.m. until I'm kicked out, here's me talking about the fabulous Northumberland Festival of the Arts coming soon afterwards in September.

Shane Joseph, publisher of Blue Denim Press and a sponsor of NFOTA 2024, in conversation with Reva Nelson about art in Northumberland County

05/27/2024

Author Shane Joseph discusses his new novel "Victoria Unveiled" - releasing September 15th 2024

Shane Joseph discusses his latest novel "Victoria Unveiled" - where AI meets the publishing industry - with author Liz Torlée.

04/03/2024

Happy to be a sponsor of this festival again
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We're back! Join our subscriber list and be the first to know all about the Northumberland Festival of the Arts, returning September 13-22, 2024! 🗓️ Get ready for over 25 incredible events spanning 10 days across Northumberland. Let's celebrate our community's creativity and the amazing talent of our local artists together!

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12/16/2023

A ghost's story, with a twist.

Haliburton, Ontario, 1878.  The new Victoria Rail Line delivers hundreds of immigrants to the last station in the Northern Townships. Some are wealthy, eager to profit from new opportunities. Most are poor and illiterate. The farmland is free if you can build a cabin and raise crops out of granite.

12/15/2023

A true story of triumph against staggering obstacles.

Beverley Brewer is with her husband Jack at their cottage, unwinding after his chemo treatments for Stage 4 lung cancer. Her father has had a fall and needs attention. Driving to her father’s home they find younger sister, Jacquelin, hanging in the den, the su***de note reading, “tell anyone I e...

12/14/2023

A gripping read for the Holidays

Patty Fielding, a USO entertainer, escapes after her camp in Vietnam is attacked during the Tet Offensive ceasefire in 1968. “You can lose who you are here,” her brother Christopher, stationed at Da Nang, wrote in a letter to her. Struggling to find the person he used to be, Chris got himself ki...