Life to Paper

08/15/2025

🎉 Happy Pub Day to Gordon Lownds! 🎉

Today we celebrate the release of “Cracking Up”—a raw, unflinching, and ultimately inspiring memoir from the co-founder of Sleep Country Canada.

From early praise by notable voices in business and literature, to feature coverage from CTV News, The Toront Star, and The Ben Mulroney Show, and more, Gordon’s story is already making waves. Readers and media alike are calling it bold, brutally honest, and full of hope—a reminder that no matter how far you fall, it’s never too late to turn things around.

This is more than a business success story or an addiction memoir—it’s a testament to resilience, reinvention, and the power of sharing our truth.

📚 Cracking Up is available worldwide online and can be ordered wherever books are sold.

✨ Join us in congratulating Gordon on this incredible milestone, and if his story resonates with you, please share it with someone who might need to hear it today.

08/13/2025

✨ We’re celebrating big! ✨ This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be by Sarah Watters just earned a glowing BookLife review and was selected as an Editor’s Pick—the ultimate nod of excellence. 🎉

BookLife calls it “hilarious and sharply observant” and “memoir meets stand-up comedy with a dash of TED Talk.” With wit as merciless toward herself as it is toward the social scripts she’s dismantling, Sarah delivers a memoir that’s equal parts laugh-out-loud and quietly profound. 💛

📖 Editor’s Pick = a must-read. Grab your copy today!

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08/09/2025

Share this with someone who needs a little loving encouragement 💜

08/08/2025

Meet the Life to Paper Publishing community at WOTS!⁠

We’ll be bringing the stories that started with a spark and made it all the way to the page—memoirs of resilience, recovery, self-discovery, and truth-telling.

Come meet some of our authors, explore powerful new titles, and learn more about how we help people turn lived experience into legacy.

Whether you’re a reader, writer, or just book-curious, we’d love to see you there.
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The Word On The Street’s 36th Annual Festival takes place September 27–28 at David Pecaut Square.⁠

Join us for an unforgettable weekend celebrating Indigenous and Canadian storytelling in the heart of Toronto!⁠

WOTS is 100% free to attend.
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Learn more at toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca
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07/31/2025

I have always believed in the power of sharing our stories—raw, real, and unfiltered.
Because stories connect us.
They remind us we’re not alone.
They soften shame and spark healing.
They open hearts.
They become bridges.

hello, GRACE was born from the hardest chapters of my life and the quiet strength it took to rise. Writing it wasn’t just about looking back—it was about reaching forward, in case someone else needed a little light on their path too.

If you’ve ever struggled to find your way through change, loss, or reinvention, this book is for you.
You are not alone.
And there is grace in becoming.

07/28/2025

The Most Powerful Book Marketing Strategy?

→ Go Where You’re Known.

There’s a lot of noise out there about how to market your book: chase followers, go viral, make reels, do more, be everywhere.

But this thought from a fellow founder hit home and I had to share:

“56% of our sales came from just TWO communities I’m actively involved in.
Not from viral posts. Not from clever dance reels. From real relationships.”

That insight reshaped his entire marketing strategy—and it can shape ours too.

→ Less chasing strangers
→ More deepening roots where we’re already known
→ More showing up where we can actually connect—not just post & perform

So, authors, here’s the question:

Where are you already known, trusted, and valued?

That’s where your book will resonate most.

If you’re launching soon (or even long after your book has launched), you don’t need to start from zero. Start from real. Who’s in your circle, your professional spaces, your recovery groups, your clients, your past collaborators? Show up there.

We talk a lot about sales and visibility, but true momentum often comes from being “famous to the family.”

What communities do you currently belong to that could become powerful allies in your book’s journey?

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Note about the photos:

Pictured here is I. Michael Kaufmann speaking and signing books for members of his local community in Campbellford. The event, hosted by the Campbellford Memorial Hospital Foundation, was especially meaningful—many in the audience were former colleagues from the hospital, patients from his years in medical practice, or locals who’ve followed his work and legacy. It was a powerful moment of coming full circle, sharing his story with the very people who lived parts of it alongside him.

07/18/2025

✨ NEW RELEASE ✨

We’re thrilled to celebrate the launch of “This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be” by Sarah Watters—an honest, hilarious, and beautifully self-aware memoir for anyone who’s ever looked around in their 30s and thought, Wait… what is happening?

Sarah’s writing is equal parts insight and spiral, blending behavioral science with real-life detours in love, career, and identity. This book is already making readers feel seen, understood, and less alone—and now it’s available everywhere.

🌍 Available now worldwide:
📚 Amazon
📘 Kindle
🏪 Walmart
📖 Bookshop.org
🇬🇧 Waterstones
📍The Strand (NYC!)
…and more retailers near you.

**Order your copy today and tag us when you find it IRL—we love seeing where stories land**

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07/16/2025

07/08/2025

Now’s your chance 🤩

This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be
by Sarah Watters

…The book that thousands (of 30-somethings) have added to their “want to read” lists.

👉 Read it. Review it. Via

07/04/2025

Life to Paper catalogues available upon request.

We coordinate all special sales, bulk orders, and special edition requests in-house, and work with businesses and organizations to align our titles with their communities.

Our books are tools to help heal, inspire—to write a better future.

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06/27/2025

Win 1 of 100 free Kindle copies of “This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be” by Sarah Watters

20 days left - ends on 07-17

Enter at goodreads.com (search title / author)

100 copies available (U.S. only)

Good luck and Happy Reading!