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08/21/2025

What can you expect from THREAD OF DREAMS by Emily Barnett ?

🪼 science fantasy
💫 magical creatures
🪼 dual perspective poetry chapter
💫 love across space and time
🪼 unique world building
💫 sweet romance

Purchase THREAD OF DREAMS directly from Owl’s Nest Publishers or order from your favorite Indie Bookseller or online retailer in paperback, hardcover, or Kindle editions.

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08/20/2025

Registration closes TODAY for the August book clubs!

Registration is free! Book club meetings will last about an hour. Both authors will be joining to meet the readers and answer questions! Use the link in our profile to register on our website.

🌸✨ What is PEONY WATERCOLOR’S WISH FOR SUN AND MOON about? This sweet middle grade contemporary novel has just the perfect amount of magic. Twelve-year-old Peony hasn’t told her best friends about her family’s financial difficulties. But it turns out the school talent show might be the answer to her problems. The mysterious and kind new school librarian seems to know just what Peony is thinking and gives her a magical book to guide her through the ups and downs. Will Peony do what it takes to make up with her friends and help her family?

⚓🔱 What is SON OF THE DEEP about? This fairytale retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic The Little Mermaid is newly reimagined as a gender-flipped tale. Merman Prince Hugo and human Princess Rose have a mysterious connection even though their people are forbidden from speaking to one another. When trouble befalls Rose and Hugo is cursed, it seems like their story is destined to end in suffering. Will they be able to mend their world and be together?

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08/19/2025

“There is just the right amount of tension and suspense to keep a middle grade reader engaged, but also not too scary or graphic. ”

Both ORION AND THE STARBORN and ORION AND THE DOOR OF ECHOES are available now in paperback, hardcover, or Kindle editions! Purchase directly from our website for signed copies or order online from your favorite bookseller!

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08/16/2025

Happy Substack Saturday! This week at Notes from the Nest, read all about our Owl’s Nest Classics Editions, including the upcoming 2026 release, THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN: ANNOTATED FOR TEEN AND MIDDLE GRADE READERS, edited by and .author.

“Introducing teen and middle grade readers to the classics is a founding goal of Owl’s Nest Publishers, and we are committed to adding to our Owl’s Nest Classics Editions every year.”

Read the rest of the article on our Substack at “Notes from the Nest.” Subscribe and never miss a post!

08/15/2025

The Magic Keys
By Leah Gibbs Knobbe

Would you like to travel far
From the place where now you are?
Read a book!

Would you nature’s secrets know,
How her children live and grow?
Read a book!

Is it adventure that you crave,
On land or on ocean wave?
Read a book!

Would you like to talk with kings?
Or to fly with Lindbergh’s wings?
Read a book!

Would you look on days gone by?
Know scientific reasons why?
Read a book!

The world before you will unfold,
For a magic key you hold
In a book!

08/14/2025

What can you expect from SON OF BITTER GLASS by .author?

❄️ reimagined classic
🐦‍⬛ lovable and quirky characters
❄️ a cursed prince and a plucky heroine
🐦‍⬛ sweet romance
❄️ roadtrip adventure
🐦‍⬛ fairytale retelling of The Snow Queen
❄️ for fans of North Child & The Princess Bride

Purchase SON OF BITTER GLASS directly from Owl’s Nest Publishers or order from your favorite Indie Bookseller or online retailer in paperback, hardcover, or Kindle editions.

[photo ID: on a deep purple background sits a copy of SON OF BITTER GLASS with arrows pointing to the descriptions: reimagined classic, lovable and quirky characters, a cursed prince and a plucky heroine, sweet romance, roadtrip adventure, fairytale retelling of The Snow Queen, for fans of North Child & The Princess Bride]

08/13/2025

The August Summer Book Club meetings start just two weeks from today!

Join with readers from across the country as we read and discuss PEONY WATERCOLOR’S WISH FOR SUN AND MOON on August 27th and SON OF THE DEEP on August 28th. Summer Book Club is completely virtual so you can participate from the comfort of your home!

🌸✨ What is PEONY WATERCOLOR’S WISH FOR SUN AND MOON about? This sweet middle grade contemporary novel has just the perfect amount of magic. Twelve-year-old Peony hasn’t told her best friends about her family’s financial difficulties. But it turns out the school talent show might be the answer to her problems. The mysterious and kind new school librarian seems to know just what Peony is thinking and gives her a magical book to guide her through the ups and downs. Will Peony do what it takes to make up with her friends and help her family?

⚓🔱 What is SON OF THE DEEP about? This fairytale retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic The Little Mermaid is newly reimagined as a gender-flipped tale. Merman Prince Hugo and human Princess Rose have a mysterious connection even though their people are forbidden from speaking to one another. When trouble befalls Rose and Hugo is cursed, it seems like their story is destined to end in suffering. Will they be able to mend their world and be together?

Registration closes in ONE WEEK so sign up today for one or both of these free and exciting book club options! Visit our website (link in profile) for all the details including how to register.

[photo ID: a hand holds both PEONY WATERCOLOR’S WISH FOR SUN AND MOON and SON OF THE DEEP in front of a garden full of black-eyed Susans. Text reads, “August Book Clubs!]

08/12/2025

“These were really beautiful poems. I loved the messages of healing and forgiveness.”
—Goodreads review

SONGS OF THE SUN is a follow-up to MUSES FROM THE MOON, both poetry collections specially for teens full of the realistic struggles of growing up while encouraging the heart and mind. W. Scott uses free verse poetry to give words to feelings that are universal human struggles. These poetry collections are short and poignant, realistic and hopeful.

Order SONGS OF THE SUN and MUSES FROM THE MOON today wherever books are sold!

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08/11/2025

Book Announcement!

Coming in 2026, another Owl’s Nest Classics Edition:

THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN: ANNOTATED FOR TEEN AND MIDDLE GRADE READERS edited by Beth Anne Dunphy and K. B. Hoyle .author!

What is different about this upcoming edition? George MacDonald’s classic fairytale will be fully unabridged and bursting with enlightening extras including:
-an introduction written for adolescents
-a discussion of themes
-insight into how to read this classic as a modern teenager
-hundreds of footnotes scattered throughout the text
-AND questions for discussion!

Like all Owl’s Nest Classics, this edition will help readers dig deeper into this beloved story—or experience it with ease for the first time!

Get excited for this new edition of a beloved classic!

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08/09/2025

Happy Substack Saturday! This week at Notes from the Nest, .author reflected on three years of August book birthdays and the ways each of these books has grown us as a publishing house:

“What I love about this month’s batch of birthdays is what they represent in not just what we are offering here at Owl’s Nest, but also in demonstrating our progress as a small publisher.”

Read the rest of the article on our Substack at “Notes from the Nest.” Subscribe and never miss a post!

08/08/2025

Save the Date! Owl’s Nest Publishers is thrilled to announce a new opportunity to meet us in person. We will be an exhibitor at the Decatur Book Festival October 4 , 2025 in Decatur, Georgia!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Decatur Book Festival! The Festival is a free, outdoor event perfect for families. Visit DecaturBookFestival.com or follow for more information. We look forward to seeing you this fall in Georgia!

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08/07/2025

What can you expect from THE CARVER AND THE QUEEN by ?

⛰️ historical fantasy
🦎 a mysterious, evil underworld
⛰️ dual POVs
🦎 filled with beautiful, historical details
⛰️ award winner!
🦎 sequel coming in 2026
⛰️ for fans of Spinning Silver
🦎 based on Slavic folktales

Purchase THE CARVER AND THE QUEEN by directly from Owl’s Nest Publishers or order from your favorite Indie Bookseller or online retailer in paperback, hardcover, or Kindle editions.

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