Cynren Press

10/14/2025

🚨 Release Day! 🚨
“He thought he’d hit rock bottom—until he found a body.”

Sheldon Russell’s A Rare Obsession is here! Cozy mystery fans, this one’s for you: rare books, hidden motives, and a deadly obsession that threatens to consume it all.

📚 Available starting today! Don’t miss your chance to add it to your fall reading list! https://www.cynren.com/ad-rareobsession

10/10/2025

📖 Have you read The Receipt by Trish Reeves yet?
In this powerful collection, poetry meets history—spanning Pompeii, Renaissance Italy, Angel Island, and more—in a moving tribute to the human spirit across the ages.

If you haven’t picked it up yet, now’s the time. If you have, tell us: which poem has stayed with you? https://www.cynren.com/catalog/p/the-receipt

10/08/2025

Are you ready for a mystery where libraries hide more than knowledge?

💀 A dead custodian.
📚 A collection of rare books worth millions.
❤️ A dangerous attraction.

Sheldon Russell’s A Rare Obsession is a gripping tale where obsession, theft, and murder collide. Fans of thrilling but cozy mysteries will want this one on their shelves.

A Rare Obsession releases next week on October 14th! Preorder now! https://www.cynren.com/ad-rareobsession

10/07/2025

Great day yesterday, October 4th, at the British Emporium, Richardson, TX, where I met fellow Beatle fans and sold signed copies of my award-winning memoir, Diary of a Beatlemaniac.

10/06/2025

At Cynren Press, we publish books that endure. 📚

Our focus: stories that are intellectually curious, historically resonant, and deeply human.
Every title we bring to life is crafted with care, from acquisitions to design to production.

Because for us, every book is a world, and we honor its gravity.

10/03/2025

At the turn of the 20th century, New York was a city of dreams, and of dangers. In To Save a Life, Larry Zuckerman paints a vivid portrait of two Russian Jewish émigrés who fight for independence, love, and survival in a world that offers both promise and peril.

If you love historical fiction rich with heart, history, and resilience, this novel belongs on your reading list.

Releasing on October 21st. Preorder now! https://www.cynren.com/ad-tosavealife

10/01/2025

📚🔍 He thought he'd hit rock bottom—until he found a body.
Sheldon Russell’s A Rare Obsession takes readers deep into a mystery of rare books, murder, and dangerous secrets. Follow Ethan Poser as his new job at the Carnegie Library spirals into a perilous hunt for truth, betrayal, and obsession.

Cozy mystery fans, this one’s for you! Preorder now! https://www.cynren.com/ad-rareobsession

Cynren Press is an award‑winning independent publisher of history, memoir, biography, women's studies & historical fiction. We’re accepting quality submissions now.

09/21/2025

And the end of civilisation

09/03/2025

Naomi, the library’s business office manager, has immersed herself far too deep in our Stillwater Reads book, “Listen”! We’ve already given out 200 copies----thank you to the Stillwater Public Library Friends for getting us 50 more to give out!

07/09/2025

From mobilizing hundreds of thousands of library advocates to fighting book bans nationwide—explore EveryLibrary's highlights, victories, and the powerful actions made possible by our supporters.

05/19/2025

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09/24/2024

Congratulations to Wendy Murphy on the release today of 𝘖𝘩 𝘕𝘰 𝘏𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵! 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬.

𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 said of Wendy and her book, "Murphy will motivate readers to challenge stereotypes." Truth! Thanks, Wendy, for allowing Cynren to help you bring these truths to light.