Astral Road Media

06/28/2016

Announcing the audiobook version of LEARNING TO LIVE OUT LOUD, a stunning, intimate memoir by 3-time Oscar nominee PIPER LAURIE (for The Hustler, Carrie, and Children of a Lesser God). Fans of classic Hollywood will love Piper's incredible stories of Tyrone Power, Paul Newman, Ronald Reagan, Donald O’Connor, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemon, Cliff Robertson and so many more. Fans of TWIN PEAKS (for which Piper won a an Emmy and Golden Globe) will devour her tales of working with the cast and enigmatic director David Lynch. And all readers will be inspired by the strong woman who found the courage to leave behind an oppressive Hollywood studio system, only to return years later on her own terms, wiser, stronger, and more respected than ever. Piper is one of our greatest actresses, and this is her amazing story, available as an audiobook for the first, time and narrated by Piper herself.

06/22/2016

Astral Road Media is pleased and proud to be working now with the amazing actress Piper Laurie on her new audiobook version of her memoir LEARNING TO LIVE OUT LOUD. Such a wonderful lady - three Oscar noms (The Hustler, Carrie, Children of a Lesser God), Emmy and Golden Globe wins (Twin Peaks). Legend! Here's a great interview with Matt Gourley for his great cinema podcast, I WAS THERE TOO. More information on the audiobook memoir here: http://piperlauriememoir.com/

06/26/2015

06/10/2015

The energy is real. I saw it! "For years outsiders sought to disrupt the book industry, to try make the book eye-catching enough in the digital age, but it increasingly seems that whatever the format, readers just want access to books, and more of them. That people are willing –excited, even – to shell out money at the crack of dawn to spend the day waiting for authors’ autographs means there is still room for the slower pleasures of the book."

The convention’s throngs of teenagers prove there’s still an appetite for reading, raising spirits of publishers who are starting to realize the importance of fandom

06/04/2015

Friends - Lori Nelson Spielman has written a wonderful book of forgiveness, SWEET FORGIVENESS. Very excited to be working with Lori on the new book AND excited for the huge (and still climbing) success of her previous book, The Life List--35 weeks on the bestseller list in France, a full year on the bestseller list in Germany, 13 weeks at #1 in Israel, and now #1 in Taiwan. Here's a great piece Lori wrote for BookPage for the new book. Check it out!

My second novel, Sweet Forgiveness, is now on sale. The novel centers on TV talk show host Hannah Farr, whose childhood bully reaches out to ask for forgiveness, and instructs Hannah to pass on the act of forgiveness by reaching out to someone she wronged. As part of the discussion surrounding the b…

05/10/2015

Excellent news Lori Nelson Spielman! Excited to be working with Lori for her wonderful new novel, Sweet Forgiveness, available June 2!

Love stories make the best Summer reads, and we've got 26 romantic beach reads you won't be able to put down. Contemporary romance writer Brenda Janowitz, author of the Brooke Miller series, is sharing her picks for the best new Summer books of 2015.

04/23/2015

Astral Road Media is a proud sponsor of the Midwest Literary Walk, held this Saturday, April 25, in Chelsea, MI. Great coverage today in the Detroit News, story below. Michigan book peeps, come join to see Davy Rothbart, Angela Flournoy, Rebecca Scherm, Edward Hirsch, Josh Malerman, Clayton Eshleman and Annie Martin!

Chelsea event is seven author mini-readings rolled into one day

01/26/2015

A Path Appears, the three-part PBS series that accompanies Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's inspirational book of the same name begins tonight at 10 pm on PBS stations. In this short interview snippet taken from our interview with Kristof at the Miami Book Fair International for PBS, the two-time Pulitzer-Prize winner discusses the indelible mark left by a reporting trip to Cambodia in 1996. “I would not have predicted that I would be covering these kind of stories, but once you report on them, they haunt you, and it’s very hard to forget about them."

12/11/2014

Great post and wise holiday guidance from our friend, Dr. Nancy Liebler, author of Healing Depression the Mind Body Way: Creating Happiness with Meditation, Yoga, and Ayurveda Hope you'll consider following her page at Healing Depression the Mind-Body Way

For many people going home for the holidays is a time of pleasure and enjoyment. This post is dedicated to the folks who find going home less than wonderful.

12/09/2014

It's a FREE ebook day for one of our Astral Road Media authors. For medical mystery fans of Tess Gerritsen or Patricia Cornwell, head on over to Amazon right now for a free kindle download of MURDER IN THE FAMILY by Paula Bernstein. Protagonist Hannah Kline is an OB/GYN sleuth, a single mom trying to keep it together when a murder throws her world into chaos. Once you start, you'll be hooked on all the Hannah Kline mysteries.

Hannah Kline is a successful Los Angeles obstetrician and the recently widowed mother of a young daughter. She is barely managing to hold it all together, when her life is shattered once again by the brutal murder of her beautiful, bright, zany and recently divorced sister-in-law Beth. Detective ...

09/05/2014

Great campaign from Ikea - "Experience the power of a bookbook"

At only 8mm thin, and weighing in at less than 400g, the 2015 IKEA Catalogue comes pre-installed with thousands of home furnishing ideas. Join the revolution...