Cover Reveal: The Map and the Territory by A.M. Tuomala

(Click on the cover image to embiggen) The first title published by Candlemark & Gleam was the remarkable sui generis fantasy Erekos by A. M. Tuomala, an original secondary world…

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A. M. Tuomala’s Drakon Garners More Accolades

Late summer is here, with its golden ripeness and the Perseid meteor shower in full glory. But like all small businesses, Candlemark knows little repose – nor is there a…

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A Valentine: A.M. Tuomala’s Luminous Erekos

Love, unconquerable in battle, Even immortals can’t escape you, And mortals, in their one day's dusk, Tremble before your glory. Sophocles’ Antigone   English is notoriously poor in words of…

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Release Day: Drakon by A. M. Tuomala

Here’s wishing a dragon’s long and remarkable life to Drakon, A. M. Tuomala’s stunning sophomore novel after her acclaimed debut Erekos! Drakon can be summarized as “Game of Thrones meets…

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Benjamin Franklin Awards

Big news, everyone! The IBPA has announced the finalists for the Ben Franklin Awards...and Erekos and Candlemark & Gleam are among them! We're finalists for Best First Book (Fiction) -…

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Great reviews

Candlemark & Gleam books have been getting some great reviews in some pretty prestigious journals lately! First up, we have (re)Visions: Alice! In its December 2011 edition, Midwest Book Review…

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Erekos handbound edition

As part of our commitment to going "back to the future of publishing," and based on the Mastermind's obsession with bookbinding, Candlemark & Gleam has been offering handbound editions through…

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Erekos – a starred review!

Congratulations to the immensely talented A.M. Tuomala, whose debut novel Erekos just earned a starred review from Publisher's Weekly! Debut author Tuomala poetically crafts a complex tale of war and…

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