Defiant Hope: A. M. Tuomala’s Drakon Giveaway

“…there’s some good in this world //. And it’s worth fighting for.” -- Sam Gamgee, The Lord of the Rings “ …like amnesiacs in a ward on fire, we must…

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Candlemark & Gleam Works Get Starred Reviews in Publishers Weekly

Everyone talks about "the sophomore slump" but Candlemark & Gleam contributors apparently didn't receive this particular memo.   Two sophomore Candlemark works received starred Publishers Weekly reviews in 2016: Drakon…

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Drakon, the Movie!

Those who’ve read A. M. Tuomala’s Drakon outline or synopsis have undoubtedly sussed out that, in addition to its remarkable novelistic attributes, it would also make a rousing movie: dragons…

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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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We have a winner!

We have a winner! The gods of random chance have rolled the dice, and the winner of our Erekos ARC giveaway is Brianna Smith! We'll be emailing you shortly to…

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