From fragments of history, Marcus Speh captures the mysterious spiritual journey of a woman who lived when only men’s lives were recorded: Gisela, a Bavarian princess married off to be the first queen of Hungary, then a prisoner, then an abbess and — some eight centuries later — a saint.
Author: J.S. Graustein
Chapbook Artist, Poet, Editor in Chief of Folded Word Press
Gisela: Extending the Pre-order Window
If you hadn’t quite gotten around to pre-ordering the sustainable edition of Gisela: Princess, Empress, Abbess, Saint by Marcus Speh yet, don’t worry! We’re extending pre-orders until 30 June 2017.
LEVEL UP: Which edition works for you?
Whether hand-bound or printed on demand, our titles have always included a print choice with an ebook option eventually joining in. Now we’re offering three editions, released in the following stages:
Where Do You Read?
This summer, we’ll be kicking off a campaign dreamed up by our Sarah that asks (and hopefully answers) the question: Where do you read? The column will run on Wednesdays with photos, live interviews, reader profiles, etc. that explore all the options modern readers have for getting their fix.
Out and About with The Fold
Video chat with Samantha Priestley, plus invitation to reading with William O’Daly and JS Graustein.
Winter Kindling: The Conversion Continues
After sparking some interest in our newly-converted chapbook titles last week, we’re fanning the flames with two full-length ebook conversions this week. This batch was a little tricky because one of them contained a lot of accented letters. These letters converted well in the main text, but in the poem titles (which were set in…
Winter Kindling: The Conversion Begins
It’s been awhile since we converted any of our print titles into ebooks (two years, in fact), so we’re excited to announce that the log-jam has been broken! Huge thanks go to Kurt Graustein, who trawled many a forum to find ways to expedite our process — a process that insists on a functional table…
Pushcart 2017 Nominees
Folded Word is proud to nominate the following work, published in 2016, for the 2017 Pushcart Prize:
WonderFold Selection: The Last Two Bees
a response to October’s #WonderFold prompt
Gearing Up for Regular Posts
As many of you know if you’ve followed the Folded Word blog for any length of time, we haven’t been the most consistent with posting. It isn’t that we don’t want to spend time with you, we just get so wrapped up in making books that we forget to pop up and say hello. Enter Sarah Gibson.
Best of the Net 2016 Nominees
Folded Word is proud to announce the nomination of the following works for Sundress Publications’ 2016 Best of the Net competition:
WonderFold Selection: O Margaret, Here We Are Again
A response to August’s #WonderFold prompt
