Traverse City, MI, March 6, 2025—Foreword Reviews is excited to announce the finalists for the 2024 INDIES Book of the Year Awards. As a platform dedicated to discovering, reviewing, and sharing works from university and independent... Read More

FOREWORD’S LIT HIT—INDIE BOOKS THAT’LL BLOW YOU AWAY / When Jackie DeShannon recorded “What the World Needs Now Is Love,” it surely was not in anticipation of a world like this. Nevertheless, the message rings true, and Suzanne... Read More

A Fistful of Stars / Communing with the Cosmos / Gail Collins-RanadiveMilt Hetrick, contributor / Little Bound Books / Softcover $12.95 (84pp) / 978-1-947003-97-2 / Buy: Amazon / In the center of each cottonwood twig there is a... Read More

Just as the world seems to turn more serious, it may be that we need humor now more than ever. Perhaps this is why many people are turning to comedians to get their news, since the news itself walks a line between tragedy and farce. What... Read More

There are immigrant stories, and then there are stories within immigrant stories. Often, these tales-inside-tales involve the transition of women from a traditional role to an “American” one, and all the attendant cultural strife,... Read More

Deborah Serani has been treated for depression, and as a psychologist has helped many people through this debilitating condition. But those in later life may also suffer from depression, yet they and their loved ones simply chalk up... Read More

Every year, the Foreword INDIES celebrations provide a déjà vu experience for the editorial team here at Foreword Reviews. Many of the gold, silver, bronze, and honorable mention award-winning books first appeared on our radar as many... Read More

Back in 2014, when we decided to start posting more than just book reviews on our website and comment on indie publishing as a phenomenon, I did what I usually do and made it all about me. I told a story about why writing about indie... Read More