The Christy Award Comes to Nashville on November 6
CHANDLER, Ariz. — April 17, 2026 — The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) is pleased to announce that The Christy Award® will be held in person this year in Nashville, Tennessee, bringing together the Christian fiction community for a dynamic, one-day experience featuring two signature events: Art of Writing Conference and The Christy Award Gala.…
Veteran Christian Authors Join Forces For “Safe and Captivating” Youth Book Catalog
Calling themselves “The Good Seed Collective,” a small but growing number of veteran Christian authors are joining forces to offer families—and particularly younger readers—a collection of “clean, safe, and captivating stories that inspire hope.” Their initial joint-effort catalog went online Dec.1, featuring more then 300 titles, all linked to Amazon buying pages. Offerings include picture…
Four Baker Publishing Group Authors Win Top Honors at 2025 Christy Awards
Ada, Mich. (November 12, 2025)—On Friday, November 7, the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announced the winners of the 2025 Christy Awards in an online gala presentation, which honored this year’s best Christian fiction. Four Baker Publishing Group authors were selected as recipients of this award, including Nicole Deese, Amanda Cox, Amanda Dykes, and Jaime Jo Wright. CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE Nicole Deese received a Christy Award in the Contemporary Romance…
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The Christy Award program to host online fall events featuring Christian authors and Award announcements
August 28, 2025, Chandler, AZ – The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has announced the fall celebrations for THE CHRISTY AWARD announcing the finalists and then the winners of the industry’s top award for Christian fiction. The Christy Award finalists will be revealed in a free webcast on Friday, September 19th at 10 am CT…
Dani Pettrey Reaches 1,000,000 Sales Milestone
Ada, Mich. (August 14, 2025)—Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group, is delighted to announce that ECPA bestselling author Dani Pettrey has reached a momentous sales milestone. Since her debut novel Submerged released in 2012, she has published over fifteen novels with more than one million copies sold. Winner of Christian Retailing’s Best…
Baker Publishing Group Authors Shine at AWSA’s 2025 Golden Scroll Awards
Ada, Mich. (August 14, 2025)—On Sunday, August 10, four Baker Publishing Group authors celebrated a triumphant evening at the 2025 Golden Scroll Awards banquet held at the Gas South Convention Center in Duluth, Georgia. The Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA) sponsored the banquet and announced this year’s award winners. Among the evening’s winners, Revell…
Jan Karon returns to Mitford with ‘My Beloved’, released October 7, 2025
Did you know that in 1988, Jan Karon left a successful career in advertising, moved to tiny Blowing Rock, NC, and started writing stories for the local Blowing Rocket about a man named Father Tim? Those stories eventually became At Home in Mitford, Jan’s first Mitford novel, and the rest is history. Tens of millions…
Karen Kingsbury’s New Holiday Novel to Release on October 21, With Major Motion Picture Following
Nashville, Tenn. – Beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury returns to bookshelves this fall with The Christmas Ring, a heartwarming new fiction novel releasing October 21 from Thomas Nelson. Timed for the holiday season, the book will also arrive alongside a theatrical film adaptation from Fathom Entertainment, debuting in theaters nationwide starting…
Bethany House and Revell Authors Win Ten Selah Awards, Including Fiction Book of the Year
Ada, Mich. (June 5, 2025)—Baker Publishing Group is proud to announce that authors from Bethany House and Revell earned ten prestigious awards at the 2025 Selah Awards, presented May 29 at the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference in Ridgecrest, North Carolina. The celebration culminated with Jaime Jo Wright’s Specters in the Glass House (Bethany…