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Hi,My Name Johan Smih

New York Times & International Bestselling Author

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Go West! wins Moonbeam Children’s Book Award

Joel Nakamura has won a 2015 Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for his new picture book, Go West!.  He was named the Silver Medal Winner in the Best Illustrator category. “Celebrating Youthful Curiosity, Discovery and Learning through Books and Reading.” Launched in 2007, […]

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Joel Nakamura will be a featured author at the Texas Book Festival

In celebration of his new children’s picture book, Go West! (published by Leaf Storm Press), Joel Nakamura has been invited as a featured author to the 2015 Texas Book Festival October 17th &18th, in Austin at the State Capitol. He is one […]

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Leaf Storm Press to publish Young Adult novel by Robert Wilder

  Santa Fe, NM–September 9, 2015. Leaf Storm Press today announced that it will publish Nickel, a young adult novel by Robert Wilder. Nickel will be released in the summer of 2016. About Nickel: Being a teenager is hard enough without your […]

Upcoming

Leaf Storm Press to publish Reporting and Writing Guide by Julia Goldberg

  Santa Fe, NM–September 1, 2015. Leaf Storm Press today announced that it will publish Inside Story: Everyone’s Guide to Reporting and Writing Creative Nonfiction by Julia Goldberg. The book will be released in Fall 2016. Inside Story tackles the myriad approaches […]

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The Maverick Cookbook: One of The 30 Most Exciting New Fall Cookbooks, 2015

Epicurious.com has picked Lynn Cline‘s The Maverick Cookbook (with photos and food styling by Guy Ambrosino and Kate Winslow of And We Ate) as one of The 30 Most Exciting New Fall Cookbooks, 2015 “I have been looking for a good New […]

Reviews

Publishers Weekly reviews Go West! by Joel Nakamura

Excerpts from the review: “Not since Horace Greeley has the American West had such a vocal advocate….Nakamura blends fact, fable, and fantasy in a vision that goes well beyond the West being a place where the deer and antelope play. “Go west! […]

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Out There wins top IndieFab Book of the Year Award

Foreword Reviews’ 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards Winners Announced June 26, 2015—Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards, judged by a select group of librarians and booksellers from around the country, were announced this evening at the American Library […]

Reviews

Pasatiempo reviews Joel Nakamura’s new children book

  Joel Nakamura turns his post-Pop, swirling mix of psychedelia to the myths, legends, and cultural mainstays of the Southwest in Go West!, a new book for children published by Leaf Storm Press next month. There’s no narrative — just the simple command […]

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Out There named INDIEFAB 2014 Book of the Year Finalist

Leaf Storm Press is pleased to announce OUT THERE: a novel by Sarah Stark has been recognized as a finalist in the Literary Fiction category of the 17th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. “After 17 years, our awards […]

Awards

Out There one of Publishers Weekly Top Books of 2014

  Congratulations to Sarah Stark, whose novel, Out There is included in PW’s Starred Reviews Annual, the collection of its top book recommendations for 2014. Out There is one of only 200 Fiction titles in 2014 to receive the PW star–the coveted […]