June has been a steady month of progress for our authors, with a mix of book awards, thoughtful reviews, public recognition, and well deserved spotlights. It is always encouraging to see their work continue to find its way to new readers and receive recognition in different spaces.
In this roundup, we are sharing some of these recent highlights and moments of success. Each one reflects the ongoing effort and creativity behind every book, and we are glad to take a moment to recognize these creative wins from the month.
Awards
Paul Smyth’s Deliveries has earned strong recognition in the independent publishing space, winning The International Impact Book Awards and The Brew Readers’ Choice Awards, and placing as a Finalist in the Ian Book of the Year Awards by the Independent Author Network. These achievements reflect the book’s positive reception among readers and within the literary community.
Deliveries follows bush pilot Paul Jackson as he navigates the demands of running a small air charter operation in a rugged, unpredictable landscape. What begins as routine flights quickly escalates into high-stakes situations that test his skills, judgment, and priorities.
As pressure builds, Paul and his friend Dave McMurray are forced to make difficult decisions that affect both their livelihood and their lives. The story explores passion, responsibility, and the unpredictability of life, grounded in Paul Smyth’s real-world aviation experience.
Author B. A. Agha’s The Sage and the General has been awarded The Literary Titan Gold Award, recognizing its thoughtful storytelling and themes of peace and conflict.
The novella follows the Sage, a peaceful leader who is forced into conflict when a General chooses violence in response to a threat in their Himalayan community. As tensions rise, the Sage is exiled for standing by his beliefs in balance and nonviolence.
At its core, the story is a reflective fable about peace, resistance, and human choice. This is B. A. Agha’s first literary work, drawing on his diverse life experiences.
Event
Gaia, Mother Earth by Lacey Clews follows Gaia herself, who grows weary from humanity’s neglect of her once thriving lands. Recently, Clews held a book signing event for her debut release. In response, Gaia sends a soulful call across the cosmos to her starseed daughters, asking them to return home and help restore balance so the Earth may heal and flourish once again.
Lacey Clews is a psychologist from Canberra, Australia, with over 25 years of experience in trauma-informed mental health and wellbeing. Alongside her professional work, she explores photography, sound therapy, spiritual wellness, and nature-based healing. Inspired by her role as a grandmother, she now brings her creativity into storytelling with her first book.
Publicity
House of Cards: Surviving Munchausen by Proxy and a Mother’s Web of Lies by Phillippa Mann was recently featured in an interview with The Chilliwack Progress, highlighting her work and author journey in a meaningful media spotlight.
The memoir shares a raw and unflinching account of survival, following a childhood shaped by fear, silence, and emotional trauma. Through her story, Phillippa Mann explores healing, truth, and self-forgiveness, showing how strength can be rebuilt even after deep personal pain.
Phillippa Mann is a Canadian author who writes to help others find healing through shared experience. She is inspired by her family, enjoys baking and crafting, and runs Nana’s Cookies and Gifts in memory of a close friend. She is also working on a children’s book titled Hop Hop and the Great Garden Adventure.
Featured on KULR8 NBC in Billings, David Brandon’s Rings of Saturn: Enemy Within is a military sci fi thriller inspired by aviation and space exploration.
The story follows F-16 pilot Dan Russell, who joins a secret U.S. Space Command program and soon discovers a hidden interstellar conflict involving Solar Warden and an alien force near Saturn’s rings.
Written by commercial pilot and flight instructor David Brandon, the novel blends real aviation experience with speculative science fiction storytelling.
Reviews
The Super Seeders by Miles Hillmann has received a five star review from Reader Views for its clear and insightful look at the people driving today’s plant genetics revolution.
The book explores how scientists and research centres are using genome technology to improve crops and strengthen global agriculture.
It also raises the important question of how these advances can reach smallholder farmers and support global food security.
This is a book that everyone should read, not only because it will educate them in the realities of what farmers go through in growing the food that we eat, but also in how science protects and improves farming on a global scale.
-Reader Views Book Review
The Sage and the General by B. A. Agha has received five star review from Literary Titan, recognizing its reflective storytelling and themes of peace, conflict, and human choice.
The novella follows a Sage who stands for nonviolence as he faces a General pushing for armed response within their Himalayan community, leading to conflict and exile.
It is a spiritual fable about compassion, fear, and whether balance can survive in times of division.
For readers open to a clear-eyed, sincere, and thoughtful spiritual fable, this book has something real to offer. It feels like a conversation about how people lose themselves in conflict, and how th
-Literary Titan Book Review
