Celia Bell on The Disenchantment

By Gabriella Costa | March 23, 2023

Author Celia Bell spoke with us about her debut The Disenchantment, centering the complexities of life for historic women and queer people, and keeping bees as a form of creativity.

Mia Tsai on Bitter Medicine

By Gabriella Costa | March 17, 2023

Mia Tsai discusses her debut Bitter Medicine, escaping the real world through speculative fiction, and how her classical music studies came in handy while researching for the book.

Daniel Nayeri on The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams

By Gabriella Costa | March 1, 2023

Daniel Nayeri talks about his next book The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, the similarities between our world and the world of the Silk Road, and dealing with creative distraction.

Ricardo Nuila on The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine

By Gabriella Costa | February 16, 2023

Dr. Ricardo Nuila’s nonfiction debut follows the lives of five uninsured Houstonians who seek care at Ben Taub, the county hospital where he has worked for over a decade.

Building a Better Book World: A New Brand for Our Next Twenty Years

By Gabriella Costa | February 14, 2023

We worked throughout 2022 on reevaluating and reimagining the Edelweiss brand to better capture who we are and where we are going in the future. Edelweiss CEO John Rubin and President Annie Rubin discuss what they hope the redesign will bring to Edelweiss and its users.

Thomas C. Gannon on Birding While Indian: A Mixed-Blood Memoir

By Gabriella Costa | February 1, 2023

Thomas C. Gannon shares more about his upcoming book Birding While Indian: A Mixed-Blood Memoir, why he never thought of the work as a memoir, and the impossibility of writing about birds without being political.

Taleen Voskuni on Sorry, Bro

By Gabriella Costa | January 27, 2023

Taleen Voskuni is the debut author of Sorry Bro. She discusses role-playing bravery through her main character and portraying the reality of being Armenian-American—in all its humor, happiness, generational trauma, and sorrow.

Eleanor Janega on The Once and Future Sex

By Gabriella Costa | January 13, 2023

Dr. Eleanor Janega discusses her next book The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women’s Roles in Society, uplifting the lives and resistances of “ordinary” historical women, and why it is important for everyone to learn about the medieval past.

Tess Sharpe on 6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did)

By Gabriella Costa | January 3, 2023

Tess Sharpe chats about her upcoming young adult romance 6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did), finding inspiration in fanfiction, and writing about the complicated relationships between mothers and daughters.

Edelweiss Recommends: Staff Favorites

By Gabriella Costa | December 7, 2022

Just in time for the holidays, some Edelweiss team members share their most-loved books (that they think you will love, too!).