from the Sibylline Press Series: Sibyls on Motherhood Swimming Forward by Simi Monheit Her newly shorn legs and arms glistened, the air around her not daring to settle on her smooth surfaces, muscles taut – straining – no fidgeting. All the weeks of training: hungry, exhausted, sunrise practices,  twilight practices, unshaven legs, dry land drills, weights and squats, had been

from the Sibylline Press Series: Sibyls on Motherhood Mother’s Day Regrets and Wishes by Anesa Miller At a workshop on collage-making a while back, everyone was struck when Robin broke down in tears. She said the image she’d created from multicolored triangles symbolized regret. In a painfully quavering voice, she told us she was sorry she never had children. She

from the Sibylline Press Series: Sibyls on Motherhood Mother’s Day is Silly, She Always Said by Susannah Kennedy Mother’s Day.  Growing up, we never celebrated.  “Mother’s Day is silly, just an excuse to sell candy and Hallmark cards,” my mother would say. “Every day should be Mother’s Day,” she’d add. Though she kept no evidence (she was not one of

from the Sibylline Press Series: Sibyls on Motherhood Un-Maternal by Donna Marie Hayes My pregnancy was fraught with 7 months of strict bed rest, preeclampsia, aggressive fibroids, gestational hypertension, and violent morning sickness that made no distinction between morning and night.  So when my labor was induced two weeks early, and my daughter came screaming into the world, I was

from the Sibylline Press Series: Sibyls on Motherhood The Love Language of Lamb by Brigit Binns There was no love lost between my mother and me, but the one thing that we did agree on was the importance of good food, lovingly prepared. There were times, in the tempests of adolescence and beyond, that I forgot this connection. And yet,

Sibylline Press is happy to announce that Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival has been awarded both Top Honors and Best Memoir at the London Book Festival. The London Book Festival celebrates the best of international publishing, with only a select few winners and runner ups each year. Purchase the award-winning book here! About Rottenkid: Binns takes the reader through Hollywood

Sibylline Press is happy to announce that 1666: A Novel by Lora Chilton is out today, April 2nd 2024! 1666 can be found where all great books are sold: Bookshop Barnes & Noble Amazon Walmart Books A Million (Grass Valley, CA)— The survival story of the Patawomeck Tribe of Virginia has been remembered by members of the tribe for generations, but the

Sibylline Press is happy to announce a new line of audiobooks for a handful of titles! Check out the new audiobooks below: Keep up to date with future audiobook releases from Sibylline here! The Bereaved by Julia Park Tracey. The audiobook is narrated by Aven Shore, and is published by Tantor Audio. Find the audiobook for purchase here. About The Bereaved:

In 1666, in their efforts to steal the land of the Patawomeck people in what is now Virginia, colonists massacred the men of the Patawomeck tribe and took the women and children as slaves, marching them to the coast to slave ships that would take most of them to their deaths in the brutal sugar fields of the Barbados.  Author

Prolific cookbook author Brigit Binns’ coming-of-age memoir—co-starring her alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother—reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect led Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth. A memoir sauteed in Hollywood stories, world travel, and always, the need to belong.   Brigit Binns’ Rottenkid: