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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Maple Ridge, BC, Wednesday, July 23, 2025 — Local author Sheldon Herman, a proud son of Maple Ridge and current resident of Osoyoos, is racking up accolades for his debut travel memoir, The Tortured Traveller: How I Survived the Worst Vacation Ever. The book has received not one, but two major honors in the humor category from respected independent book award organizations.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Saturday, July 12, 2025 — Ingenium Books is excited to announce the publication of the forthcoming The 67th Precipice, the highly anticipated second novel in Todd Gray’s powerful Mac MacGregor trilogy. Set against the harsh, isolated backdrop of Canada’s North, the novel combines urgent social commentary with pulse-pounding suspense.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Thursday, July 3, 2025 — Former TV sports reporter Kathy Kovacs has signed with Ingenium Books to publish her first book. Deeply personal and unflinching, Under the Glass Table is a memoir that offers a unique and validating perspective on covert abuse, giving a voice to those who have felt unseen and unheard.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Wednesday, July 2, 2025 — Beth Granger, acclaimed author of the recently-released memoir, Born and Razed: Surviving the Cult Was Only Half the Battle, will be available for a special book signing event at Toronto’s Yorkdale Indigo store #286 on Saturday July 12, 2025, from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. This marks Granger’s first visit to Toronto, offering a unique opportunity for both media and the public to connect with the author of this important Ontario story.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — A harrowing journey across continents. A love story torn apart by revolution. A family’s fight for survival in a new land. Author and former Canadian journalist Boni Wagner-Stafford is set to release her deeply personal and historically rich debut novel, Nothing But White Ash, a powerful family saga inspired by the true story of her grandfather’s flight from Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Friday, June 13, 2025 — On what would have been Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia’s birthday (June 13), a compelling new historical novel is set to bring her extraordinary life and resilience to the forefront. Escape of the Grand Duchess, by award-winning author Susan Appleyard, offers the gripping story of a Romanov who survived the Russian Revolution and made a new life for herself in Canada.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Friday, May 9, 2025 – A holistic doctor of veterinarian medicine has signed with Ingenium Books to share the life lessons she learned from her dog and other animals. With the working title Sophi, this will be Dr. Darla Rewers first book.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Monday, May 5, 2025 – Scott Godwin, owner of the award-winning Bubba & Bugs Coffee Bar in Kemptville, Ontario, has signed with Ingenium Books to publish his debut novel.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Friday, April 25, 2025 – Veteran investigative journalist and former president of the Canadian Association of Journalists Paul Schneidereit has signed with Ingenium Books to publish a nonfiction, true crime book. Do Them All is about a 1989 triple murder near Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and the subsequent 1990 trial of John Alexander McKenzie, charged with three counts of first-degree murder.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – Beth Weir, co-author of Writing While Masked: Reflections on 2020 and Beyond, a collection of essays and poems, has signed with Ingenium Books to publish her first fiction book.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – Award-winning author Tricia Jacobson is set to publish her second book with Ingenium Books. Her new book will be called Praying for Clean.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Toronto, ON, Friday, March 21, 2025 – Theresa M. O’Leary, best known for her award-winning work as a journalist with CBC Radio News, has signed with Ingenium Books to publish her first book. Race to the Cape is centred around Cape Race, NL, and the pivotal role it played in the development of early transatlantic communications and modern journalism.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Toronto, ON, Friday, March 14, 2025. Ingenium Books is set to publish a gripping new surrogacy memoir this year. The Heart of a Surrogate (working title) is author Jennifer Hansen’s honest, no-holds-barred account of the emotional battle between her and the intended parents during her first experience as a surrogate.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Ottawa, Ontario, Monday, March 10, 2025. A Canadian survivor of abuse at an elite Canadian Christian school has a dire warning about the serious consequences of religious freedoms afforded to educational institutions on both sides of the border: that this may leave people scarred for life.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Toronto, Thursday, March 6, 2025. Ingenium Books will release a groundbreaking book that will illuminate in poetic detail a unique approach to dealing with loss.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Toronto, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. There are a lot of questions about the potential impact of the recently-announced tariffs on the retail cost of books, and the answers are not yet known. However, there is already a cost being felt, on both sides of the border. As an independent Canadian publisher representing both Canadian and American authors (and some from other countries too), we are seeing the following impacts:

Ingenium Books will publish “Count on Me,” the autobiography of Peter J. Bissonnette. Bissonnette was president of the telecommunications giant—which has since been acquired by Rogers—from 2000 to 2015 and played a key role in Shaw becoming one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies by the time of the Rogers acquisition in 2023.

Canadian cult survivor’s memoir, “Born and Razed: Surviving the Cult was Only Half the Battle” by Beth Granger, releases early 2025.