Recognition for stories that stay with you

The legacy of Turtle Cove Press continues and expands with the acquisition of the independent Tallahassee publisher by Mandi and David Broadfoot and the birth of Turtle Cove Media...

Queen of the Clouds (Taylor C. Phillips, 2023) recently launched at Midtown Reader. Read about Taylor's path to publication here: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/entertainment/things-to-do/2023/04/24/tallahassee-author-details-efforts-of-quincy-pilot-jerrie-mock/70139546007/

So Many Animals! A Child's Book of Poetry (multiple authors, 2022) earned a Silver Award from the Mom's Choice Awards. Go to the Mom's Choice Awards.

Dahlia in Bloom (Susan Koehler, 2019) received a STARRED REVIEW from Kirkus Indie Reviews. Read the review here. The book was also named one of Kirkus Reviews' Top 100 Indy Books of 2019.

Susan Koehler launches Charlie's Song (2023), the sequel to Dahlia in Bloom. Read Ann Morrow's review here: http://blogs.tallahassee.com/community/2023/04/29/richly-drawn-characters-resonate-in-charlies-song-a-new-novel-by-susan-koehler-reviewed-by-ann-morrow/

Southern Literary Review calls Queen of the Clouds a "...fascinating story of two brave, adventurous women."

Dale Lisa Flint launches debut novel, Finding Juliet.

Author Dale Lisa Flint is interviewed by award-winning broadcaster Terry Shepherd about her novel, Finding Juliet.

A modern-day Shakespearian author will be visiting Tallahassee later this month...

It's easy to fall for Surf Dude, a charming story by Zelle Andrews. From page one where I first met Surf Dude, I fell hard in love. “I didn’t mean to be famous,” the vagabond starts his story, “I’m just your average yellow dog that was once loved, but became a drifter unexpectedly ... ”

"...Andrews infuses her wily, resourceful pooch with a delightful, realistically canine interpretation of the world. She is a skillful storyteller, and her narrative engagingly mixes light humor, a bit of pathos, and assorted adventures with the compelling tale of Surf Dude’s cautiously evolving friendship with Russ, the older man who feeds him twice a day ... A captivating, tender, and enjoyable genre winner for canine lovers - GET IT..."

The Florida Writers Association (FWA) has announced that Susan Koehler of Tallahassee won Children’s Book of the Year in the prestigious Royal Palm Literary Awards (RPLA). Koehler’s winning entry, "Nobody Kills Uncle Buster and Gets Away with It" (Turtle Cove Press, 2021), also won the Gold Award for Published Middle Grade Fiction...