Delphinium – Summer Edition is now available on Kindle!
At REaDLips we believe our purpose is to give. Profits from the Summer Edition benefit literacy programs. Every time you buy, you give!
We are currently accepting submissions for our Winter Edition.
Profits from our Winter Edition will benefit recovery programs.
We have secured the rights to Barlow Adams’ Appalachian Alchemy, due out in September:
Life is different in Beattyville, Kentucky, a never-was town, one of the poorest in the state. Most people born there, along the shores of the Kentucky River, die on those same banks. For Marshall Merrick, called “Book” by just about everyone he knows, reading is an escape, and a salvation. Beckoned away from his tiny town by the allure of the world he has read about, his desire to escape his circumstances is warred upon by poverty and his obligations to the tribal lifestyle that would label him a traitor for his ambition.
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We are actively seeking submissions for a fall issue of Delphinium, due out in September. This is an unthemed issue and we need art, poetry, and fiction. 
As well, we are in need of fiction or nonfictional narratives about recovery for our themed Winter Issue of Delphinium, Joy of Recovery.
Proceeds from Delphinium benefit literacy programs. Proceeds from the Winter issue will benefit recovery programs.
Please give the gift of Delphinium in two ways –
buy it for a friend, and you give to people in need.
Delphinium’s First issue is born!
Share far and wide because we’ve decided to share the proceeds –
we will be giving some of the proceeds to literacy programs.
Order your copies – buy a gift – give a chance to someone to learn to read or write!
Valerie Cooper is our Cover Artist for this issue. Beautiful Photograph. Cassie Cocoran is our featured artist in this issue.
Authors include
We welcome Noreen Lace’s Namas-Cray to the world. Namas-Cray is available on Amazon and has already received a five star review!
“What a great collection of short stories! A great, light and easy read. I definitely recommend this book.” Gary Kohler – Amazon Review.
We are proud to announce the upcoming release of the first edition of Delphinium, A journal of Art and Literature.
Delphinium will feature writing by established, brilliant authors such as:
Jessica Tyner Mehta , a Cherokee author and poet. 
Persis Karim: poet, editor, and professor at San Jose State University.
And Lynne Johnson, who was inspired by her African American Literature class, and the spiritual “Go Down Moses.”
We are very excited about this upcoming release! July 1st, ladies and gentlemen! In honor of the 4th of July!
Ladies and gentlemen,
We’ve updated our submission page. Please take a look at it – tell us what you think!
We have two calls today:
1.We are presently looking for short stories, poetry, and art for our first issue of Delphinium due out in July.
2. An annual book of celebration. The series will contain essays and narratives that celebrate some aspect of life – teachers, animals, the sky. However, it’s not random.
Our first selection celebrates Recovery. We are looking for true stories, memories or essays, experimental styles are acceptable, of recovering. Think of recovering as a broad topic, but the pieces should be about recovering from a major life event, alcohol or drug use, divorce or death, etc.
Guidelines:
All submissions should be typed, double spaced, 12 point times new roman or similar with one inch margins. They should be in English. They should represent your finest polished work. Email submissions to Readlipspress at gmail.com. In your subject lines add either “Delphinium” or “Recovery.” Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as you notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Spread the word, ladies and gentlemen!
We were waylaid in getting things up and running, but we’ve been very busy the last few months getting ready for our readers and authors.
We have TWITTER , FACEBOOK, and Instagram!
We have a new release! Expect the release of Life of Clouds in Nov/Dec 2016
We are working with submittable.com to set up an account to handle submissions!
We have new contracts with audible and distributors for wider availability.
See – we haven’t been sitting on our bums!
REaDLips Press specializes in the Novella. A palatable text for the modern age. Our modern era is busy, fast moving. The novella is the contemporary art form. A 20-60 thousand word fully formed, digestible piece of literature for a society consumed by a lack of time!
Imagine – READING again!
