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For the first time since its release in 2025, *both* authors of the historical novel The Circle of Kourabies will be at a signing event. The San Juan Capistrano Greek Festival is this weekend. The Circle of Kourabies will have a booth there. The authors are a mother-daughter team. The daughter, author Sandia Harrison, loves getting out, meeting readers, signing copies, attending events just like this one. The mother, Kathy Crane is in her early eighties and isn't able to travel much. It is a rare chance to meet these lovely women and get a book signed by both!

The festival itself is a fun event, worth visiting for the great food, live music and vendors. If you're in the area, I'd consider stopping by. The ECS Publishing team is definitely planning on being there!

Congratulations to The Proxy Condition and author Harrison Rose Tate for the five-star review the book received from Literary Titan today ★★★★★

Literary Titan gave The Proxy Condition five stars ★★★★★ and called it: “Ambitious… compelling…

Tate offers a book about adaptation and authorship, with plenty here to argue with and plenty to borrow.”

This quote is one of our favorites. It makes us laugh every time we read it. A great, thoughtful, review. Thank you so much, Thomas Anderson and Literary Titan.

We are deeply honored to share some very special news.

The California State Library has accepted two ECS Publishing titles, Heavy Metal is a Sin and The Circle of Kourabies, for the collections of its California History Room.

The California History Room *only* collects and preserves materials that help document the history and lived experience of California. For both of these books to be accepted means they have been recognized as having a place within that California historical record.

For an independent publisher, there are few recognitions more meaningful than knowing that books we brought into the world have been judged worthy of preservation as part of California’s historical record.

We are profoundly grateful to the California State Library and its California History Section for accepting these works into its collections, and proud of authors Kathy Crane, Sandia Harrison, and Harrison Rose Tate. It's their talent for telling stories that made this accomplishment possible.

Some books are published for today. It is an extraordinary honor when they are preserved for tomorrow.

The Danish Festival is right around the corner. We will be there with Elsewhere is a Place in Central Park and author Harrison Rose Tate.

Can't wait!

The California State Library has added two ECS Publishing titles to its collection:

Heavy Metal is a Sin by Harrison Rose Tate
The Circle of Kourabies by Kathy Crane and Sandia Harrison.

Both books were accepted due to their strong cultural and historical ties to California, and will be preserved in the State Library’s collection for on-site use. When accepted, they become a cultural artifact, part of the institution's priceless collection.

Heavy Metal is a Sin reaches back into postwar California, following a family through poverty, factory life, religious fundamentalism, Vietnam, and secrets carried across decades. It is the first known novel to depict Stockton, California beyond stereotypes of this historical area's residents.

The Circle of Kourabies preserves another part of California history: the lives of Greek immigrant families who built new lives here while carrying their traditions, recipes, faith, and memories across generations. Due to the book's own cultural significance, it was recently accepted into the Hellenic Museum of Michigan and the Lake Elsinore Historical Society's permanent collections as well.

At ECS, we believe stories like these are worth preserving.

We’re very honored that the California State Library has chosen to preserve them.

Congratulations to Harrison Rose Tate, Kathy Crane, and Sandia Harrison!

Harrison Rose Tate and her novel Elsewhere is a Place in Central Park have been selected to be part of the Artisan Fair at the 62nd Annual Danish Festival in Greenville, Michigan.

Because the novel is set in Denmark, this invitation feels especially meaningful. There's something fitting about introducing the story to readers as part of one of America's largest and longest-running celebrations of Danish heritage 🇩🇰

Whether you're a longtime supporter or discovering the novel for the first time, we're grateful to see this critically-acclaimed book, based on a true story, continue finding its way into new communities. If you're in the area, don't miss it! Harrison Rose Tate will be there in person, greeting readers and signing copies.

62nd Annual Danish Festival
Greenville, Michigan
August 21–22, 2026

Not only can you stop by the Hellenic Museum of Michigan in Detroit, take in all the incredible exhibits, and talk to their friendly and knowledgeable staff... now, you can get a copy of The Circle of Kourabies there too! It just doesn't get any better 😊

Opa!

Hellenic Museum of Michigan

Ready for an epic YASOU?!? Don't miss the Irvine Greek Fest next weekend! The Circle of Kourabies will have a table in the plaka (marketplace) there, celebrating Greek heritage alongside delicious & authentic food vendors, and a live band. This event is always quite a party! 🎉🎉🎉

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Hope to see you there!

Hope everyone is having a beautiful weekend! For all of you readers, here is a novel I'd like to share today:

The scene is nighttime in San Miguel de Allende. Día de los Mu***os.

Santiago is moving through the packed square when someone spills a drink all over him. He looks up, irritated, and finds himself staring into the eyes of a pale British man standing in the middle of the crowd, horrified and speechless.

Neither knows it yet, but the moment will alter both of their lives.
This image was inspired by that scene from The Tour Guide, my novel based on a true story.

It feels alive: music, mariachi bands, mojigangas weaving through the crowd, candlelight, summer heat, and that ethereal feeling when a single moment suddenly separates itself from all the others around it.

The Tour Guide
By Harrison Rose Tate

The book is available to check out at your local library. If you don't see it on the shelf at your location, you can request it for free and they'll get it for you.

Or you can pick up a copy pretty much anywhere online that books are sold.

https://www.amazon.com/Tour-Guide-Based-True-Story/dp/B0F9X8Q8H6