2025 Releases (Part 1)

In the winter-spring, we published some pretty stellar books. Here’s what’s new with them.

• The Cannibal Owl: Aaron Gwyn’s powerful Western novella was our first release this year. It was reviewed in The New York Times and got praise from Publishers Weekly, Washington Independent Review of Books, and Foreword, among others. We’re looking forward to publishing another book—this time, a story collection—by Aaron next year!

  

• Anchored: Katy Goforth’s debut hybrid story collection made the rounds around South Carolina after its release in February. Katy had some great bookstore visits and has another book coming out with Cowboy Jamboree Press later this year. In 2027, we’ll have a new story collection from her as well to kick off our fifth anniversary year.

• The Singing River: Our first poetry title this year was also a debut for Mississippi native and Louisiana resident Benjamin Morris. The book has seen much love from both states, and Ben recently joined one of our summer authors, Lauren Rhoades, at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience to promote her memoir Split the Baby.

  

• I Dare You: A coming-of-age novella set here in Fort Smith, Arkansas, during the Jim Crow era. We were thrilled to publish a book so close to home and are working on some local events for Dorothy Marcy in the coming months.

• Secret Keepers: This story collection was in many ways the follow-up to Teresa Tumminello Brader’s debut memoir, Letting In Air and Light, which we published back in 2023. It’s a great read if you’re looking for character-driven stories and Louisiana flavor.

  

• Birds I Cannot Name: Our next poetry collection was Damien Uriah’s debut, another writer local to our home base. Fort City Slam gave him a warm reception in the spring for his book launch.

  

  

On more of the events front, back in March, our publisher spoke on a panel at a new writers’ festival in the OKC area, which also featured workshops by Belle Point authors Ben Myers and Matt Miller, as well as a keynote by Rilla Askew.

We attended the annual Scissortail festival again this year in April, which included readings by the same folks plus a couple of our 2026 authors headed down the pipeline.

The summer took our family on a few adventures (from St. Louis to Dallas) and gave us some time to reset. As we said in a recent post, it’s an ongoing experiment to work out the challenges of living alongside work and vice versa, and we’re grateful to have that flexibility on our own terms as a press.

Up next we’ll share more about our summer releases + what’s next for Belle Point!

Thanks for sticking around.