Journal
This journal serves as a landing page for the stories we like to share, whether we are announcing the publication of a new Clyde Hill book, have news to share, or want to share our perspective on topics concerning the literary world.
We are honored and thrilled to share we are recipients of a Silver Stevie Award for Best Business Book 2021. Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap, written by Deanna Mulligan with Greg Shaw, explores how emerging technology will revolutionize...
Literary Award Contributions
Clyde Hill Publishing's writers and editors contributed to 3 books that won 4 literary awards this month. Axiom Business Book Awards recognized three medalists. GOLD (tie): Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage To Spark Practical Activism, by Steve Davis (Wiley) with...
Clyde Hill Publishing Announces New Memoir by Dr. Ronald Crutcher
SEATTLE—Born to two parents who never graduated from high school, University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher has spent a lifetime navigating between worlds. First as a Black classical cellist; then as a thinker and academic who grew up to shape the futures of...
2021 Will Be the Annus Mirabilis of Book Publishing
Wonder Woman 1984, the latest DC Comics film set in the Washington, D.C. of the 1980s, offers viewers a glimpse of the ghosts of bookstores past. Look closely and you can pick out storefront signs for Waldenbooks (RIP 2011) and B. Dalton Bookseller (RIP 2013). This is...
More Than an Escape: Favorite Books of 2020
This has been a blazingly busy year at Clyde Hill Publishing, as we’ve helped to bring the stories of activists, physicians, and intellectuals to the world. I’ve also had the pleasure of reading more, and more widely, than ever. These books were among my favorites from a year when taking a few hours to see the world through another person’s perspective provided more than mere escape.
Facing Death: Finding Dignity, Hope and Healing at the End
Is it possible to have a good death, free from unnecessary pain and trauma? What if our final days were designed to bring about reconciliation and release? In this wise and large-hearted book, Dr. Jim deMaine offers advice pointing the way toward a grace-filled transition out of life.
Nature’s Call to Arms
Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac inspired many environmental readers and writers not only to love the little things in nature but also to do what we can to protect them. I first read it as a young speechwriter for a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior. Leopold’s...
The Forgotten Story of America’s First Stanley Cup Champions
When It Mattered Most: The Forgotten Story of America’s First Stanley Cup Champions, and the War to End All Wars. This is the inspiring story of the first American team to win the Stanley Cup—a feat largely lost to history. In the winter of 1917, as Europe...
On editing, editors and the truth in fiction
A lot of writers cast editors as the bad guys, the kill-joys. Clods who stomp all over our brilliant linguistic trills. It’s always perplexed me because, in my writing life, editors are the unsung heroes. I’ve weathered mismatches, sure, editors who saw themselves as...
The Backstory…and What We’re Reading
I started Clyde Hill Publishing in 2013 because I’m really bad at small talk. When I turned 50, it occurred to me that meandering conversations about sports, family and weather left me feeling empty. I’m as much a sports fan, family man and weather nut as anyone, but...