News + Events

  • Book Magic Live - New York

    October 2025

    Spend a day charting your book—from your book brand to your book plan, from writing essays to understanding the marketplace. Through live Q+As with book editors and coaches, published authors, and PR professionals, Book Magic Live will help you find your path to publishing.

  • Jennifer Pastiloff Book Tour: Proof Of Life With Dr. Gertrude Lyons

    September 9, 2025 Chicago, Illinois

    Join us in welcoming Jennifer Pastiloff & Gertrude Lyons for a special evening of conversation celebrating their books, Proof of Life & Rewrite the Mother Code.

    Please note: This event is free to attend, but registration is required. 

  • Dr. Gertrude Lyons Book Tour: Rewrite the Mother Code

    October 11, 2025
    Austin, Texas

  • Book Publisher Rise Literary Moves Into Podcasting With ‘Write The Good Fight’

    Can writing change the cultural conversation? That’s one of the questions that a new podcast from publishing company Rise Literary hopes to answer.

  • 'Write the Good Fight’ Launch

    Rise Literary held its first live show of podcast Write the Good Fight on Monday with hosts Lauren Porte Schwarzfeld and Kristen McGuiness in Ojai.

  • The RobCAst with kristen mcguiness

  • I Am One of the Millions Missing: Maggie Boxey at TEDxOjai

    In this emotional talk, author, educator and advocate Maggie Boxey shares what her life is like living with ME/CFS, and how she has found a community of people for whom "feeling better" might never be an option.

  • What Are You Willing to Walk 500 Miles For?: Lauren Dollie Duke At TEDxojai

    In this inspiring talk, author, educator, and storyteller Lauren Dollie Duke shares her journey of walking 500 miles with her family, and how long-distance walking provided the perfect modality for intergenerational change and healing.

  • Rewrite the Mother Code: Gertrude Lyons at tedxojai

    In this inspiring and thought provoking talk, author, speaker, and transformational coach Gertrude Lyons explores how healing generational trauma, reclaiming feminine wisdom, and learning to self-mother can awaken our deepest creative power.