2014 Press Releases
IVP Hires New Associate Editor
InterVarsity Press welcomes Helen Lee, an award-winning writer and editor, as the associate editor for IVP Books and IVP Praxis. Her first day will be September 2.
Andy Crouch's Playing God Honored with IndieFab Award
Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power by Andy Crouch received the honorable mention award in the non-fiction religion category for Foreword Reviews' 2013 IndieFab Book of the Year Awards. Out of hundreds of titles submitted for the category, fourteen were named finalists, and Playing God was one of the four top winners.
IVP Crescendo and The Gospel Coalition Honor Women for Reflections on Faith and Work
145 women attending the 2014 National Women's Conference June 27-29 in Orlando submitted reflections on faith and work and twenty-five were chosen to attend a special dinner at the Hilton Orlando on June 27 hosted by TGC's Every Square Inch and Kathy Keller, and sponsored by InterVarsity Press/IVP Crescendo. The special guest speaker was Jen Pollock Michel, author of Teach Us to Want: Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith.
IVP Crescendo Author Signs Contract for Sensible Shoes Trilogy
Sharon Garlough Brown has signed a contract with InterVarsity Press for two follow-up books to Sensible Shoes: A Story About the Spiritual Journey (IVP Crescendo).
IVP Launches "Tweetable" Ebooks
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce the release of its first ebook featuring "tweetable" functionality, wherein a user can quickly tweet out preselected portions of a book with minimal effort, sharing content and ideas with followers.
Holy Is the Day Author Receives Canada’s Top Literary Prize
"This is an incredible honor and really such a grace to be in this room with so many people who love our Lord and who treat words as holy things," said IVP author Carolyn Weber as she accepted the Grace Irwin Prize, Canada's largest literary prize for Christian writers, for her memoir Surprised by Oxford. Her book Holy Is the Day (IVP Crescendo) was also one of the top four books in the running for the Word Awards Grace Irwin Prize for best Christian writing across Canada.
Top U.S. Trial Lawyer Uses Famed Legal Skills to Defend the Christian Faith
Mark Lanier is hailed as a "superstar among plaintiffs' lawyers" by the National Law Journal and "the top class action attorney in America" by U.S. News & World Report. Gaining national attention from courtroom battles with powerhouses such as Vioxx and Toyota, Lanier now applies his legal skills to the Christian faith in his new book Christianity on Trial, set to release in June 2014.
New Parish Movement Spreading to Neighborhoods in U.S. and Canada
Common perception holds that the Western church is dying. But there is a movement that has escaped traditional measures of success as neighborhood parishes spring up in the everyday life of cities all over North America. Paul Sparks, Tim Soerens, and Dwight J. Friesen detail this phenomenon in their book The New Parish: How Neighborhood Churches are Transforming Mission, Discipleship and Community.
Revised IVP "Black Dictionary" Wins Prestigious ECPA Award
InterVarsity Press is pleased to announce that the second edition of the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels was awarded book of the year in the category of Bible Reference for the 2014 ECPA Christian Book Awards. The announcement was made on the opening evening of the ECPA Leadership Summit on Monday, April 28, as a part of the ECPA Awards and Anniversary banquet.
InterVarsity Press Welcomes New Academic Editor
InterVarsity Press welcomes David W. McNutt as its new associate editor for IVP Academic and project editor for the Reformation Commentary on Scripture.
