2025 Press Releases
Two IVP Academic Titles Win 2025 Credo Book Awards
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce that Credo Magazine has honored two IVP Academic titles with 2025 Credo Book Awards. The award-winning books are From Aristotle to Christ and the Revelation volume from the Reformation Commentary on Scripture series.
IVP’s Don’t Despise Our Youth Receives Rooted Book Award
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce the recognition of Don't Despise Our Youth: Renewing Hope for Urban Youth Ministry in the 2025 Rooted Book Awards. The book tied for first place in the Best New Books for Youth Ministers category.
Seven IVP Titles Receive Christianity Today Book Awards Recognition
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is excited to celebrate seven titles and authors that were recognized as part of this year's Christianity Today Book Awards.
IVP Receives Two 2025 Top Shelf Book Cover Awards
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce that two cover designs were chosen for the 2025 Top Shelf Book Cover Awards by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA).
Three IVP Titles Win 2025 Moonbeam Book Awards
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce that Charlie Can't Sleep!, Kaylee Prays for the Children of the World, and The Common Rule Youth Edition have all been honored with 2025 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards.
IVP’s Longing for Joy Receives Word Guild Award for Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce that Longing for Joy by Alastair Sterne was named the Best Nonfiction Book of the Year as part of the 2025 Word Guild Awards.
IVP Academic to Publish Pillars of Christian Dogmatics Series
IVP Academic has announced the acquisition of rights to publish the Pillars of Christian Dogmatics series, edited by Matthew Barrett and Craig Carter. The series aims to provide in-depth theological studies on major topics within Christian theology, emphasizing the retrieval of classical, orthodox doctrines for the contemporary church.
Tyndale House Publishers to be Exclusive Global Distributor for IVP Español
InterVarsity Press (IVP) has announced that Tyndale House Publishers will serve as the exclusive global distributor for its IVP Español imprint.
IVP Launches "The Wholehearted Households Podcast"
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is excited to announce the launch of The Wholehearted Households Podcast, a new resource for everyday family discipleship. The podcast launches on Monday, October 13, with new episodes releasing each Monday through October 2026.
IVP’s James Bryan Smith Awarded Author of the Year by The Association of Logos Bookstores
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is delighted to announce that The Association of Logos Bookstores has awarded James Bryan Smith with this year's Author of the Year award. Smith joins many other distinguished authors, such as J. I. Packer, Dallas Willard, and Richard Foster, in receiving the award.
IVP Announces Signed Contract for First Nations Version Old Testament
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is excited to announce the signing of a contract with Terry M. Wildman for the First Nations Version of the Old Testament. This historic project will be a continuation of the First Nations Version: An Indigenous Bible Translation of the New Testament (FNV) and the First Nations Version Psalms and Proverbs, the newest translation that released in August 2025.
IVP Academic to Release Second Edition of the Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments
InterVarsity Press (IVP) has contracted with four New Testament scholars for the second edition of one of IVP Academic's foundational reference books, the Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Developments. Volume editors for the new edition include Shane J. Wood, Madison N. Pierce, Dennis R. Edwards, and Michael F. Bird.
Malcolm Guite Signs Contracts with IVP Academic
Malcolm Guite, poet, priest, and professor, has signed contracts with IVP Academic for the first three volumes in a new series tentatively titled Classic Poetry with Malcolm Guite. The first volume, tentatively titled How to Read Poetry, is projected to release in Fall 2028.
IVP Kids Signs Follow-Up Devotional to "Jesus Loves the Little Children, All the Children of the World"
Building on the June 24 release of the IVP Kids title Jesus Loves the Little Children, All the Children of the World, Tara Hackney has signed a second contract with InterVarsity Press (IVP) for the Spring 2027 release of the childrens devotional tentatively titled Jesus Loves the Little Children: A Journey from A to Z.
IVP’s Preaching in a New Key Shortlisted for Australian Christian Book of the Year Award
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is excited to announce that Preaching in a New Key has been selected as one of the ten finalists for the annual Australian Christian Book of the Year Award.
Matthew W. Bates to Publish with IVP Academic
Award-winning author and New Testament professor Matthew W. Bates has signed a contract with IVP Academic for the Summer 2028 release of his book tentatively titled ChristFormed: How Beholding Jesus Leads to Discipleship.
IVP Kids "Birth of the Chosen One" Wins 2025 American Fiction Award
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is excited to announce that Birth of the Chosen One won first place in the Children's Religious category of American Book Fest's American Fiction Awards. IVP Kids titles Penny Preaches and Not Finished Yet were finalists in the same category.
IVP Launches The Teach Your Children Well Podcast
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is excited to announce the launch of its first parenting podcast hosted by Sarah Cowan Johnson, award-winning author of Teach Your Children Well.
Dr. Kevin Chapman Signs Contract with IVP for Follow-Up to Mastering Our Emotions
Dr. Kevin Chapman has signed a contract with InterVarsity Press (IVP) for a follow-up to his first book, Mastering Our Emotions: Biblical Principles for Emotional Health.
IVP Remembers Samuel Escobar
Samuel Escobar, a renowned Latin American theologian and missiologist, died on April 29, 2025, at the age of 90.
Dr. Lina Abujamra Signs Contract with IVP for Summer 2026 Release of "Honestly"
Dr. Lina Abujamra has signed a contract with InterVarsity Press (IVP) for the Summer 2026 release of her book tentatively titled Honestly: How to Live an Authentic Life for Jesus.
IVP Kids' Zion Learns to See Turns Words into Action with the First Zion’s Closet to Help Students and Families in Need
Inspired by their IVP Kids book Zion Learns to See, the father-daughter writing team of Terence and Zion Lester are turning their written words into action with Zion's Closet, a resource to students whose families are experiencing homelessness or in transient housing and parents trying to make ends meet.
IVP Announces New Sales Representation by Genesis Marketing
InterVarsity Press (IVP) has announced that Genesis Marketing will serve as its new sales representation group for Christian independent stores and the gift market, starting May 1, 2025.
The Disrupters Season 6 Launches April 9 with Host Nicole Massie Martin
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is excited to announce the return of The Disrupters podcast featuring special guests Christine Caine, Phil Vischer, Hosanna Wong, Tod Bolsinger, and more.
IVP’s The Wood Between the Worlds and How Not to Waste a Crisis Named Finalists for 2025 Christian Book Award® Program
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) has announced that two InterVarsity Press (IVP) titles—The Wood Between the Worlds and How Not to Waste a Crisis—are among the finalists for the 2025 Christian Book Award Program.
Five IVP Titles Named Finalists for 2024 INDIES Book of the Year Awards
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is honored to announce that five of its books have been named finalists for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards. The titles include The Adoptee's Journey by Cameron Lee Small, Swing Low by Walter R. Strickland II, Beyond Ethnic Loneliness by Prasanta Verma, Our Church Speaks by Ben Lansing and D. J. Marotta, and The New Testament in Color edited by Esau McCaulley, Janette H. Ok, Osvaldo Padilla, and Amy L. B. Peeler.
IVP Kids Titles Win 2025 Illumination Book Awards
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is thrilled to announce that three IVP Kids titles have received 2025 Illumination Book Awards. The honored titles include Birth of the Chosen One, Penny Preaches, and Saint Valentine the Kindhearted.
IVP Carries on Publishing Legacy with New IVP Bible Study Experience Titles
With the February 11 release of the new Bible study, Redeemer by Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young, InterVarsity Press (IVP) carries on the press' long tradition as a pioneer and leader in Bible studies by kicking off the second year of its official IVP Bible Studies imprint, including the IVP Bible Study Experience volumes.
Four IVP Kids Titles Win Independent Press Awards
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is thrilled to announce that four IVP Kids titles have received 2025 Independent Press Awards.
IVP’s The Last Romantic and Epiphany Win Credo Book Awards
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is excited to announce that Credo Magazine has honored The Last Romantic and Epiphany with Credo Book Awards 2024.
