The Ale Boy's Feast

A collection of 21 posts

The Auralia Thread

She's Growing Up So Fast! Auralia's Colors is 7 Years Old

My first novel Auralia's Colors — currently on sale at Amazon for a bargain price — is 7 years old today! She's growing up so fast. Why do I bother celebrating the 7th anniversary of my own book? That's easy. Thanks to WaterBrook Press (now WaterBrook

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Three Years Ago Today, We Raised Our Glasses to the Ale Boy

"This is my favorite fantasy series," says the latest Amazon reviewer of The Ale Boy's Feast, the fourth and final book in my series of fantasy novels called The Auralia Thread. "I recommend it to everyone 13 through 120."

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Auralia goes camping! Then, she goes to the Hollywood Bowl!

Where have you discovered The Auralia Thread lately? How about Live at the Hollywood Bowl? My friend Chuck writes to say, The Ale Boy's Feast Wow. It's the next best thing to being there! That's only the first of two stories that surprised me

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Reviews and Reviews and Reviews! The Ale Boy's Feast on the CSFF Blog Tour

Terrence Malick's new film The Tree of Life played at Cannes this week, and there are suddenly dozens and dozens of reviews all over the Internet. The differences in viewers' reactions are striking, sometimes even confounding. And many of their responses read more like reactions than reviews.

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My Favorite Blog About The Ale Boy's Feast

There have been some wonderfully encouraging reviews and blog entries about The Ale Boy's Feast. (I'm particularly grateful for these posts by Robert Joustra, Lindsay Stallones, and Rachel Starr Thomson.) There have been some very silly ones too, including one from a blogger who declared that

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Gratitude for Thoughtful Reviews of The Ale Boy's Feast

As a reader in a community of readers, I know that all of us have unique responses to the books we read. My opinion of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or No Country for Old Men or Never Let Me Go will be different from yours, even if

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Reading Backwards

What would happen if you read the books in The Auralia Thread out of order? I would have guessed that it would be pretty much impossible. Several reviews of Cyndere's Midnight and Raven's Ladder began with the reviewer saying, "I was very confused, but then

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Lindsay Stallones Reviews The Ale Boy's Feast

Earlier, I posted the review of The Ale Boy's Feast that was published today at The Other Journal. I should also have posted this one... Lindsay Stallones has some strong feelings, and strong words, about the book as well.

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Book Release Day, The Other Journal on The Ale Boy's Feast, and Free Gifts!

Sometimes I read reviews and feel that I must have failed terribly to express what was happening in my imagination and my heart. But then, along comes a review from a reader who "got it," who saw clearly much of the light that I hoped to reflect. Today,

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I Like Your Chances

Fiction Addict is giving away ten sets of The Auralia Thread. Ten sets of the entire series! Want one? Here are the giveaway details. And don't forget: The Ale Boy's Feast arrives in stores this week!

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Readings, Interviews, Reviews: The Ale Boy's Feast is here at last!

Those who have pre-ordered The Ale Boy's Feast should have the book in a couple of days, and you'll find it in bookstores on Tuesday (if not earlier). Yes, we've come to the end of a long journey. A four-year journey for readers, a

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The Ale Boy's Feast: Today-only, a Giveaway!

Want to be one of the first to hold a copy of The Ale Boy's Feast in your hands? Choose "LIKE" on the brand-new Facebook page for fans of The Auralia Thread, and read about how you can register for the giveaway. Four readers will win

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Giveaway! Want to Win Signed Copies of the Whole Auralia Thread Series?

The Auralia Thread is complete, and The Ale Boy's Feast will arrive in bookstores everywhere in mid-March. But not everybody will have to pay for them... You might win signed copies of all four volumes if you visit Graeme's Fantasy Book Review.

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Read a Chapter of The Ale Boy's Feast

Download the prologue and first chapter of The Ale Boy's Feast from the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group website... here.

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The Ale Boy's Feast - The White Strand of The Auralia Thread

“The Ale Boy’s Feast is a great, sprawling poem. Its rich language moves and breathes and awakens every sense. Jeffrey Overstreet has made something beautiful here. His story reminds us that beauty is an agent of grace.” —JONATHAN ROGERS, author of The Charlatan’s Boy “Jeffrey Overstreet writes like

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Praise for The Ale Boy's Feast

“The Ale Boy’s Feast is a great, sprawling poem. Its rich language moves and breathes and awakens every sense. Jeffrey Overstreet has made something beautiful here. His story reminds us that beauty is an agent of grace.” —JONATHAN ROGERS, author of The Charlatan’s Boy “Jeffrey Overstreet writes like

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Want to Get a Copy of The Ale Boy's Feast Before the Bookstores Get It?

If you'd like a free, signed copy of... ... before the book arrives in stores, here's what you should do: Choose "LIKE" here. That will add you to a list of readers, and I'll soon be drawing names for giveaways.

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Cover Story

Kristopher Orr's cover art for The Auralia Thread has been nothing short of inspiring for me. And this morning, I revealed the book cover for The Ale Boy's Feast, the final chapter in the series. (Unfinished versions have been floating around on various bookseller sites, but

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Inspire me: What's the best way to end a series?

Okay, I'm not really looking for ideas about how to end The Auralia Thread. The first draft of The Ale Boy's Feast is very roughly drafted, and by the time the fireworks go off on the 4th, I'll have given a readable version to

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The series is almost finished...

In less than two weeks, I'll be turning in the first completed draft of my new book The Ale Boy's Feast. As I do, I keep getting the same response from readers: "I was surprised when the conclusion of Raven's Ladder left me

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Hallelujah! Books Three and Four will be Real.

Tonight Anne and I read through the contract, line by line, for Books Three and Four of "The Auralia Thread." And then we signed it. This is so hard to believe. Auralia has her epic. Many, many thanks to Lee Hough, my agent, Shannon Hill and everybody at