About Us

Brandywine Books began on Blogspot in May 2003. You could feel the gravitas of that history when you first loaded it, couldn’t you? We occasionally bill ourselves as the best lit-blog you aren’t reading.

Our posts spring from the minds of Phil Wade and Lars Walker. Phil works in instructional design at a local college. He tweets @Brandywinebooks. Lars (rhymes with farce, not cars) is a historical fantasy author with several published books. Those are his novels in right-hand menu. Learn about him at larswalker.com.

19 thoughts on “About Us”

    1. Just realized that great list lf literary links has gone missing. Spent a lot of time enjoying new sites.

    2. I confess, I just read Troll Valley for the 6th time. I do not know how you crammed so much in it but it is a feast and there is new stuff every time. I loved the characters, ALL of them. I loved the spiritual journeys. I loved Jesus lurking in almost every page. I really loved that you brought the old stories about the little people, that all the folk told over time, into context with the order of Creation. This universe is packed tight with stuff that we never behold except out of the corner of our eyes. The Lord is awful big and we have many surprises in store. So… thank you and know that I will be reading your book a few more times. I also loved your Viking sagas. Father Aillil’s faith walk was inspiring. My goodness. Any hoo, I will close by saying… Shane Anderson…what will happen with Shane?

  1. I love your blog and reviews. I’m wondering how you make the decision on which books to review and feature. Do you have a submission process?

      1. Hello Lars,

        I hope your Tuesday is treating you well. Apologies if this isn’t the right means to contact you!

        I am a new author by the name of Finn Eccleston. I recently released my first book, The Community, last month on April 11th.

        The genre of the novel is mainly a mystery. If you would be so kind as to review my book on Brandywine Books, I would really appreciate it.

        I would love to generate more feedback on my writing as well as increase the reach of my words.

        Let me know if there is any further information I can provide.

        If you are interested, the book can be found at this link:
        https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C24BQCLH

        Thank you for your consideration and time. Hope you have a great day!

        Finn

  2. Hi Lars and Phil,
    I am working with New York Times best-selling crime fiction author Archer Mayor. We recently started outreach for his 30th book Bomber’s Moon. Would you be interested in an ebook for review (or I can send a NetGalley link).
    Bomber’s Moon is Archer’s latest entry in the Joe Gunther series and it may just be his best yet.
    Two young women form the heart of this tale. One, an investigative reporter, the other a private investigator. Uneasy allies from completely different walks of life, they work together—around and sometimes against Joe Gunther and his VBI cops—in an attempt to connect the murders of a small town drug dealer, a smart, engaging, fatally flawed thief, and the tangled, political, increasingly dark goings on at a prestigious prep school.
    While Gunther and the VBI set about solving the two murders, Sally Kravitz and Rachel Reiling combine their talents and resources to go where the police cannot, from working undercover at Thorndike Academy, to having clandestine meetings with criminals for their insider’s knowledge of Vermont’s unexpectedly illicit underbelly.
    But there is a third element at work. A malevolent force, the common link in all this death and chaos, is hard at work sowing mayhem to protect its ancient, vicious, very dark roots.
    For more information about Archer, please visit http://www.archermayor.com.
    Please let me know if you’d like a review copy.
    Best,
    Rebeca Schiller
    Plain Speaking Communications
    http://www.plainspeakingcommunications.com

  3. In your blog on Elizabeth Goudge’s novel “The Scent of Water” you mention ” somebody commented on Facebook that Elizabeth Goudge was one of C. S. Lewis’s favorite authors”.
    I wonder if you are able to provide that Facebook posting, OR have other information about this.
    My extensive attempts to find that C.S. Lewis was aware of Goudge at all, let alone regarding her as a favourite author, has yielded nothing, so far.
    By contrast, Goudge is known (in her autobiography, “The Joy of the Snow” and in some of her letters, notably to Father Louis Bouyer (French theologian and Goudge-admirer), to have read and valued a lot of Lewis.
    Hoping you can help, as I am researching an article on Goudge’s novels “The Little White Horse” and “The Scent of Water”.
    Dr John Gough (Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia — retired — jagough49@gmail.com

    1. Dear Dr. Gough,

      I have to apologize for sharing what seems to have been misleading information. I repeated it in good faith. I asked about the matter of Lewis and Goudge in the Facebook group where I originally read about it, and the best reply I got was this one, from an Alexander J. Wei:

      I looked into this. I saw no evidence that he read her, but he said nice things about a book written by her father… Letter to Arthur Greeves, Jan 30, 1944
      “Probably the best SINGLE book of modern commentary on the Bible is A New Commentary on Holy Scripture edited by Gore, Goudge and Guillaume, and published by SPCK (Northumberland Avenue, WC 2) a very fat, ugly volume in double columns, but quite readable print.”

      This is probably not new to you. Wish I had been more thorough.

  4. I have read 4 or 5 of your books in the last 6 weeks and enjoyed them all. Started with Wolf’s Time, then Death’s Door, The Year of the Warrior, and now just got West Oversea. I had a hard time figuring which book to start with. They are educational and entertaining. Thanks for the work. Recommending them to my grandchildren.

    1. My absolute favorite was Troll Valley. Have recommended this to everyone. Including my Huagen cousins who did descend from Noraway. Looking forward to a new one from you. God bless you and your ministry!

  5. Lars,
    About that Jabez thing, you are welcome to the story as the whole Evangelical Industrial Complex book put me off. It’s one of the four competing shortest stories in the Bible, but able to roughly exclude if you insist on a beginning, middle, and end, and if you insist that something actual, tangible, has to happen, eg not just narrative. Have fun picking out the remaining three…
    Aloyosius

  6. You guys … You came to mind tonight and I decided to check to see if you were still blogging. Good on ya for keeping this going. Coming up on twenty years!

  7. Hello. This message is from Fred and John. We very much like what you’re doing with this publication. We saw an interview with Walter Kirn on Fox News. We have recently launched a Youtube program called “Fred and John Talks,” about which we are very excited. Many have commented positively on what we’re doing. The foundational premise of our program is the absolute necessity and importance of CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS and human face-to-face interaction, connection, and socialization. We’d be honored if you would watch some of our Youtube posts (there are 16 so far), let us know what you think, and possibly even spread the word via your publication. Sincerely, Fred Sabia and John Ghramm

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