BOOK READING RESCHEDULED
September 13, 2025 - 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Berkeley Public Library, West Branch, Community Conference Room, 1125 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702
5l0-981-6270 (Zoom will be available for those out of the Bay Area)
Book READING POSTPONED
Due to medical issues, the book reading originally scheduled for July 12, 2025, has been postponed. We hope to confirm September 20, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. as the new date later this week.
New Logo
With the assistance of Adobe Firefly, we've created a new logo for Whyte Rose & Violet, Scribes. Copyright 2025 by Ellen L. Ekstrom and Whyte Rose & Violet, Artists
Expanding our reach
In an effort to reach prospective readers, we're expanding our markets. "The Legacy - 20th Anniversary Edition" is now available as an EPUB edition at Kobo! We should have the entire WrV backlist uploaded by the end of summer. Meanwhile, here's the link:
WHAT HAPPENS IN BYZANTIUM . . .
Won't stay in Byzantium.
George Ascalon and Roger Mowbray escape Jerusalem with their lives and begin a new and frightening adventure in the Byzantine Empire.
Book Two of "The Ascalon Saga," George of Grasmere: Part Two - The City is next in the series.
Expected release: April 2026.
Available NOW!
Click on this link and order your copy of the Twentieth Anniversary Edition of "The Legacy!"
Amazon.com: The Legacy: Twentieth Anniversary Edition eBook: Ekstrom, Ellen: Kindle Store
Hardcover, Trade paperback, and e-book available now at Amazon; also available by special order at your local brick-and-mortal store.
He's Here!
"George of Grasmere" Released April 23, 2024
The ebook edition is now available at Amazon.com. This is the first book in the 'accidental' series, "The Ascalon Saga." More about that, later. Trade paperback and hardcover editions are forthcoming.
recognition!!
Interview at All Author
Read what Ellen has to say about writing, faith, her inspirations, and what drives her to write at All Author. Click the button right there, below:
"GEORGE OF GRASMERE" PREVIEW: APRIL 14, 2024
Read excerpts from "George of Grasmere" at our blog "Thoughts Aloud-the WRV Blog" on April 14, 2024.
Mark your calendars!
Who Doesn't Love a Fairy Tale?
Happy NEW YEAR from Whyte Rose and Violet, Scribes
About Us
Welcome!
Thank you for clicking that button and joining us here.
Whyte Rose & Violet, Scribes ("WRV") is an independent press dedicated to fantasy, historical, and literary fiction. Founded in 2013, WRV at whyteroseandviolet.net, and its blog, Thoughts Aloud - the WRV Blog, at whyterose.net, are registered, privately-owned and maintained websites affiliated with Whyte Rose & Violet, Scribes, Publishers. They are not affiliated with any other sites in Europe, Asia, Latin America or the Middle East.
All rights reserved worldwide.
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wRV PODCAST
Watch this space for new podcast episodes.
We'll soon be telling tales again at podcasts.com.
You can hear last year's offering of The Shopgirl of Flowergate by clicking on that link right there, right below this line:
https://www.podcasts.com/telling-tales-by-whyte-rose-violet-scribes
