Red Wheel/Weiser Launching Dharma Spring Imprint

Red Wheel/Weiser is launching Dharma Spring, a nonfiction imprint that will focus on "works inspired by Buddhist wisdom to help people work with today's challenges" and release eight to ten titles a year.

Headed by Peter Turner, former longtime publisher and CEO of Shambhala Publications, Dharma Spring will publish books for a general audience based on the practical application of Buddha's teachings ("dharma"). Topics will include using accessible meditation techniques to work through difficult emotions, such as grief and anxiety, as well as works on cultivating lovingkindness for oneself and others.

Turner said, "People today are looking for practical advice from authentic sources to help work through the emotional challenges they face in their everyday lives, but increasingly they want to do it in a way that is integral to their aspiration for genuine spiritual growth and will benefit others."

Michael Kerber, president and CEO of Red Wheel/Weiser, commented: "Dharma Spring flows nicely within our Red Wheel group of imprints while also extending our presence to additional categories within bookstores and to new audiences."

Dharma Spring's first title, appearing in October, is Opening to Grief: Finding Your Way from Loss to Peace by Claire Willis and Marnie Crawford Samuelson. Turner said that the imprint was originally scheduled to launch next year, "but, sadly, because the topic of Claire and Marnie's book is so urgently relevant, we decided to move up the release date."

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