Entertainment

Product Launches: -- ScentFest SF, the West Coast's first international consumer fragrance festival, opens June 26 to 28, 2026 at the Gateway Pavilion at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Founded by Sebastian Jara, creator of The Perfume Guy on YouTube, the inaugural three-day festival gathers more than 110 fragrance houses from around the world, the traveling archive of the Osmothèque, and a program of talks featuring some of the most recognized names in perfumery, all built for the public rather than the trade.

Product Launches: -- Dr. Martin W. B. Jarvis OAM CM, Ph.D., has published a new historical novel titled "The Other Bach: The Mysterious Magdalena Wilcke" (ISBN 978-1834380001; released through Tellwell Publishing, May 2026), which explores the life of Johann Sebastian Bach's second wife, Anna Magdalena Wilcke.

Product Launches: -- "Rings of Saturn: Enemy Within" (ISBN: 978-1834380247), released March 27, 2026, through Tellwell Publishing, is a new military science fiction novel by pilot and flight instructor David Brandon. The book launches into a cultural moment marked by renewed global interest in UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena), government transparency discussions, and science fiction storytelling inspired by aerospace and extraterrestrial themes.

Product Launches: -- The UPSHOT League will launch its inaugural 2026 season with one of the most comprehensive media distribution strategies ever assembled for a startup women's sports league, combining the national Scripps Sports Network FAST channel, global streaming with YouTube and local over-the-air television distribution, including in all four Upshot League markets (Greensboro, Savannah, Charlotte and Jacksonville).

Product Launches: -- Released by Tellwell Publishing, "What Remains After" by Pauline J. Grabia (ISBN: 978-1834384511) is a literary psychological suspense novel that examines the lasting impact of childhood trauma, the fragility of memory, and the difficult path toward forgiveness and survival.

Product Launches: -- Author and entrepreneur Miles Hillmann announces the release of his new book, "The Super Seeders: How Plant Scientists Are Racing to Protect Global Food Security Amid Climate Change and Disease" (ISBN: 978-1834188355, released May 2, 2026 by Tellwell Publishing), a deeply researched and compelling account of the global scientific effort to safeguard the world's food supply through advances in plant genetics, breeding, and genomic science.

Product Launches: -- Health writer DéShond G Barnes has launched a new book "Counteract the Junk: How Research Shows That Fiber Can Counteract the Physiological Effects of Saturated Fat, Calories and Other Junk Food Components - A Flexible Anti-Diet Approach to Staying Healthy" (ISBN: 979-8245516394).

Product Launches: -- Transformational life coach and speaker Karen L. Hatch announces the release of her powerful new book, "Knife in Shining Armor: Overcoming the Shock of Deception" (ISBN: 978-1834189499), published March 27, 2026, through Tellwell Publishing. In this deeply personal and empowering work, Hatch shares her journey through covert emotional, psychological, and spiritual abuse.

Product Launches: -- When Ani Lalazarian changed careers in 2020, leaving the fashion world to become an energy healer, breathwork facilitator and spiritual guide, she held tight to one conviction: that children and adults all carry a special light within them-they simply need the tools to find it. Now, Dragonfly Dreams Press, LLC is releasing her debut picture book - "Into the Heart of the Forest: A Journey to Love" (ISBN: 979-8218897246 paperback; 979-8218883294 hardcover) - a gorgeously illustrated adventure story that brings those tools directly to the page.

Product Launches: -- What happens when silence protects the wrong person? That's a core question at the heart of "Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current" (ISBN: 979-8995335115). Written by Neal Winsomer, it's scheduled for release on June 16, 2026 through Neal Winsomer Publishing LLC.