CavanKerry Press

• Mission/Purpose: CavanKerry Press, Inc. is dedicated equally to the advancement of fine writing and to outreach programs that bring this art to communities. We support talented, diverse, adult writers by producing beautiful, high-quality books, by seeking out programming opportunities, and by promoting their books in a variety of media.

• First book published in 2000• Imprints• Lives Brought to Life• Community

Laurel Books

• Collections of poetry and prose that explore the many poignant issues associated with confronting serious physical and/or psychological illness

• One title per year• Co-sponsored by Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanism in Medicine• 8 Laurel Books in print• Subjects include:

• A 5-year old son’s diagnosis, treatment and death from leukemia• A 40-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis• The experience of undergoing a bone marrow transplant• A schizophrenic, writes about her descent into madness and her tempered recovery• A mother’s complicated relationship with her developmentally and psychologically challenged son• A 13-year son experiences a sudden massive cerebral hemorrhage

• Other CKP titles that address illness• A life with AIDS• A struggle with infertility• The experience of multiple spinal fusions

The Waiting Room Reader

• Collection of poetry and prose• Keeps patients, family members, caregivers

“company”• Co-sponsored by Arnold P. Gold Foundation for

Humanism in Medicine• First volume published March, 2009• 5000 copies donated to over 200 waiting rooms

in 28 medical facilities; 2nd printing of 5000 being distributed now to NJ hospitals & medical facilities

• Second volume planned for 2012

What CKP Can Do For/With Organizations

• Readings• In Their Own Voices readings• Workshops• Panels• Talks• GiftBooks• Study Guides• Contact: Joan@CavanKerryPress.org