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NEWS: Two WaterBrook Multnomah Titles Shortlisted in the Inaugural INSPY Awards


Two WaterBrook Multnomah titles have been Shortlisted in the INSPY Awards.  The INSPYs were created by bloggers to discover and highlight the very best in literature that grapples with expressions of the Christian faith.  Awarded for Creative Nonfiction is Hear No Evil: My Story of Innocence, Music, and the Holy Ghost by Matthew Paul Turner,  and for Speculative Fiction The Last Christian by David Gregory. To view the full list, click here.

NEWS: Hear No Evil Reviewed in WORLD Magazine


Hear No Evil, by Matthew Paul Turner, was featured in WORLD Magazine’s July 3, 2010 issue. Click here to read the review.

LISTEN: Author Matthew Paul Turner


Matthew Paul Turner, author of the soon-to-be-released book Hear No Evil interviewed with Wally from TotalAxxess on WAY-FM. Listen to the 10 minute interview by clicking here!
By listening, you’ll get a sneak peek into some of the crazy stories and tidbits about Matthew that are told in Hear No Evil.

Download the first chapter of Hear No Evil here.

SNEAK PEEK: Hear No Evil


sneak-peak_1852Every Life Has a Soundtrack.

Download the first chapter of Hear No Evil here.

If you’ve ever had the opening bars of a song transport you back in time or remind you of a pivotal spiritual moment, Matthew Paul Turner’s honest—and frequently hilarious—musings will strike a chord. Straight-forward and amusing, Hear No Evil is Turner’s “life soundtrack,” a compilation of engaging personal stories about how music—and music’s ability to transform—has played a key role in his spiritual life.

Download the first chapter of Hear No Evil here.

VIDEO: Merry Christmas From WaterBrook Multnomah Authors

SNEAK PEEK: Churched


sneak-peak_1852He spent his childhood trapped within the confines of countless bizarre, strict rules. And lived to tell about it.

In this first-hand account, author Matthew Paul Turner shares amusing–sometimes cringe-worthy–and poignant stories about growing up in a fundamentalist household, where even well-intentioned contemporary Christian music was proclaimed to be “of the devil.”

Download/Read Chapter One