LATEST NEWS:
September 30, 2023
We are honored that Appleyard & Sons' novel, "A Hundred Sweet Promises," by Sepehr Haddad, was chosen as the 2023 American Fiction Awards Winner in the Historical Fiction & Historical Romance Categories.
AUTHOR APPEARANCE
Appleyard & Sons' author Sepehr Haddad will appear at the 2023 LA Times Festival of Books @ the Farhang Foundation Booth #949 on Saturday, April 22nd, from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm at the University of Southern California. The event "Iran through Books" is free to the public.
Appleyard & Sons Publishing
We are a small independent publisher intent on offering original, quality content to our readers. Our founder is Moana Appleyard.
The Appleyard family has been involved in many activities related to the printing and publishing of books since the late 1800s in England, when Edmund James Appleyard (1821-1900) the ancestor of Appleyard & Sons' founder, Moana, was publishing books at 86 Farrington Street. Later, another relative, William Appleyard established the William Appleyard & Sons Ltd bookbinding and printing company at 14 Albert Road in Middlesbrough, England.
Moana is also the daughter of Donald Appleyard, an urban designer, and theorist whose work was known throughout the world and who was named one of Planetizen's Top 100 Thinkers of all time. His writings left a lasting impression on Moana, leading her to establish the Appleyard & Sons Publishing company.
Professor Appleyard authored a host of books, including The View from the Road (1963), The Conservation of European Cities (1979), and the highly acclaimed work, Livable Streets (1981). At the time of his death, Appleyard's research and writings were taking him in new but related directions, including major work on the study of environmental symbolism.
Moana also shares her father's passion for the environment, having received her Masters in City Planning from MIT. In 1987, she published her first work National Economic Development & Tropical Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Moana has also worked with the United States Environmental Protection Agency for over 30 years
"A Hundred Sweet Promises" is now the #1 Best Seller
BOOK AWARDS:
- WINNER - 2023 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS - Historical Fiction & Historical Romance
- FINALIST- 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS - Historical Fiction & Literary Fiction
- SHORTLIST- 2022 HAWTHORNE PRIZE - Historical Fiction
Author Sepehr Haddad and Editor Moana Appleyard
Book Talk - Friendship Heights, Maryland
August 4, 2022
A family secret revealed 40 years ago by a grandmother to her grandson is now an acclaimed Russian historical fiction novel. "A Hundred Sweet Promises" is the tale of the author’s grandfather, Nasrosoltan, a famed composer, who on the eve of World War I travels from Persia to Russia to study classical music at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with such masters as Rimsky-Korsakov. While there, Nasrosoltan falls in love with a Romanov princess, but the royalty surrounding him considers this a forbidden love. Unexpectedly, the Tsar gets involved, and Nasrosoltan suddenly finds himself in a battle between head and heart while being carried forward on a wave of destiny toward an uncertain future. A novel based on a true story set against the backdrop of the final days of Imperial Russia.
Now available worldwide in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook
