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 We're Alaska-based publishers of Alaskana, biographies, fiction, and children's books.

 

Alaska Wildlife Photography

Visit our sister site Fathom Twist for videos of Alaska Wildlife, birds, animals, insects, and plants.


Recent Awards

Adaa's Story: The Remarkable Life of a Rescued Sea Otter
2024 Eric Hoffer Book Award Category Finalists

Sik-Sik's Summer
Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2023 Finalist
Children's Educational Picture Book

Saga of an Aviation Survivor
Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2023 Finalist
Autobiography/Biography

Arctic Dinosaurs of Alaska
Nautilus Book Awards 2023 Silver Award
Middle Grade Fiction, Ages 8-12
Royal Dragonfly 2022 Honorable Mention
Middle Grade Fiction, Ages 8-12

Living in Different Cultures
Independent Press Award
2022 Distinguished Favorites

Luna's Star
2021 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award
Best Books in Children's Interest
2021 Purple Dragonfly Book Award Contest
Best Illustrations

Alaska Cruise 1909
Kops-Fetherling Awards
Gold
Next Generation Indie
Finalist Memoirs (Historical/Legacy)

Living in Different Cultures
2020 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Finalist Autobiography/Biography

 

See complete list of awards

 

 

 

Music to Read By

Patrice Haan

Secret Poems, a collection of original tunes and meditations for solo harp by Patrice Haan was released in 2023.

"Imagine finding your calling. The harp has offered me a way to connect in a language beyond words, allowed me to weave of my intentions a basket, a blanket, a safe place. Come, dream. Be still. Rest." ~ Patrice Haan

Download your album here.

Fathom Current Events

Teena Helmericks

Meet Teena Helmericks

Tenna will be signing books at the Wasilla Fred Meyer store in October.
2-7pm, Thursday, October 17 and 24
2-7pm, Saturday, October 19 and 26

Bonnye Matthews

Meet Bonnye Matthews

at these Fred Meyer stores.

3-7pm, Oct 11 and 2-6pm, Oct 12 Muldoon

1-5pm, Oct 17 and 11-2pm, Oct 18 Soldotna

Author Aurora Hardy and Illustrator Pyrce Raphael signed books at the book signing at Barnes and Noble, Anchorage, on Sunday, August 5, 2024.
Author Bonnye Matthews at Alaska Fred Meyers stores, July, August, September 2024. She is participating in the National Authors in Grocery Stores Program.

Free Printable Activities

Activities for Kids

Our gift to you. This free download packet includes over thirty book-based printable activity sheets for kids of all ages.

Featuring Alaska and Alaskan animals, Arctic dinosaurs, and more.

Kids will enjoy games, coloring pages, crossword puzzles, word searches, and a variety of fun and educational activities.

More info here.

Stores with Fathom's Books

Alaska

Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage

Alaska Juneau Mining Co., Juneau

Alaska Museum of Science & Nature, Anchorage

Black Birch Books, Wasilla

Dancing Leaf Gallery, Talkeetna

Fireside Books, Palmer

Hearthside Books and Toys, Juneau

Heritage RV Park, Homer

Home Again Decor, Wasilla

Mosquito Books, Anchorage Airport

Natural Pantry, Anchorage

Talkeetna Historical Society & Museum

The Urban Eskimo, Juneau

Wasilla Museum, Wasilla

Canada

4th Island Petro, Atlin, BC

Atlin Lake Grocery Store, BC

Atlin Museum, BC

Mac's Fireweed Books, Whitehorse

Yukon Books

Seattle

Secret Garden Bookshop, Seattle

 

Find Fathom in WorldCat

2024 Publications

The Way It Used To Be: Stories from a Northern Town by Diane Solie Smith

Matagam Pagwa #1: Defender Down and Bleak Realities by Colin F. Carter

Murphy and the Mystery of the Black Skull by Bradford D. Smith

Windswept: Chitina Alaska Childhood by Aurora Hardy

Windswept: Tales for Children by Aurora Hardy

Tall Tales of Alaska: The Red Dog Saloon by W.R. Kozey

Tall Tales of Alaska: Juneau Alaska by W.R. Kozey

2023 Publications

Adaa's Story: A Rescued Sea Otter by Rachel JE Sprague

Adventures of Papa and Peanut by Danté Shalia Elkins

Life on the Edge of the Arctic Ocean by Teena Helmericks

Whatever Happened to Hansel and Gretel? anthology by 24 authors

2022 Publications

Sik-Sik's Summer - An Arctic Ground Squirrel Tale by C. Taylor and W. Kenny

Arctic Dinosaurs of Alaska by Bonnye Matthews

Saga of an Aviation Survivor by Howard John “Mike” Hunt

Midnight on the Alaska Highway by Constance Taylor

Coloring Alaska's Cordovaby Michael C. Anderson

A Boy A Bike Alaska: Mt. Shasta to Denali by Warren Carlson

Tales from a Mid-Century Boy Growing up in Michigan by Kurt Struble

2021 Publications

Atlin Where Everyone Knows Your Dog's Name by Bradford D. Smith

Luna's Star: An owlet flies to the stars by Sheamus Adair

2020 Publications

Alaska Cruise 1909 by Bertha Adele Penny, C.Taylor (Compiler)

Penelope's Hope by Laurie Guderian

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