Thomasina Publishing
Thomasina Publishing is a boutique publishing house that focuses on underrepresented voices, utilizing the craft of storytelling to examine, unpack, and uplift the human condition in works of fiction and nonfiction. Founded in 2021 by S. Brian Jones, it is based in South Amboy, New Jersey, and is named after his mother, the late Audrey "Thomasina" King, a Social Worker, Writer, and jazz enthusiast who was ahead of her time.
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​​Mrs. King graduated from the Philadelphia, PA, public school system at the age of sixteen, then attended Drexel University and Temple University, and ultimately obtained her Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania. One of the first advocates to speak out about the unhoused, she wrote, "Sheltering the Homeless: Alternatives to Temporary Housing (1988)." She was a well-respected supervisor, highly regarded by both employees and clients alike, at the City of Philadelphia's Office for Service to Homeless Adults, where she worked for many years until her retirement.
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​​​A trailblazer, Mrs. King was one of the few women in the early-mid 1970s to own a jazz super-club (Stanley Green's) in Center City Philadelphia, where jazz greats like Billy Eckstine performed.
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At Thomasina Publishing House, we collaborate with our writers every step of the way on their literary journey, helping to bring out the best from their work. From an idea and rough draft to editing and publication, Thomasina Publishing helps our authors produce high-quality, interesting, and entertaining books.​​​
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​Blazing new paths for underserved and underrepresented writers in the legacy of Mrs. King, who did so effortlessly, for so many and without fanfare, is what we at Thomasina Publishing strive towards. Keeping our focus steadfast on bringing unheard, marginalized voices forward. ​
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ESOWU by S. Brian Jones
A Cameroonian prodigy, learns at fifteen that the mother she thought died giving birth to her is alive and living in America! With the help of her friends, Jeé and Utamo, and unbeknownst to her father, Gion Chawata, a rich and powerful man loyal to an unseen Council, Esowu sets off to America to find her mother. From the shores of the Lobe River in Cameroon, Africa, with the mystical Red Eye Tribe, to the port of Baltimore in America, Esowu’s one driving force is to meet and be in the arms of her mother, Beverly Churchwell, a complicated woman who fights to survive with every breath she takes. Will it be the reunion Esowu hoped for? Or will she become an inconvenient stranger to a world so fragile that her arrival threatens a long-held family secret?
