Tomas Moniz and Michael Downs in Baltimore!
An Acre connection! Tomas Moniz (left) and Michael Downs (right) met up in Baltimore this week. Tomas Moniz is the author of Big Familia, coming from Acre [...]
Three Foreword INDIES finalists for Acre!
Three of Acre's titles made the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year finalist lists---Ethan Chatagnier's Warnings from the Future (short stories), Michael Downs's The Strange [...]
Acre’s Holiday Sampler, Part 4
We continue our review of Acre's 2018 titles with The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist---a novel that the Los Angeles Review [...]
The Patron Saint of America’s Opioid Crisis
Michael Downs with a terrific article in The Millions on the connections between his novel and today's opioid epidemic: "Pain relief then, as now with [...]
JMWW reviews A STRANGE AND TRUE TALE
JMWW weighs in with glowing review for THE STRANGE AND TRUE TALE OF HORACE WELLS, SURGEON DENTIST.
Rave Reviews for Acre’s Offerings
Sara Kersting's Duty to Warn---due out in October---has already racked up two amazing reviews: one in Kirkus, another (starred!) forthcoming in Foreword, which hails the [...]
Michael Downs on His Debut Novel
Michael Downs, author of the newly released Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist, answers a few questions about his ambitious, sweeping debut novel, [...]
Curious about Our Covers?
Michael Downs’s THE STRANGE AND TRUE TALE OF HORACE WELLS, SURGEON DENTIST provides a chill-inspiring close-up of a tooth key—a tool commonly employed in dentistry [...]
Spring Release and Fall Lineup!
It's a banner day for Acre Books: the official release date of our fledgling press's first novel---Michael Downs's THE STRANGE AND TRUE TALE OF [...]
Podcast: Michael Downs on His Debut Novel
The story of the doctor who discovered painless surgery was possible. LISTEN to Michael Downs discuss his new novel, The Strange and True Tale of [...]