Featuring: Elaina’s Top 4 Gift Ideas

Gifts for the Author in Your Life

Elaina’s recommendations feature some unique solutions to book customizations, reading (and writing) comfort and expression! Check them out for the author, writer, and creative on your shopping list.

Candles and Books

Shop: Thistle Farms

I love this organization because it benefits survivors of trauma. I’ve ordered candles, soaps, and ornaments from them in the past, but their bookshelf is also very interesting. Their products make awesome stocking stuffers! I also love the mission of Thistle Farms: For 25 years, Thistle Farms has lit a pathway of healing and hope for women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction.

Check out Thistle Farms and support small businesses!

A white soy blend candle from Thistle Farms with the phrase "Love Heals" printed on the front of the frosted glass container. The candle is lit, creating a warm glow. Behind the candle is the product box, which is white with a minimalist design featuring leaves and the text "Thistle Farms Three Trees Soy Blend Candle." The box also notes that the candle is hand-poured by a woman surviving trafficking and exploitation.
Candle from Thistle Farms

The Taproot Journal

Shop: Taproot Magazine

I love Taproot Journal! I often order single issues. The content is about home and hearth, including awesome recipes, knitting patterns, and natural remedies. It’s also run by Portland, ME locals.

Check out the Taproot Journal here

The image shows three issues of "Taproot" magazine arranged in a fan-like layout on a gray surface. The magazine covers feature artistic illustrations. The central issue, "Issue 51 :: IMAGINE," has an illustration of hands holding a bouquet of red flowers. To the left, "Issue 31 :: REVIVE" displays abstract green foliage, and to the right, "Issue 44 :: EMERGE" features a colorful scene with animals, plants, and a rainbow. Below the magazines are several small spools of thread in various colors.
Taproot Journal

October, October by Katya Balen

Shop: Local Bookstores, Major Retailers, and Thrift Books

October, October by Katya Balen: one of the most beautiful and heartwarming/breaking middle grade novels I’ve ever read. If you love quiet novels set in the forest with subtle family dynamics and deep rooted magic, you will love this gift.

Check out October, October at ThriftBooks.com

Cover of the book 'October, October' by Katya Balen, illustrated by Angela Harding. The cover features an autumnal scene with a young girl walking by a lake, surrounded by golden trees. Above the girl, a large, detailed illustration of an owl spreads its wings across the sky. The title 'October, October' is written in bold, orange script in the center of the cover. A round, orange sticker on the right side indicates that the book is a winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal. The overall style of the cover is reminiscent of woodcut illustrations, with intricate lines and textures that evoke a sense of nature and the changing seasons. The publisher, Bloomsbury, is noted at the bottom.
October, October by Katya Balen

Jibneh Syrian Cheese

Shop: Kasbo’s Market

I love cheese, and I love to support small business in my state, specifically Middleeastern cuisine. This is the BEST cheese you will EVER EVER eat!! What a snack, also written up by The NY Times! Here is Kasbo’s Market website for retail locations. Contact her for order inquiries. (she ships in the Northeast only)

Shop Kasbo’s Market

Logo for Kasbo's Market featuring the market's name in blue, stylized text centered within a decorative, symmetrical frame. The frame has a gradient color scheme, transitioning from orange at the top to deep red at the bottom. The design has a clean and elegant appearance, suggesting a refined or artisanal market.
Kasbo's Market

If you’ve enjoyed these recommendations, please consider checking out Elaina on Inked in Gray Press and Vine Leaves Press or following her on Instagram.

About Elaina

Elaina Battista Parsons has published a memoir collection called Italian Bones in the Snow with Vine Leaves Press, along with a short story collection called Heart and Salt. She also published a YA novel called Black Licorice with Inked in Gray Press. She’s had multiple poems, essays, and flash fiction published in journals, print anthologies, and literary magazines. She loves ice cream, antiques, Bjork, and The Golden Girls. 

Photo of Elaina Parsons-Batista, YA and Nonfiction Author, Elaina offers us a variety of gift ideas for tarot enthusiasts, avid reader, and foodie!

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