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EMERGING STORIES

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Books brought to life through a different model of publishing

Awaken Village Press is a living ecosystem—where authors, patrons, and community members all play a role in bringing meaningful books into the world.

This isn’t a future vision. It’s already in motion.

The books below aren't chosen for market trends. They're chosen for their potential to shift culture, deepen understanding, and shape the kinds of stories that are able to exist. Some are fully supported by their authors. Others are open to patronage—from individuals who believe in the work and want to help bring it forward.

65+

individuals have participated in this ecosystem (60% of whom are published or actively in the process of bringing their work to life)

$570k+

has flowed through our ecosystem in support of message-driven work

20

authors have emerged and more in process of giving voice to their message

24

books published to date and more being brought to life each day

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Awakening the planet, one book at a time

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The Patron of the Orchard

A Regenerative Model of Publishing

Books shape culture—and culture shapes the systems we live within.

Here, books are not simply produced. They are planted, tended, and brought to life through shared support. As a patron, you are part of that process—helping bring forward stories that might not otherwise exist.

 

Not every seed becomes a bestseller, but each one is planted with care, and each one contributes to the soil we are cultivating together. If a book bears fruit, that value is shared. If it does not, the act of bringing it into the world still holds meaning.

This model is built on trust, stewardship, and a longer view of how change happens. It tends to resonate with those who see resources not only as something to grow, but as something to circulate with intention.

If that feels familiar, we'd love to talk.

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How patronage works

Patrons participate by contributing in $5,000 increments, with each contribution supporting a specific stage in the creation of a book—development, editing, design, audiobook production, or marketing.

Below are the books currently seeking patronage. Find one that calls to you, then reach out or become a patron directly from the project page.

TITLES SEEKING PATRONAGE

Becoming One

Amanda Johnson

Becoming One is a memoir-rooted spiritual companion exploring what it means to live from wholeness rather than fragmentation. Tracing a seven-year arc of devotion, relational inquiry, and spiritual integration, the book moves through grief, longing, love, and surrender with honesty rather than instruction. It does not prescribe answers but walks beside the reader in lived experience. At its heart, it is about returning — to self, to Source, and to the quiet coherence that underlies all becoming.

There's Nothing Wrong With You

Megan "Mira" Lathrop

Most financial advice asks you to override yourself. Push harder. Be more consistent. Follow the system. This book asks something different: What if you stopped trying to fit the system and started building one that actually fits you? It explores how avoidance, inconsistency, underearning, and disconnection aren't character flaws. They're intelligent adaptations to a system that was never designed for how you're wired. Your nervous system was never the problem. It was always the instrument. And once you stop forcing it into conditions designed to break it and start building conditions that actually fit it, money stops being a source of shame and starts becoming something you can actually be in relationship with. And it offers what most money books never do: Not rigid systems. Not optimization strategies. Your way. A relationship with money rooted in self-trust, nervous system safety, and the deep knowledge that nothing — nothing — was ever wrong with you.

Revolution of a Yogi

Shaka Xolani

Revolution of a Yogi reclaims yoga as a radical and timeless bridge for navigating cultural and spiritual disconnection. Blending historical inquiry, political awareness, and lived devotion, the book situates yoga within today’s broader meta-crisis — environmental, psychological, and social. Rather than offering easy solutions, it invites readers to return to nature, simplicity, and direct knowledge as enduring anchors in unstable times. At its core, it is both grave and hopeful — a call to depth, nuance, and personal agency in the midst of upheaval.

Facing the Hydra

Matt Sturm

Facing the Hydra is a mythic love letter to masculinity that does not bypass harm but meets it directly. Using the myth of Hercules as a guiding framework, the book examines inherited masculine conditioning and invites men to release patterns that no longer serve life. It reframes masculinity not as something to fix or defend, but as a sacred force capable of healing and stewardship. At its core, the book offers a new story — and a meaningful initiation — for men seeking depth, responsibility, and regenerative power.

Ready to become a Patron of the Orchard?

There are two ways to step into this ecosystem.

BECOME A PATRON

Contribute in $5,000 increments toward a project you feel connected to, or offer it to the Village to support the broader flow of work. In return, you receive Patronage S.E.E.D.S. and participate in the long-term value as books move through the world.

CONTRIBUTE TO THE VILLAGE

Want to support the work in a different way? Contributions of any size help sustain the ecosystem—strengthening the Village, supporting authors, and allowing new stories to emerge.

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