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We at Saint Austin Review are very proud to announce that our own Dena Hunt's Treason is the recepient of the 2014 Independent Publisher Book Awards Gold Medal in Religious Fiction. Out of roughly 4000 enteries in 78 categories, Dena's excellent novel was chosen as the best representation in religious fiction. You can view all the winners [...]

Over at Catholic Exchange, Sam Guzman of The Catholic Gentleman discusses a very interesting legend about Pope Clement VIII blessing coffee and assuring its popularity for all posterity in the West. I am unsure if it is true, but thank God for it. Really, though, I just wanted to post this image. Now, the story of [...]

K. V. Turley over at Crisis Magazine has a fantastic overview of the newly re-released film Roma, Città Aperta. Director Roberto Rossellini filmed his masterpiece in Rome a mere six months after the Nazi's withdrew from the city and the effects of the war provided the harrowing backdrop. This particular movie introduced the world to Italian neorealism when directors used [...]

Your faithful editor and wordsmith has been featured in the Spanish language paper Religion en Libertad, where they also give a shout out to StAR. Pretty nifty, all in all! http://religionenlibertad.com/articulo.asp?idarticulo=32791

Devin Rose at Ignitum Today joins a small and growing chorus of praise for the novel Treason, the acclaimed historical novel by the Ink Desk's very own Dena Hunt. Rose recognizes the difficulty in writing historical fiction, especially when writing from a Catholic perspective.  Rose notes: "Dena Hunt does a good job of portraying the political and [...]

"Why did you become a Catholic?" That's a question every convert hears and it gets harder to answer year by year. The many reasons anyone has for converting are numerous and can be as innocuous as being married into it to a radical change in heart after one event. Indeed, I'd almost like to respond, "Well, [...]