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Noveltown is a small literary press located in Bakersfield, California that publishes 1-2 print books annually. Our current line-up includes Lords: Part One by author N.L. Belardes.

Lords: part one

"N.L. Belardes weaves the fog of humanness into a novel of boyhood decay." -Tony Blanche

Based on the 'Lords of Bakersfield' news stories of the late 1970s and early 1980s, Lords: Part One is the most controversial work of fiction to ever come out of the Southern San Joaquin Valley. It’s a story of media and high-profile corruption in a conservative city close to the Hollywood storm. For those who remember such a time, this story will sink its teeth into readers, just as that great dust storm of 1977 tore into the valley, spitting its own aliens onto Great Central Valley streets already taken over by unseen powers of the most corrupt kind…(book in print)

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Get our inaugural literary magazine, The Noveltown Review (Spring 2007). This beautiful 10 x 13 inch magazine offers a great review of the latest in Indie/Commercial publishing through articles, fiction, and poetry. Free in stores, we sell The Noveltown Review online for only $3.00 + shipping.


Growing Up Fighting: Bakersfield Hockey Vol. 1

Growing Up Fighting: Bakersfield Hockey Vo. 1

“Bonecrushing hockey jams for crosschecks and beer guzzling bedlam! Dig it!” - Bakotopia