Explora Books has released the official documentary teaser for Karen East’s Sanctuary. Now streaming on YouTube, the preview offers an early introduction to both the world behind the book and the author behind its creation, pairing footage of East at home with glimpses of the novel’s near-future setting and themes.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 31st Jul 2026 – The preview gives viewers insight into East’s writing life in Ashland, Wisconsin, where she writes in the afternoons and has completed two books, with a third, as-yet-untitled work underway. In the video, East reflects on the concerns that shape her fiction, including environmental change and the relationship between people, animals, and the natural world. She also discusses a creative process that favors discovery over strict outlining and describes learning to write dialogue as a turning point in her development as a novelist, allowing her characters to feel more autonomous and alive. Without revealing key plot developments, East notes that Sanctuary concludes with some of the most emotionally meaningful writing she has produced.

Set in 2039, Sanctuary imagines a Minneapolis shaped by environmental strain, surveillance systems, and increasingly regulated daily life. At the center of the novel is Janet Ryan, a reporter whose routine visit to her parents gradually uncovers deeper questions about control, responsibility, and the unintended consequences of systems built in the name of security.

As Janet’s search for answers expands, she encounters a community that exists outside official structures—connected through practical knowledge, close relationships, and ways of living that resist constant oversight. Interwoven with Janet’s story is the history of the woman who established that refuge years earlier, giving the novel a multigenerational structure that explores inheritance, resilience, and the choices people make to preserve both freedom and connection.

Blending speculative fiction with environmental themes and reflections on human relationships with the natural world, Sanctuary presents a thoughtful contribution to contemporary fiction. The documentary teaser introduces readers not only to the novel’s setting and ideas but also to the perspective and creative process behind its creation ahead of the full documentary release.

Karen East lives in Ashland, Wisconsin, near Lake Superior, where her fiction is shaped by her longstanding interest in environmental questions and the relationships between people, animals, and place.

A full-length documentary exploring East’s life, creative process, and body of work is currently in production and is scheduled for release in the coming weeks.

Karen East’s official documentary teaser is now streaming on YouTube. Sanctuary is available through Amazon and other major digital bookstores.

About Explora Books 

Explora Books is a book marketing firm located in the heart of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company specializes in self-publishing and marketing, taking pride in its exhaustive research and creative strategies that provide wider avenues for aspiring authors to gain recognition for their works. Explora Books aims to guide authors through the complexities of self-publishing, offering convenient solutions to navigate this process. The firm fosters and redefines creativity and innovation, setting new industry standards. Explora Books is dedicated to empowering authors globally.

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Explora Books announces the release of A Single Woman’s Guide to Happiness: Find Your Way to True Happiness, a new inspirational guide by author Janie Jurkovich. In the fourth installment of the Live Your Best Life series, this guide urges single women to put their own happiness first rather than define themselves by their careers, family responsibilities, or romantic pursuits.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 31st Jul 2026 – In A Single Woman’s Guide to Happiness, Jurkovich argues that a woman’s purpose is not determined by her relationship status but by the quality of her own life. “You’ve been given permission to be happy,” she writes, encouraging readers to prioritize their own happiness so that every other aspect of life can grow richer and more meaningful.

The guide is built around what Jurkovich calls “The Triad”—sleep, healthy eating, and exercise—which she presents as the foundation for lasting well-being. From there, the book moves through 24 concise chapters exploring meditation, gratitude, self-care, music, nature, affirmations, friendship, financial and legal organization, sexuality, dating, travel, spirituality, and acceptance. Each chapter concludes with practical suggestions designed to help readers apply its ideas in everyday life.

Jurkovich draws on her own experiences throughout the book. Following the end of her 35-year marriage in her sixties, she left a successful career managing $6.6 million in commercial real estate to rebuild her life. In the years that followed, she pursued competitive athletics, international travel, public speaking, and writing, eventually publishing six books focused on personal growth, resilience, and self-discovery.

One early reader, nutrition and lifestyle coach Jana W., described the book as an affirmation of her own journey: “So many of the themes in it are things I’ve been cultivating for years, and it was incredibly reassuring to feel like, ‘Okay, I’m actually on the right path’ . . . This book reminded me that I’m not behind. I’m not missing out. I’m actually living my life.”

Written in a warm, conversational voice, A Single Woman’s Guide to Happiness is intended for women at every stage of single life—from those navigating a recent life transition to those who have embraced independence for years. The book concludes with an original poem by Jurkovich and an excerpt from her spiritual memoir, The Unimagined Awakening.

Janie Jurkovich spent decades balancing family life with a career as a real estate broker and general contractor before embarking on a new chapter centered on writing, travel, athletics, and personal development. Today, she continues to encourage women to pursue lives marked by purpose, resilience, and joy through her writing and speaking.

A Single Woman’s Guide to Happiness: Find Your Way to True Happiness is available through Amazon and other major online bookstores. For more information, visit www.janiej.net.

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Explora Books is a book marketing firm located in the heart of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The company specializes in self-publishing and marketing, taking pride in its exhaustive research and creative strategies that provide wider avenues for aspiring authors to gain recognition for their works. Explora Books aims to guide authors through the complexities of self-publishing, offering convenient solutions to navigate this process. The firm fosters and redefines creativity and innovation, setting new industry standards. Explora Books is dedicated to empowering authors globally.

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China, 31st Jul 2026 — DL2 Lab AI Financial Innovation Laboratory recently announced that it will continue to deepen its strategic initiatives in the integration of artificial intelligence and Web3, while officially establishing TIGA as its flagship incubation project. As a specialized institution focused on AI-driven financial applications, intelligent trading systems, blockchain infrastructure, and global project incubation, DL2 Lab is advancing the development of an intelligent financial ecosystem through long-term investment and technology-driven innovation.

As generative AI, large-scale financial models, AI agents, blockchain, and automated execution technologies continue to converge at an accelerated pace, artificial intelligence is evolving from an auxiliary tool into core infrastructure for the financial industry. In response to this trend, DL2 Lab AI Financial Innovation Laboratory is continuing to increase its investment in AI-powered financial applications and positioning TIGA as a strategic platform connecting artificial intelligence, intelligent trading, on-chain execution, and global financial applications.

TIGA: Building an Integrated Intelligent Financial Ecosystem

According to DL2 Lab, TIGA is not a single trading product but a comprehensive intelligent financial network encompassing underlying infrastructure, intelligent execution capabilities, trading applications, governance mechanisms, data services, risk management systems, and a developer ecosystem. Within this ecosystem, TIGA Chain provides core functions including smart contracts, on-chain data, asset records, and transaction settlement. TIGA Network connects users, developers, institutions, and liquidity resources. TIGA Exchange supports decentralized derivatives trading and AI-driven trading applications. Claw AI provides market analysis, strategy assistance, and on-chain execution services. TIGA Token is used for ecosystem governance, developer incentives, and service payments.

Through the deep integration of these components, TIGA is gradually building a complete closed-loop system covering AI analysis, strategy generation, risk verification, on-chain execution, and outcome auditing, providing a unified technology and application framework for global users, developers, and institutions.

Combining Long-Term Investment with Industry Collaboration

DL2 Lab has incorporated TIGA into its long-term strategic investment portfolio and is supporting its sustainable development through capital investment, joint research and development, technology resource integration, industry collaboration, and global market support. On the technology side, DL2 Lab integrates advanced capabilities including large-scale financial models, AI agents, machine learning, financial data analytics, and automated execution to continuously strengthen TIGA’s technical architecture and product capabilities.

At the same time, DL2 Lab positions TIGA as the core validation and deployment platform for AI-driven financial projects, providing end-to-end support for ecosystem-synergistic projects, including technical evaluation, product design, system architecture development, model testing, on-chain deployment, and market implementation. On the industry side, DL2 Lab has begun connecting financial institutions, payment companies, asset management firms, data service providers, and university laboratories to introduce real-world business scenarios and technology resources into the TIGA ecosystem.

Focusing on Five Strategic Development Priorities to Strengthen Security and Governance

To achieve TIGA’s long-term development objectives, DL2 Lab has identified five key strategic priorities:

First, continuously enhance TIGA’s underlying blockchain architecture and strengthen capabilities including on-chain identity, access control, and audit traceability to establish a secure foundation for AI agents participating in financial activities.

Second, enhance Claw AI’s capabilities in market data interpretation, strategy analysis, risk assessment, and on-chain collaboration to build a professional AI layer for intelligent financial scenarios.

Third, strengthen TIGA Exchange’s capabilities in decentralized derivatives, intelligent order execution, and institutional-grade interfaces, positioning it as a key deployment platform for AI-powered financial applications.

Fourth, provide standardized APIs, SDKs, and test networks to lower barriers for developers and expand ecosystem participation.

Fifth, continuously introduce AI applications covering intelligent trading, investment research and analysis, asset allocation, risk management, and compliance review.

Across all scenarios involving assets, transactions, and automated execution, DL2 Lab will prioritize helping TIGA establish clearly defined authorization boundaries, risk limits, human intervention mechanisms, and emergency termination procedures to ensure that AI capabilities always operate within a secure, transparent, and controllable framework.

Expanding Globally with Malaysia as the Regional Hub

DL2 Lab will establish Malaysia as its ASEAN incubation and operations center while further connecting markets across Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, Mainland China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and the Middle East. Through this strategy, DL2 Lab aims to gradually build an international network covering technology research and development, capital support, project incubation, institutional collaboration, and global market expansion.

Looking ahead, DL2 Lab will continue enhancing TIGA’s core architecture, expanding its ecosystem of projects and developers, and advancing TIGA into an open intelligent financial infrastructure integrating AI models, financial institutions, blockchain networks, and global capital. Through sustained technological investment, ecosystem incubation, and global collaboration, DL2 Lab is committed to supporting the secure application of artificial intelligence in finance and creating long-term value for the industry.

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DL2 Lab AI Financial Innovation Laboratory is a specialized incubation institution focused on AI-driven financial applications, intelligent trading systems, and blockchain infrastructure. Through long-term investment and technological innovation, it is committed to advancing the development of the global intelligent financial ecosystem.

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