Beacon Weekly Report

Archive: July 5, 2006

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Publicity, Reviews, and Praise

The Earth Knows My Name, by Patricia Klindienst (cloth, April 2006, $26.95, 0-8070-8562-6)

• The Philadelphia Inquirer, Op-Ed ran Sunday, July 2
   
• The Philadelphia Inquirer, interview/Q&A posted on June 30
   
• San Mateo County Times, article ran in June 30 issue

People's Movements, People's Press, by Bob Ostertag (cloth, May 2006, $23.95, 0-8070-6164-6)

• XM Public Radio, The Bob Edwards Show, interview aired Thursday, June 29
  
• WORT, A Public Affair, interview aired on June 30

My Sister, Guard Your Veil; My Brother, Guard Your Eyes, by Lila Azam Zanganeh (paperback original, April 2006, $14.00, 0-8070-0463-4)

• Wisconsin Public Radio, To the Best of Our Knowledge, interview aired July 2

The Tent of Abraham, by Joan Chittister, Murshid Saadi Shakur Chishti, and Rabbi Arthur Waskow (cloth, July 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-7728-3)

• Detroit Free Press, review in July 1 issue:
  
  "This truly is a celebration of religious diversity that is likely to leave readers more optimistic about the potential for peace."

Confessions of the Other Mother, edited by Harlyn Aizley (paperback original, May 2006, $16.00, 0-8070-7963-4)

• KPFA, Hard Knock Radio, interview aired July 2
   
• Ed.: The Magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, included in Books section of the Summer 2006 issue

Fall Update

Big-Box Swindle, by Stacy Mitchell (cloth, November 2006, $25.95, 0-8070-3500-9)

This Fall Mitchell will embark on a national tour. Current plans are set as:

California (Bay Area)
Saturday, October 7, 1 p.m.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

Raleigh, NC
Monday, October 23, 7 p.m.
Quail Ridge Books & Music
Ridgewood Shopping Center, 3522 Wade Ave.
co-sponsored by Raleigh Independent Business Alliance

Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, October 24, 6 p.m.
Busboys & Poets Books
2021 14th St. NW

Philadelphia
Wednesday, October 25
TBA
Event co-sponsored by Sustainable Business Network
of Greater Philadelphia

Boston/Cambridge
Thursday, October 26
Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge

Western Massachusetts
Friday, October 27, 7 p.m.
Food for Thought Books
106 North Pleasant St.

Western Massachusetts
Saturday, October 28, 10 a.m.
The 26th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures
First Congregational Church
West Main St., Stockbridge, MA

Chicago
Wednesday, November 8
TBA
co-sponsored by the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce and Women & Children First

Minneapolis/St.Paul
Friday, November 10
TBA
co-sponsored by Twin Cities Metro Independent Business Alliance

Boulder, CO
Monday, November 13, 7:30 p.m.
Boulder Book Store
1107 Pearl St.

Salt Lake City
Tuesday, November 17, 7 p.m.
The King's English
1511 South 1500 East

Austin
Wednesday, November 15
Book People
603 North Lamar Blvd.

Tampa, FL
Thursday, November 16, 7 p.m.
Inkwood Books
216 South Armenia Avenue

Portland, ME
Saturday, November 18
TBA
in conjunction with American Independent Business Alliance's America Unchained

Bellingham, WA
Monday, December 4
Village Books
1200 Eleventh St.
Co-presented with Sustainable Connections
in connection with Buy Local Week

Seattle
Tuesday, December 5
The Elliot Bay Book Company
101 South Main St.

Portland, OR
Wednesday, December 6, 7:30 p.m.
Powell's Books
1005 West Burnside