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Beacon Weekly Report

September 27, 2006

Bestseller Lists:

Thirst, Mary Oliver, cloth, October 2006, $22.00, 0-8070-6896-9

  • Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Hardcover Fiction #9 (w/e 9/24/06)

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

Once in a Promised Land, Laila Halaby, cloth, January 2007, $24.95, 0-8070-8390-9

  • Once in a Promised Land is an intricate braid of secrets, some intimate, some the brutal and nasty ones abroad these days in a land whose promise and promises have been shattered by suspicion and hostility. Laila Halaby, who still dares to dream of an intact culture, has written a forceful novel that catches innocence and the hope for wholeness in the web of its complex plot and squeezes them until they bleed.” —Rosellen Brown, author of Before and After

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

The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, cloth, October 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-0308-5

  • Cambridge Forum/Harvard Book Store, author appearance Wednesday, October 4th, 7:30 pm at the First Parish Church
  • Loyola University, Chicago, author appearance Thursday, October 5th at 2:30 pm
  • Labyrinth Books, New York, author appearance Monday, October 9th at 7 pm
  • Reviews forthcoming in New York Times Book Review, The Nation, International Affairs, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Al Jadid, National Review, Middle East Journal, and Seattle Weekly
  • Interviews forthcoming in Arab American News, Alternet, and Newsday

Mama’s Boy, Preacher’s Son, Kevin Jennings, cloth, August 2006, $24.95, 0-8070-7146-3

  • Edgeboston.com, interview posted Wednesday, September 20th: http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=books&sc2=features&sc3=&id=2761
  • Genre Magazine, September issue: “well-crafted wit, pathos and drama aplenty, without drifting into another jaded mockery of dysfunction.”
  • Barnes and Noble, Winston-Salem, NC, author appearance Tuesday, October 3rd at 7 pm
  • The Center for Southern Literature/Margaret Mitchell House and Museum, Atlanta, author appearance Wednesday, October 4th at 7 pm

Just Shipped:

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

  • November Book Sense Pick!
  • Midwest Booksellers Association, St. Paul, MN, Mitchell presents a workshop for independent booksellers, Thursday, September 28th
  • Northern California Independent Booksellers Association, Oakland, CA, Mitchell presents workshop, Friday, October 6th
  • Cody’s Books, author appearance, San Francisco, Friday, October 6th at 7 pm
  • Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA author appearance, Saturday, October 7th at 1 pm
  • Review forthcoming in In Business Magazine
  • Forthcoming article in the Boston Phoenix and an interview on WBNW’s “Pages to People” (Boston)
  • Advertising in the Nation and Dollars and Sense
  • Wal-Mart Watch website promotion
  • This Fall Mitchell will embark on a national tour. Current plans are set as:

Tour Schedule for Stacy Mitchell
Contact : Gina Frey, Beacon Press
617.948.6583 / gfrey@beacon.org

California (Bay Area)
Friday, October 6, 7 p.m.
Cody’s Books2 Stockton St., San Francisco

Saturday, October 7, 1 p.m.
Book Passage
51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera

Davis, CA
Saturday, October 12, 5 p.m.
The Avid Reader
617 Second Street
*Mitchell will be present via satellite

Augusta, ME
Friday, October 20
Grow Maine Summit
Augusta Convention Center

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
Co-sponsored by Good Jobs First and Wal-Mart Watch

Philadelphia
Wednesday, October 25, 6 p.m.
Robin’s Bookstore
108 S. 13th Street
Co-sponsored by Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
Tickets $15/$10 for SBN members

Boston/Cambridge
Thursday, October 26, 5:30 p.m.
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street, Cambridge
Presented by the Harvard Book Store and co-sponsored by Cambridge Local First

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

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, 7:30 p.m.
Women & Children First
5233 North Clark St.
Co-sponsored by the Andersonville Chamber of Commerce

St.Paul, MN
Saturday, November 11, 7 p.m.
Macalester College Chapel
1600 Grand Avenue
Presented by Twin Cities Metro Independent Business Alliance and co-sponsored by United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 789
Tickets $5/$3 for Metro IBA members

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

Salt Lake City
Tuesday, November 14, 7 p.m.
Salt Lake City Public Library
210 East 400 South
Co-sponsored by Local First Utah and The King’s English Bookshop

Austin
Wednesday, November 15, 7 p.m.
Book People
603 North Lamar Blvd.
Co-sponsored by the Austin Independent Business Alliance

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

Portland, ME
Saturday, November 18, 5 p.m.
The Market House
Monument Square
Co-sponsored by Keep Portland Independent

Bellingham, WA
Monday, December 4, 7:30 p.m.
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

Other dates

Wednesday, January 10, 12 p.m.
Portland Library Brown Bag Lunch Series
Portland Public Library, Rines Auditorium, 5 Monument Square
Portland, Maine

Friday, January 26
North Carolina Main Street Conference
Morganton, North Carolina

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