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Beacon Weekly Report

January 30, 2008

This Week in Beacon Broadside, a project of Beacon Press (www.beaconbroadside.com):

  • Losing Sleep by Kelly Bulkeley
  • Florida Fairytale or Tale of Terror? by Patricia A. Gozemba
  • Dispatch from the Sundance Film Festival by Thomas N. DeWolf

Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:

Our World, Mary Oliver and Molly Malone Cook, October 2007, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-6880-9

  • AARP Magazine; interview in March issue

Red Bird, Mary Oliver, April 2008, Cloth, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6892-2

  • Town and Country; brief profile with excerpt of “Mornings at Blackwater”; to run in March or April issue
  • Poets and Writers; highlighting Red Bird with jacket art and author photo, plus excerpt of “Small Bodies”; to run in March/April issue

Inheriting the Trade, Thomas Norman DeWolf, January 2008, Cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-7281-3 Dave Ross Show / 710 KIRO Radio Seattle; Tuesday, February 12th; 11 a.m.; live in-studio interview

  • Mornings with Thom Hartmann/ KPOJ/Portland’s Progressive Talk Station; Wednesday, February 14th; 8:30 a.m.; live in-studio interview
  • P.O.V. / PBS; Traces of the Trade: A Story From the Deep North, the Sundance selected documentary based on DeWolf’s book has been selected for a national broadcast premiere; air date to come
  • Christian Science Monitor; review forthcoming in February issue
  • Providence Journal; interview forthcoming in February issue
  • Oregonian; review forthcoming; date to come

Upcoming Events

  • Tattered Cover LoDo; author reading, Q&A and book signing, with a performance by the Spirituals Project Choir; Colorado; Thursday, January 31st, 7:30 p.m.
  • The Book Barn; author reading, Q&A and book signing; Oregon; Sunday, February 3rd, 3:00 p.m.
  • Paulina Springs Books Sisters; reading, Q&A and book signing; Oregon; Tuesday, February 5th, 6:00 p.m.
  • Curiosity Shoppe; reading, Q&A and book signing; Oregon; Thursday, February 7th, 6:00 p.m.
  • Paulina Springs Books Redmond; Oregon; Friday, February 8th, 6:00 p.m.
  • Elliot Bay Books; reading, Q&A and book signing; Washington; Tuesday, February 12th, 7:30 p.m.
  • Powell’s City of Books (Burnside); reading, Q&A and book signing; Oregon; Thursday, February 14th, 7:30 p.m.
  • California State University at Monterey Bay; book lecture; California; Wednesday, February 20th
  • First Christian Church; book discussion; California; Saturday, February 23rd, 10 a.m.

 

Closing the Food Gap, Mark Winne, January 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070-4730-9? World; review with jacket art in January 26th issue

  • Kansas City Star; food editor Jill Silva to interview Winne in February 21st issue

Broadcast

  • Topical Currents /WRLN-Miami/South Florida Public radio; Wednesday, February 6th, 1-2 p.m. EST; live interview
  • Marc Steiner Show/ WYPR-Baltimore Public Radio; Monday, February 11th , 1-2 p.m.; live in-studio interview
  • FOX 4 Television News/WDAF-Kansas City, MO; Wednesday, February 20th, 12 p.m.; interview
  • Up to Date with Steve Krasne/KCUR-Kansas City Public Radio; Thursday, February 21st, 11 a.m. - Noon CST; live interview
  • Lake Effect/WUWM-Milwaukee Public Radio; Thursday, February 28, 10 a.m.; live interview
  • A Chef’s Table/WHYY-Philadelphia Public Radio; Thursday, April 3rd, 3 p.m.; taped in-studio interview

Drifting Toward Love, Kai Wright, January 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7968-3

  • XY Magazine; interview forthcoming in February issue, on newsstands February 8th
  • Brian Lehrer Show/ WNYC-New York Public Radio; Monday, February 18th, 11:06 a.m. EST; live interview
  • Housing Works Bookstore Café; author reading; New York City, February 5th, 7 p.m.
  • Barnes & Noble Manhattan; author reading; New York City, February 19th, 6 p.m.
  • Brooklyn Public Library; author reading; New York City, February 24th, 1:30 p.m.

Saviors or Sellouts, Christopher Alan Bracey, cloth, February 2007, $26.95, 978-0-8070-8375-8

  • Joy Cardin Show/Wisconsin Public Radio; Thursday, January 31th; 9- 10:00 a.m. EST; live by phone with call-ins
  • Culture Shocks with Barry Lynn/WMET Radio (DC and 4 other outlets); Wednesday, February 6th; 4 p.m. EST; taped by phone
  • Morning Edition/KVON Radio (Napa, CA); Wednesday, February 8th; 8:30 – 8:50 a.m. PST; live by phone
  • The Bev Smith Show/American Urban Radio Networks (heard nationally); Friday, February 11th; 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. EST; live by phone

The Missing Class, Katherine S. Newman and Victor Tan Chen, September 2007, Cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-4139-0

  • Democracy Now! / National TV and radio show; 15 minute live interview aired Tuesday, January 29th; click to watch the show or read the transcript
http://www.democracynow.org/
  • Bill Moyer’s Journal / PBS; 9 minute interview aired Friday, January 25th; click to watch the show or read the transcript
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/01252008/profile3.html


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