Red Bird,
Mary Oliver, April 2008, Cloth, $23.00, 978-0-8070-6892-2?
Book Sense Hardcover Fiction bestseller lists:
#11 National (3rd week in a row)
#8 New England
#4 Pacific NW
#9 Heartland (GLBA and MBA; this is the first time Mary Oliver has appeared
on these lists and follows her appearances in Minnesota and Chicago)
#11 Southern California
#10 Northern California
The Post-Standard; brief profile with excerpt of “Invitation”
from Red Bird; to run in April issue to promote Mary Oliver’s poetry
reading and reception in Syracuse, NY.
Town and Country; brief profile with excerpt of “Mornings at
Blackwater” from Red Bird; to run in June issue
Poets and Writers; highlighting Red Bird with jacket art and author
photo, plus excerpt of “Small Bodies;” to run in March/April issue
Upcoming Events:
Friends of the Central Library Poetry Center; evening poetry reading and
reception; Syracuse, NY; Tuesday, April 15th
Pacific Lutheran University; evening poetry reading with commentary, Q&A,
and book signing, as well as pre-reading reception, plus an additional one
hour Q&A with students; book sales through Garfield Book Co. at Pacific
Lutheran Univ.; Tacoma, WA; Tuesday, April 22nd
Book Passage/Dominican University, Santa Sabina Center; evening reading
and book signing; book sales through Book Passage; San Rafael, CA; Thursday,
April 24th
Island Bound; reading and book signing; book sales through Island Bound;
Block Island, RI; May 2nd - 4th
Valley Bookstore; reading and book signing; book sales through Valley Bookstore;
Jackson, WY; May 8th & 9th
Boise Egyptian Theater; reading and book signing; book sales through The
Rediscovered Bookshop; Boise, ID; September 23rd
Sun Valley Bookstore; reading and book signing; book sales through Iconoclast
Books; Sun Valley, ID; September 25th
Philadelphia Hall; reading and book signing; book sales through Joseph Fox
Bookshop; Philadelphia, PA; November 18th
Santa Rosa Hall; reading and book signing; book sales through Copperfield's;
Santa Rosa, CA; December 1st
Herbst Theater; reading and book signing; book sales through Books Inc;
San Francisco, CA; December 3rd
Surprised
by God, Danya Ruttenberg, August 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1068-6
Publisher’s Weekly; review in the April 28th issue
“The book's breezy style, mixing personal anecdotes with reflection, is
balanced by thoughtful narrative about what religion is and what it demands
of its adherents . . . her description of her growing awareness of the power
of ritual, the support of community, and religion as relationship will resonate
with all sorts of spiritual seekers.”
“As the mother of seven children and veteran of eight pregnancy losses,
I knew when I ran my bath that I would be unable to resist Patricia Harman’s
memoir of midwifery, The Blue Cotton Gown. What I didn’t realize
was that it would cause me, a sensible person, to get into her bath with one
sock still on and rise from it when the candle was gone and the water cold.
Utterly true and lyrical as any novel, Harman’s book should be a little
classic.”—Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean
and Cage of Stars
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
Upcoming Events:
Harvard Coop; reading, discussion, book signing; Cambridge, MA; April 14th,
7 p.m.
Independence Mall, National Constitution Center documentary screening,
Q&A and book signing; Philadelphia, PA; April 24th, 6:30 p.m.
Baltimore Convention Center; Episcopal Diocese of Maryland annual convention;
Baltimore, MD; May 2nd-3rd
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center; Council on Foundations
Philanthropy Summit; National Harbor, MD; May 6th-7th
Davies Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church; reading, discussion, book
signing; Campa Springs, MD; May 10th, 6 p.m.
Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly, Greater Fort Lauderdale
Broward County Convention Center; workshop led by DeWolf to examine the complicated
legacy of slavery, a fresh look at history and tools to overcome racism, followed
by book signing; Fort Lauderdale, FL; June 28th, 1:30pm
Prime Time Live/AARP Radio; Wednesday, April 23rd, 11:30 a.m. ET; taped
in-studio interview; syndicated to 85 stations
Peace and Social Justice/KZFR-Chico, California; Friday, May 9th, 3:30 p.m.
ET; live phone interview
Closing the
Food Gap, Mark Winne, January 2008, cloth, $23.95, 978-0-8070-4730-9?
Vegetarian Times; interview to come in April issue
Upcoming Broadcast:
Dr. Mehmet Oz/Oprah and Friends/XM Radio; April 11th; 7:30 a.m. in-studio
interview
207 / evening news magazine/WCSH6 Portland, ME NBC affiliate; April
14th. 3:30 p.m.; 5-6 minute in-studio taping with host Rob Caldwell
State of the State /Time Warner Cable Ch 9, Greater Portland Community Television
Ch 4, Bath Community TV Ch 14, and Brunswick TV 3; television show produced
by The Maine Center for Economic Justice; April 14th; noon; 45 minutes in
studio taping
Upcoming Events:
Tufts University-Boston Campus/The Friedman School of Nutrition Science
and Policy/Jaharis Auditorium; author talk; Boston, April 16th; noon-1 p.m.
Rabelais Books; Portland Maine; April 14th 7 p.m.
RJ Julia Booksellers; Madison, CT; April 17th 7 p.m.
The Wilson Quarterly; review to run in summer issue; date to come
Upcoming Events:
Colony Club of New York; author talk; New York City, June 5th
Bostonian Society; author talk; Boston at the Old State House; June 17th
Frances Tavern Museum; author talk; New York City, June 19th
Uncertain
Peril, Claire Hope Cummings, March 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8580-6
Utne Magazine; review forthcoming
Alternet; excerpt forthcoming
Upcoming Events:
Borders; reading; Lihue, Kaua'i, Hawaii; Thursday, April 10th, 7 p.m.
The Bay Area Bluestocking Festival of Authors; reading; Pleasant Hill, CA;
Saturday, April 19th
Toby's Feedbarn; reading; Point Reyes Station, CA; Saturday, May 3rd
Upcoming Broadcast:
Against the Grain/KPFA-FM, Northern California; aired Monday, March 31st,
noon- 1 p.m.
For Love of Produce/KSVY 91.3-FM, Sonoma Valley, California; aired Tuesday
April 1st, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Caroline Casey/KPFA-FM, Northern California; Thursday April 3rd, 2 p.m
Soaring with
Fidel, David Gessner, cloth, April 2007, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8578-3
Bookslut; interview with Gessner; endorses John Hanson Mitchell’s
Paradise of All These Parts
“I just read a great book by John Hanson Mitchell, a natural history of
Boston [The Paradise of all These Parts]. It talks about the fishers coming
back and the coyotes coming back and the wild turkeys, and just how much nature
is infringing and impinging on the city.”
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