Without a Map,
Meredith Hall, paperback, April 2008, $14.00, 978-0-8070-7274-5
#15 on this week’s Book Sense NEIBA Bestseller List for paperback
non-fiction
Love & Death,
Forrest Church, September 2008, cloth, $22.00, 978-0-8070-7293-6
New York Times; interview with Rev. Forrest Church, as he celebrates
his 30th anniversary as the minister at the Unitarian Church of All Souls;
article ran in the September 29th issue of the newspaper
Religion & Ethics Newsweekly / PBS; author interview; the story
will run this weekend on PBS stations nationally; in New York, the program
airs on Channel 13 on Saturday, October 4th at 10:30am and on Sunday, October
5th at 6:30pm
The Blue Cotton
Gown, Patricia Harman, October 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7289-9
Inside Track:
People Magazine; review forthcoming; issue date to come
Publicity, Reviews, and Praise:
Early Spring,
Amy Seidl, cloth, March 2008, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8584-4
Publishers Weekly; review in September 29th issue
“. . . intimate reflection . . . Seidl’s tender descriptions
of her young daughters’ encounters with the natural world . . . add
personal poignancy to a subject “few can stand to talk about at any
length.”
Beyond Bogotá,
Garry Leech, January 2009, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-6145-9
Library Journal; review in September 15th issue
“In this arresting hybrid of journalism and memoir Leech relates
his experiences investigating political, economic, and drug-related stories
throughout Latin America . . . This enlightening book, which mixes a readable
level of detail and background with personal narrative, should be in every
library, public and academic.” —Sarah Statz Cords
Surprised
by God, Danya Ruttenberg, August 2008, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-1068-6
Jerusalem Post; review in the September 26th issue
Adventures in Texas; the book is mentioned in a blog piece, posted
September 28th
In These Times; excerpt in October 2008 issue (page 42, Titled: “The
Porn Stars of Abu Ghraib”)
Joy Cardin Show (Wisconsin Public Radio); live interview with Kevin
Scott aired September 30th
Saving Paradise,
Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker, July 2008, cloth, $34.95, 978-0-8070-6750-4
Amicus Dei; review posted September 24th
“You need to read this book. Brock and Parker offer some of the
freshest, most exciting insights into the transformation of the Christian
church over the past 2,000 years.”
Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism; an excerpt
from Delgado’s The Sutras of Abu Ghraib is in the current Summer/Fall
2008 Special Anniversary issue
Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane; Christopher Finan will discuss
Banned Books Week on the second hour of the show; air date Friday, October
3rd at 11:00am (EST); distributed nationally by Sirius Radio at NPR Talk 135
Awards:
Seattle-Post Intelligencer; Beacon author Jennifer Culkin was featured
in an article about her win of the 2008 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’
Award; both Beacon Press and her upcoming book A Final Arc of Sky were
mentioned in the article, which ran in the September 15th issue
“I also stressed authenticity, along with the soft sell, citing
publisher websites like Beacon Broadside as an example of how publishers
can communicate their passion for books without pressuring readers to
buy.” —Ron Hogan
Beacon Press is a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association