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Beacon Weekly Report

March 10, 2010

Headlines:

The Overloaded Liberal, Fran Hawthorne, April 2010, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-3263-3

A City So Grand, Stephen Puleo, May 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070- 5043-9

  • Publisher’s Weekly; reviewed in the March 5th issue
  • Steve will also appear at NEIBA’s “It’s All About the Books” on April 7th in Portland ME

Featured Books:

I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine, David Chura, March 2010, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-0064-9

Author Events

Broadside Bookstore
Tuesday, March 16th at 7:00pm
Northampton, MA
Book Launch

Food For Thought
Reading and Signing
Tuesday,  April 6th at 6:30 pm
Amherst, MA

  • Juvenile Justice Matters/ Blog Talk Radio; live interview with call-ins on Thursday  March 11th at 4:30 EST; interview can be heard online at:

    http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jjmatters/2010/03/11/an-interview-with-author-and-teacher-david-chura

  • Hard Knock Radio/KPFA Pacifica; taped interview on Friday March 12th at 11:00 am PST (8:00 am EST); air date to come

  • The Bill Dwight Show/WHMP (Northampton, MA); live, in-studio interview on Monday, March 15th; airing from 9:00 – 9:30 am EST

  • VOYA Magazine; review to run in the April issue

    “With an eye for detail, Chura shows readers what prison life is all about…His book is a solid purchase for libraries with outreach programs to incarcerated teens.”

  • Shambhala Sun; review to run online within the next week; exact date to come

The Coming Population Crash, Fred Pearce, April 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-8583-7

Author Events:

World Affairs Council
April 13, 14, or 15
Washington, D.C.

To Uphold the World, Bruce Rich, March 2009, paperback, $23.00, 978-0-8070-0613-9

Events:

South Asia Initiative/Harvard University
March 24th 4:00 - 6:00pm
CGIS South Room S020 at 1730 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA
Author event with Amartya Sen

Tibet House
Friday April 2nd; exact time to come
New York
Reading and Signing 

Busboys and Poets
Tuesday, April 20th, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
14th St. store in the Langston Room
Reading and Signing

  • Little India (Connecticut); review to run in April of May issue

Publicity Reviews, and Praise:

A House for Hope, John A. Buehrens and Rebecca Ann Parker, May 2010, cloth, $25.95, 978-0-8070-7738-2

  • Publisher’s Weekly; reviewed in the March 5th issue

    “This accessible, engaging book may inspire religious progressives to claim their proud history and vital role in contemporary theological conversation.”

Medicine in Translation, Danielle Ofri, January 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7320-9

The Protest Psychosis, Jonathan M. Metzl, January 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-8592-9

The Death of Josseline, Margaret Regan, February 2010, cloth, $26.95, 978-0-8070-4227-4

The Match, Beth Whitehouse, April 2010, cloth, $24.95, 978-0-8070-7286-8

  • Genesis Genetics; Dr. Hughes, the PGD doctor featured in The Match, has posted information about the book (linking to our ecard invite to events) on his website:

    Click the link below to read:

    http://genesisgenetics.org/

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