tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59967438716889083672024-03-18T21:19:41.619-07:00Publisher Group Canada BlogPublishers Group Canada - representing the best in independent publishing.PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-59682465594913817502010-04-27T14:52:00.000-07:002010-04-27T15:02:38.905-07:00A Thousand Sisters Book Launch and Fundraiser<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHM-_uIXLJSJCLHN_aA-tcMaKA3EhLVKLvm7pRTcfAn9iE5-qnl-lW0XtNjleCurf6gEQL-RiCEpYIiIGveBL5NUTxRenf6ma7X2nBpq5pD_vhxU2Q0A2y8naatFYGU_xXnsUFdZjzz7yV/s1600/ZFP_CongoEvent_ART_doree_edit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHM-_uIXLJSJCLHN_aA-tcMaKA3EhLVKLvm7pRTcfAn9iE5-qnl-lW0XtNjleCurf6gEQL-RiCEpYIiIGveBL5NUTxRenf6ma7X2nBpq5pD_vhxU2Q0A2y8naatFYGU_xXnsUFdZjzz7yV/s320/ZFP_CongoEvent_ART_doree_edit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464940881835064498" border="0" /></a><br />Zerofootprint Foundation Invites you to join<br />Lisa Shannon, author of A Thousand Sisters and Dominique Bikaba of the Congolese<br /><a href="http://www.great-apes.com/popof/">Pole Pole</a> Foundation for two inspirational events to fundraise for Zerofootprint Foundation projects supporting women and the environment in the Congo.<br /><br />Monday, May 10, 2010<br />Private Reception, 5:30pm<br />Meet Lisa Shannon and Dominique Bikaba for an intimate reception.<br />Panorama Lounge, 51st Floor, Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West, Toronto<br />For every $150 donated, one ticket and signed book will be issued.<br /><br />Book Reading, 7:00pm<br />A special appearance by Lisa Shannon. Open to all, A free event!<br />Indigo Books, Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West, Toronto<br />30% of the proceeds from book sales at the event will go towards supporting the Congo.<br /><br />Contact Doree at<br /><a href="mailto:doree.marentette@zerofootprint.net">doree.marentette@zerofootprint.net</a> or at (416) 365-7557 x 167. <br /><br />Learn more about Zerofootprint’s projects in the Congo click <a href="http://www.zerofootprint.net/communities/congo-initiative/">here!</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-6406514761917901422010-03-29T07:04:00.001-07:002010-03-29T07:04:24.339-07:00Karl Marlantes: On Writing Matterhorn for 30 Years<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/M5BndVlenaE' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/M5BndVlenaE'/></object></p></div>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-50290490835109019332010-03-23T11:22:00.000-07:002010-03-23T11:36:09.118-07:00Award Winner!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNxFg-P7y6pci9v9Dxgsw1N2dMlzdEk3CAzVi_K6YWoS3wge86hhmc8nq1g7aMG-s3DAuvmmxc2PInp9uClIwHmlEEg_U6ogs0PvQPdyBNNa8qS5fL8EemctnPZH8Ysoac76z3jKvtJBc/s1600-h/wardancesclip.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCNxFg-P7y6pci9v9Dxgsw1N2dMlzdEk3CAzVi_K6YWoS3wge86hhmc8nq1g7aMG-s3DAuvmmxc2PInp9uClIwHmlEEg_U6ogs0PvQPdyBNNa8qS5fL8EemctnPZH8Ysoac76z3jKvtJBc/s200/wardancesclip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451899564464394194" /></a><br />Sherman Alexie has won the PEN/Faulkner Award! Alexie's 2009 novel, War Dances, came out on top of a list of finalists that included literary greats Barbara Kingsolver and Lorrie Moore, along with Coleson Whitehead and Lorraine N. Lopez.<br /><br />Sherman Alexie has previously won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, awarded in 2007 for "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," as well as the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 for his contribution to Native American writing. Alexie's writing, which includes four novels, three short story collections, and poetry, focuses on Native American characters and issues, though he is well known for making these topics widely accessible and relatable.<br /><br />PEN/Faulkner judge Al Young commented on choosing "War Dances":<br /><br />""War Dances" taps every vein and nerve, every tissue, every issue that quickens the current blood-pulse: parenthood, divorce, broken links, sex, gender and racial conflict, substance abuse, medical neglect, 9/11, Official Narrative vs. What Really Happened, settler religion vs. native spirituality; marketing, shopping, and war, war, war. All the heartbreaking ways we don't live now--this is the caring, eye-opening beauty of this rollicking, bittersweet gem of a book."<br /><br />Available at bookstores everywhere.PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-19402310990525188222010-03-09T07:02:00.000-08:002010-03-09T07:22:10.637-08:00New In Fiction<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2S3HTJcvmlGuoaCFNqlehLQFoY-Sy8uWfhMelmdl9mL7MMlmR-gFw_6meDZkb6NgwpNoro29Fouw1Xzmx3CUo-cn6GaN2jEG3FkFGRv9oRTyv0Aw9KQAvpuHNT8mDqKT1ZZhvoCRzMxJ/s1600-h/orion.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 130px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2S3HTJcvmlGuoaCFNqlehLQFoY-Sy8uWfhMelmdl9mL7MMlmR-gFw_6meDZkb6NgwpNoro29Fouw1Xzmx3CUo-cn6GaN2jEG3FkFGRv9oRTyv0Aw9KQAvpuHNT8mDqKT1ZZhvoCRzMxJ/s200/orion.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446652606611775826" /></a><br />A great early review for the playfully titled Orion You Came and Took All My Marbles by Kira Henehan<br /><br /><br />"[A] sublime and cryptic debut in the vein of Sam Lipsyte's The Subject Steve . . . At its heart, the novel is an impressionistic tale propelled by Henehan's gorgeously arch prose and a constant stream of droll humor. The ephemeral plotting will either be frustrating or fabulous, depending on the reader, but there's no doubt that Henehan is a talent." <a href="http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/451970-Fiction_Book_Reviews_3_8_2010.php">--Publishers Weekly</a><br /><br />The book is published by Milkweed Editions and is due to hit stores May.PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-11852066938495314842010-03-01T13:44:00.001-08:002010-03-01T13:44:34.162-08:00What Is Happiness by Deepak Chopra....NYC January 2010<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/dBSeJOWI7Zg' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/dBSeJOWI7Zg'/></object></p><p>Deepak Chopra on Happiness. <br /><br />Catch Deepak in Montreal!<br />Happening Now: An Evening with Deepak Chopra in Montreal.<br />Dr. Deepak Chopra will be speaking at le Theatre Maisonneuve at La Place des arts, on March 30th, 2010, 7:30pm. Tickets available through the box office at (514) 842-2112 or 1 (866) 842-2112, or online at laplacedesarts.com<br /><br />Deepak's latest book The Fifth Agreement (Amber-Allen Publishing) is in stores now! </p></div>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-85023016459320151802010-02-24T06:45:00.000-08:002010-02-24T07:11:50.065-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbcL2MSPoAOQeqsGHlQKHqe4I_gie5jORCXmwotV2aBDkQTZA-Lzm9BFD6EdMt0SaZV0xDN5j5Ps-Ju0ieSEhYKyIiXwX13X_7jv8-R36v_pn6JXPhXWYOmouH1y_K46_7SC7wP14xYoT/s1600-h/9780802119193.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 132px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbcL2MSPoAOQeqsGHlQKHqe4I_gie5jORCXmwotV2aBDkQTZA-Lzm9BFD6EdMt0SaZV0xDN5j5Ps-Ju0ieSEhYKyIiXwX13X_7jv8-R36v_pn6JXPhXWYOmouH1y_K46_7SC7wP14xYoT/s200/9780802119193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441824827583199458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTzFSMSrbeH0P8uT1CSFw5MdOSqBnAx04QO_G-ftRkJFu1kscA6cYLFk-8XX_RmNlbuIK2UdzOe6LaN1S2RGE_u4RuLfXGDDUv4huvCI27O044NNy_UbfXszlI3as5TzCrYTeEy_rpV76/s1600-h/euphoria.jpg"><img style="float:centre; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 139px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVTzFSMSrbeH0P8uT1CSFw5MdOSqBnAx04QO_G-ftRkJFu1kscA6cYLFk-8XX_RmNlbuIK2UdzOe6LaN1S2RGE_u4RuLfXGDDUv4huvCI27O044NNy_UbfXszlI3as5TzCrYTeEy_rpV76/s200/euphoria.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441824697800796354" /></a><br />Connie Gault's first novel <a href="http://coteaubooks.com/index.php?p=Books&listingid=7">Euphoria</a> has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize.<br /><br />The Commonwealth Prize celebrates the best fiction in each region of the Commonwealth and propels authors into the literary spotlight. "The books that win often have strong insight, spirit and voice." Winners will be announced on April 12th. <br /><br />Euphoria was published by Coteau Books in September 2009.<br /><br />Sherman Alexie and his book WAR DANCES was named a 2010 finalist for the <a href="http://www.penfaulkner.org/">PEN Faulkner Award For Fiction</a>. The winner will be announced on March 23rd. The award is North America's largest peer-juried prize for fiction. <br /><br />War Dances was published by Grove Press in October 2009.<br /><br />Sorrel King won The First Book Award from <a href="http://www.nationalmssociety.org/chapters/NYN/chapter-news/chapter-news-detail/index.aspx?nid=2739">Books For A Better Life</a> for JOSIE'S STORY: A Mother's Inspiring Crusade to Make Medical Care Safe. And earlier this year Sorrel was named one of 50 influential women changing the world by Woman's Day magazine.<br /><br />Josie's Story was published by Atlantic Monthly Press in the fall of 2009.PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-55819722475302905952010-02-23T12:12:00.000-08:002010-02-23T13:03:46.674-08:00The latest arrival from McSweeney's<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwefsteDMgZaPGlbY-oge1B-c2gavDBUksPFsRyxdCfSo_pGQ0EGjdYxSTulbxItw63RGl6ygfT0OTUw4zIM1dFTAn92SN3qvPtE-RyyNzNP0eSr-5mBKmsH9bZwd96k_n1Gto63xYhot/s1600-h/panorama"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 372px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPwefsteDMgZaPGlbY-oge1B-c2gavDBUksPFsRyxdCfSo_pGQ0EGjdYxSTulbxItw63RGl6ygfT0OTUw4zIM1dFTAn92SN3qvPtE-RyyNzNP0eSr-5mBKmsH9bZwd96k_n1Gto63xYhot/s400/panorama" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441538969763422530" /></a><br /><br />THE PANORAMA (Issue 33 of McSweeney’s Quarterly) is a one-time only, Sunday-edition-sized newspaper. It has news and sports and arts coverage, and comics (sixteen pages of glorious, full-color comics, from Chris Ware and Dan Clowes and Art Spiegelman and many others besides) and a magazine, and is basically an attempt to demonstrate all the great things print journalism can (still) do, with as much first-rate writing and reportage and design (and posters and games and on-location Antarctic travelogues) as we could fit in there. It features journalism from Andrew Sean Greer, fiction from George Saunders and Roddy Doyle, dispatches from Afghanistan, and much, much more. <br /><br />Pick up a copy at your local book store or <br /><a href="http://chapters.indigo.ca/">Chapters.Indigo.ca</a><br /><a href="http://amazon.ca/">Amazon.ca</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-63142545528463938282010-02-03T08:56:00.001-08:002010-02-03T08:56:29.649-08:00Food, Inc. trailer<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/c2sgaO44_1c' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/c2sgaO44_1c'/></object></p><p>Food Inc has been nominated for an Oscar for best documentary! <br /><br />The movie was produced in conjunction with Food Inc the book edited by Karl Weber. Contributors include Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules.<br /><br />Published by Public Affairs the book is available across Canada<br /><br />9781586486945 * $17.50 Paper</p></div>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-60734536068965462402010-01-18T07:18:00.001-08:002010-01-18T07:18:31.214-08:00The Taqwacores Movie Trailer - Official (HD)<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/P1kDYlbQgOw' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/P1kDYlbQgOw'/></object></p><p>The trailer for THE TAQWACORES feature film at Sundance, based on the Soft Skull book by Michael Muhammad Knight (9781593762292), is available on YouTube. </p></div>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-83100097311829582172009-12-15T08:35:00.001-08:002009-12-15T08:35:52.760-08:00Paying Back Jack: Vincent Calvino Novel<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/kGsi1rr6Qxk' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/kGsi1rr6Qxk'/></object></p><p>Check out the book trailer for the latest novel by Christopher Moore in his Vincent Calvino series. </p></div>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-46743263296585620512009-11-10T13:38:00.000-08:002009-11-10T13:47:43.999-08:00History of Communism in One Volume<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WKNEjNTWkYlwqWGl5CvqX5vYbndrxcjIRNcl5me0zBIObPFqd7EoTgC_ko74urF5lOJuc4VXxFYOs5kpiyygUW0eH0eFTQFLYrv2kVHcoLCM0Lnwrqr0uttku0lK76sStsD3ifWqRRj9/s1600-h/redflag.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 161px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WKNEjNTWkYlwqWGl5CvqX5vYbndrxcjIRNcl5me0zBIObPFqd7EoTgC_ko74urF5lOJuc4VXxFYOs5kpiyygUW0eH0eFTQFLYrv2kVHcoLCM0Lnwrqr0uttku0lK76sStsD3ifWqRRj9/s320/redflag.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402594932900434178" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Red Flag: A History of Communism by David Priestland</span><br /><br />“The best and the most accessible one-volume history of communism now available . . . A far-reaching, vividly written account.” —Foreign Affairs<br /><br /><br />In The Red Flag, Oxford professor David Priestland tells the epic story of a movement that has taken root in dozens of countries across two hundred years, from its birth after the French Revolution to its ideological maturity in nineteenth century Germany to its rise to dominance (and subsequent fall) in the twentieth century. <br /><br />At a time when global capitalism is in crisis and powerful new political forces have arisen to confront Western democracy, The Red Flag is essential reading if we are to apply the lessons of the past to navigating the future.<br /><br />Published by Grove Press<br /><br />Available at your favourite local book store or:<br /><a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/">Chapters.Indigo.ca</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/">Amazone.ca</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-43950220191878591182009-11-10T13:05:00.000-08:002009-11-10T13:32:38.879-08:00New and Noteworthy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkWziZl0z-LxokSJMTYWYNsiRimRbLmeEwyqhtdF5gUJs36y80WK4Z28dLrOYzL9bYVm5AeNkoxf_oUWWYBQnibIzEltYjubk05LTFwzabYGK1fP1kHq_DnLSMCdYyv96VVn5Wq9Mxfeh/s1600-h/lifewithsuddendeath.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkWziZl0z-LxokSJMTYWYNsiRimRbLmeEwyqhtdF5gUJs36y80WK4Z28dLrOYzL9bYVm5AeNkoxf_oUWWYBQnibIzEltYjubk05LTFwzabYGK1fP1kHq_DnLSMCdYyv96VVn5Wq9Mxfeh/s320/lifewithsuddendeath.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402591052171121394" /></a><br />New titles this month<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">My Life With Sudden Death by Michael Downing</span><br /><br />Michael's father died suddenly when he was three. In 2003 one of his brothers died suddenly. No autopsy was performed. Alarmed, Downing pursued a diagnosis: he had inherited a mutant protein from his father, and the first symptom would be his sudden death. To save his life, a defibrillator was hard-wired to his heart. Within weeks, he needed emergency surgery to remove the device and the life-threatening infection he got with it. Two months later, he was re-implanted — only to read in his morning newspaper that the new wires anchored to his heart were prone to failure. His device might be powerless, or it might deliver a series of unwarranted, possibly fatal, shocks.<br /><br />From a bedeviled boyhood in the Berkshires to a grim comedy of errors in one of Boston’s best hospitals, Life with Sudden Death is a wild ride.<br /><br />Published by Counterpoint<br /><br />Available now!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/">Amazon.ca</a><br /><a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/">Chapters.Indigo.ca</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-26276210889660932009-11-10T12:43:00.000-08:002009-11-10T12:57:33.905-08:00Anniversary Edition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUH9LLOGJJTiyCU8jA3DrcDKtAwODbpZT5C84Z_BbVda0I98Y9pW3pUpA8dnIjGU-2Ol3bh4XTovHtriZdpCj0qZ6_sKzhof7ka7kbU_2dxzoq8yydOdUmX6uBpEK4mzTqm2mFGrz4ZDPn/s1600-h/9780802119261.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUH9LLOGJJTiyCU8jA3DrcDKtAwODbpZT5C84Z_BbVda0I98Y9pW3pUpA8dnIjGU-2Ol3bh4XTovHtriZdpCj0qZ6_sKzhof7ka7kbU_2dxzoq8yydOdUmX6uBpEK4mzTqm2mFGrz4ZDPn/s320/9780802119261.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402581912938378930" /></a><br />Naked Lunch: 50th Anniversary Edition<br /><br />On the fiftieth anniversary of its first publication, Grove Press and PGC are proud to issue a special hardcover edition featuring the restored text that is faithful to Burroughs’s original composition, an introduction from David Ulin, book editor of the Los Angeles Times, as well as reproductions of original manuscript pages and drawings.<br /><br />A must have for the Burroughs fan!<br /><br />"Burroughs's voice is hard, derisive, inventive, free, funny, serious, poetic, indelibly American." --Joan Didion<br /><br />Available at your favourite local book store or:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/">Amazon.ca</a><br /><a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/">Chapters.Indigo.ca</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-41926951156473883732009-10-19T11:57:00.000-07:002009-10-19T12:13:49.519-07:00In Town This Week<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn2Wu0jmLKElROwdbWp-KyVnUD4kfv5hlHfMUAo6cJx7OBeAfG6_Bz_Wu6rMm1HdQkVOPHBI0Ky2YaFtCG3k4Pqp2LvpFfTvpuTMJRk-NdI0YTy4ZCLYAK2A1-W4WTBs2GwEJPx4KinRc/s1600-h/wardances.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 163px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFn2Wu0jmLKElROwdbWp-KyVnUD4kfv5hlHfMUAo6cJx7OBeAfG6_Bz_Wu6rMm1HdQkVOPHBI0Ky2YaFtCG3k4Pqp2LvpFfTvpuTMJRk-NdI0YTy4ZCLYAK2A1-W4WTBs2GwEJPx4KinRc/s320/wardances.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394389044974114018" /></a><br />Sherman Alexie is in Toronto for IFOA this week! <br />He is here promoting his latest collection of short stories - War Dances published by Grove Press.<br /><br />Sherman participates in a roundtable discussion Friday, Oct 23rd at 8:00pm and has a reading Saturday, Oct 24th at 8:00pm.<br /><br />For more check out: <a href="http://www.readings.org/?q=biographies/sherman_alexie/">Readings.org</a><br /><br />Also in town for IFOA- Michael Thomas, author of the IMPAC Dublin Literary Prize-winning Man Gone Down. His reading takes place Friday, Oct 30th at 8:00pm<br /><a href="http://www.readings.org/?q=biographies/michael_thomas/">Readings.org</a><br /><br />And finally, we are thrilled that Elina Hirvonen will also be in Toronto. Her novel When I Forgot published in the spring to much critical acclaim. She is from Finland. She participates in a roundtable Friday, Oct 30th at 8:00pm and a reading on Saturday, Oct 31st at 1:00pm. <a href="http://www.readings.org/?q=biographies/elina_hirvonen/">Readings.org</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-8866608234769606102009-10-09T07:29:00.001-07:002009-10-09T12:13:34.090-07:00Go Wild!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmOJkLBzIrdnj4oda_F5v5jRwAMjc-O8dzS-kFi7QH2HjO3v-AS7taYexdAS8xTR7g211pzoUW_7VSqRihH4PlOXgXyagfvczK1kreUc4lJdQiXiKHwHDZ8noaLaYGs3toUhrUYwMqw7g/s1600-h/WT_CL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmOJkLBzIrdnj4oda_F5v5jRwAMjc-O8dzS-kFi7QH2HjO3v-AS7taYexdAS8xTR7g211pzoUW_7VSqRihH4PlOXgXyagfvczK1kreUc4lJdQiXiKHwHDZ8noaLaYGs3toUhrUYwMqw7g/s400/WT_CL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390679971977957426" /></a><br />It's here, it's here! <span style="font-style:italic;">The Wild Things</span> by Dave Eggers is a novelization of the <span style="font-style:italic;">Where The Wild Things Are</span> screenplay he co-wrote with Spike Jonze.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">About:</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The Wild Things</span> — based very loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze — is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can’t control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. At the same time, Max finds himself capable of startling acts of wildness: he wears a wolf suit, bites his mom, and can’t always control his outbursts. During a fight at home, Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. <br /><br /><br />The movie opens in theatres everywhere Friday, Oct 16th and the book is now available at your favourite local book store or here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/">Chapters.Indigo.ca</a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/">Amazon.ca</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-52710971797966260392009-10-01T14:07:00.000-07:002009-10-01T14:19:54.506-07:00In the News<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9hdxLoTA7YHX-d4aXYzmiZdcavGW2JHpTSA_-dPa3uzuuE2CWtUHI_8G-Ig2jx1I6X_z-DprwLgat96D9uWUAwV-qAHdLWVYhZiRJ2HU1ZjIMss_SB69_1c4jnypaHGn9m3L9lImNpia/s1600-h/Guardians+of+Being+Interior.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP9hdxLoTA7YHX-d4aXYzmiZdcavGW2JHpTSA_-dPa3uzuuE2CWtUHI_8G-Ig2jx1I6X_z-DprwLgat96D9uWUAwV-qAHdLWVYhZiRJ2HU1ZjIMss_SB69_1c4jnypaHGn9m3L9lImNpia/s400/Guardians+of+Being+Interior.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387743089544365602" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A great review of Guardians of Being in today's Shelf Awareness<br /><br />A couple highlights:<br />". . . superb new picture book . . . packed with hilarious, big-hearted art by Patrick McDonnell, the creator of the comic Mutts."<br /><br />and:<br />"According to Tolle, when I pet my cat, I'm participating in his "nowness," that my grumpy, comical, bossy feline friend is constantly teaching me and healing me, attuned to the moment, living effortlessly in the now. Proving this point are McDonnell's illustrations that are pure genius, achingly touching and quietly goofy and unpretentiously wise."PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-24827250455582308032009-10-01T13:56:00.000-07:002009-10-01T14:07:18.387-07:00Now Available!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwEGn1o6AOZM8zPVxleaKUtPsEQ8EzvvRN7z6jWToF96AevaNbY3CS17spEkoPeJOH42vBVwz8-epHLu_RrD9L2imkvVX1Js8xXmV5uFPtR7tyXbPAMeLyfRwIJvMDjRvby1wE3iev0jE/s1600-h/Guardians+of+Being.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwEGn1o6AOZM8zPVxleaKUtPsEQ8EzvvRN7z6jWToF96AevaNbY3CS17spEkoPeJOH42vBVwz8-epHLu_RrD9L2imkvVX1Js8xXmV5uFPtR7tyXbPAMeLyfRwIJvMDjRvby1wE3iev0jE/s320/Guardians+of+Being.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387741055280281794" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Guardians of Being by Eckhart Tolle and Illustrated by Patrick McDonnell</span><br /><br />This wonderfully unique collaboration brings together two masters of their fields, joining original words of wisdom by Eckhart Tolle with delightful illustrations by Patrick McDonnell. Inhabited by beloved MUTTS characters, every heartwarming page provokes thought, insight, and smiling reverence for each moment. Sure to be a classic, this charming book will inspire readers everywhere to recognize the lessons of the present moment, as embodied by the dogs and cats who share our world. <br /><br />Praise for MUTTS: “One of the best comic strips of all time.” <br />—Charles Schulz, Peanuts creator<br /><br />Praise for Eckhart Tolle: “He is a prophet for our time.”<br />—O, The Oprah Magazine<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Patrick McDonnell</span> is the award-winning creator of the MUTTS comic strip, which appears in over 700 newspapers in 20 countries and has an estimated daily readership of 50 million, as well as the author and illustrator of the picture books The Gift of Nothing, Hug Time, and the upcoming October release, Wag! (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers). He lives in New Jersey. His website is www.muttscomics.com <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Eckhart Tolle</span> is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Now (3 million copies sold) and A New Earth, the fastest-selling Oprah Book Club selection ever (5 million copies sold). He speaks and teaches extensively throughout the world. He lives in Vancouver, Canada and his website is www.eckharttolle.com <br /><br />Published by New World Library<br /><br />Available at your favourite local bookstore or here:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.ca/">Amazon.ca</a><br /><a href="http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/">Chapters.Indigo.ca</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-43280813789645758362009-07-29T08:33:00.000-07:002009-07-29T10:36:52.685-07:00How to Survive a Zombie Holocaust? Handbook Required<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_f_NSUzmrcrcLYACb13JR2RV_u1jYJF37fZnoHwqKqsMvqW1AK75k861wlTTG7TPf6sejb3XzdcS8VhDxEVrGW12_Mxh2aRahv-VmAji819BGQHEfplVmT3690QGbcC9GYr3oXFtVCav/s1600-h/zombiehandbook.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_f_NSUzmrcrcLYACb13JR2RV_u1jYJF37fZnoHwqKqsMvqW1AK75k861wlTTG7TPf6sejb3XzdcS8VhDxEVrGW12_Mxh2aRahv-VmAji819BGQHEfplVmT3690QGbcC9GYr3oXFtVCav/s400/zombiehandbook.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363935655436616594" /></a><br />THE ZOMBIE HANDBOOK by Rob Sacchetto<br /><br />You may be familiar with Rob already - that's right, he's the Sudbury born (and still living in) creator of the website <a href="http://www.zombieportraits.com/">ZombiePortrait.com</a> <br />You send in a photo and he zombie-fies it for you.<br /><br />His latest zombie contribution is a new handbook that tells you: How to Identify the Living Dead and Survive the Coming Zombie Holocaust.<br /><br />This definitive study combs through every zombie-ological subject, from feeding habits to favorite sexual positions. Of course, the book's most important section is surviving and fighting the brain-eaters when the inevitable zombie apocalypse arrives. There's vital information on everything from weaponry and battling techniques to booby traps and zombie-proofing a home.<br /><br />Beginning with a fascinating historical retrospective on the "living dead" and continuing with an in-depth look at modern zombies, the book also addresses the crucial question of the day—can human beings and zombies peacefully coexist?<br /><br />Rob will also be appearing at the <a href="http://www.rue-morgue.com/rmp_fof.php/">Rue-Morgue Festival of Fear National Horror Convention</a> this August 28th-30th. He'll be exhibiting at the Metro Convention Centre. <br /><br />The Zombie Handbook <br />Published by Ulysses Press<br />In stores nowPGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-90760561557465143082009-07-27T12:58:00.000-07:002009-07-27T13:00:03.156-07:00It's All In the Cover<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUSl02F25dWZSnHXp2nr1kbnLnBeeOSQK3AiVYVLe9DR8Svxtjb-MnKmuCZoGQL0foMXjP0VrnhUdbW0SQuXMxXY654wjRHTAIRhqhdy-EUvZYRk16rHllOE7PgBHnBl5mGFegMxBcvlx/s1600-h/IMG_0771.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUSl02F25dWZSnHXp2nr1kbnLnBeeOSQK3AiVYVLe9DR8Svxtjb-MnKmuCZoGQL0foMXjP0VrnhUdbW0SQuXMxXY654wjRHTAIRhqhdy-EUvZYRk16rHllOE7PgBHnBl5mGFegMxBcvlx/s400/IMG_0771.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363232157541881922" /></a><br />Another reason to buy Zeitoun - it's beautiful design a lovely addition to any personal library.PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-62289775188229015492009-07-24T12:36:00.000-07:002009-07-24T12:48:15.516-07:00In the News<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEc601I6cuGSCwNGSwpSYO37orxa3Fs1ETUm0XvFWuRcLNmsqWleoOPX38sldjByOFtAqwd4a_JnXsDEy5k-9G_yHn69IQb8dmtWDwVf9fC17MzAH25vWkBZxlkLJl9rhXjP1LnA_-dZQX/s1600-h/dissection.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEc601I6cuGSCwNGSwpSYO37orxa3Fs1ETUm0XvFWuRcLNmsqWleoOPX38sldjByOFtAqwd4a_JnXsDEy5k-9G_yHn69IQb8dmtWDwVf9fC17MzAH25vWkBZxlkLJl9rhXjP1LnA_-dZQX/s400/dissection.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362115842625093954" /></a><br />Can't wait to see this weekend's Picture Perfect selection in The Globe and Mail!<br />This book is both fascinating and macabre. The 'Dark Humour' being the most intriguing of all sections in the book. I'll let you see the review, then buy the book!<br /><br />Dissection: Photographs of a Rite of Passage in American Medicine 1880-1930<br />by John Harley Warner<br />9780922233342 * Blast Books<br /><br /><b>ZEITOUN</b> by Dave Eggers is starting to get some media attention. <br />Brian J Davies wrote a lovely review in this week's EYE. A taste here:<br />"While much outrage has been focused on the lack of federal response to the flood, the Zeitouns’ story puts front and centre the nightmare response the government actually came up with. By turning a humanitarian disaster into a military operation with National Guard troops frazzled from Afghanistan and Iraq, war was brought home. Yes, there are faxes in which the government literally warns that terrorists would be likely to operate during a hurricane. One hopes that with Zeitoun, any debate about the ways in which Eggers chooses to tell stories is put to rest. Let's just be glad that they're being told."<br /><br />For the full review: <a href="http://www.eyeweekly.com/arts/books/">EYE WEEKLY</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-74110955218602385182009-06-25T12:34:00.001-07:002009-06-25T12:34:07.598-07:00CBC: Anthrax War: part 2/7<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/EFZkPCQB8Z8' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/EFZkPCQB8Z8'/></object></p><p>Had to air part 2 as well.<br /><br />Anthrax Wars - a documentary based on Bob Coen's DEAD SILENCE: FEAR AND TERROR ON THE ANTHRAX TRAIL (Counterpoint Press) It's in stores now. </p></div>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-45115020913109231362009-06-25T12:30:00.001-07:002009-06-25T12:30:52.593-07:00CBC: Anthrax War: part 1/7<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/VQw1XMEL6To' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/VQw1XMEL6To'/></object></p><p>Bob Coen's fascinating documentary that aired early spring.<br /><br />His book DEAD SILENCE is now available</p></div>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-57911640519492902022009-06-18T07:38:00.000-07:002009-06-18T08:00:45.337-07:00A Cover That Needs To Be Felt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMW8arcuCOqv3KyILbYc-XODtr7V4GkbeYNvGC5NvQNr81gyX9WVo_iPt86YRI3YU9FWbWRItBlnhDeCatFHVmJq3-_rbD9RXzxboFqPa-S0GMjUbqn1_lY-j4D9jzyBk525Sk59c7pOr/s1600-h/image001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEMW8arcuCOqv3KyILbYc-XODtr7V4GkbeYNvGC5NvQNr81gyX9WVo_iPt86YRI3YU9FWbWRItBlnhDeCatFHVmJq3-_rbD9RXzxboFqPa-S0GMjUbqn1_lY-j4D9jzyBk525Sk59c7pOr/s400/image001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348677414562771762" /></a><br /><br />This is the fantastic cover for The Wild Things Limited Edition coming out this fall by Dave Eggers. <br /><br />Name me an electronic reader that can even come close to providing the tactile experience that this faux fur covered novel promises. <br /><br /><br />About The Book:<br />The Wild Things — based loosely on the storybook by Maurice Sendak and the screenplay cowritten with Spike Jonze — is about the confusions of a boy, Max, making his way in a world he can’t control. His father is gone, his mother is spending time with a younger boyfriend, his sister is becoming a teenager and no longer has interest in him. At the same time, Max finds himself capable of startling acts of wildness: he wears a wolf suit, bites his mom, and can’t always control his outbursts. During a fight at home, Max flees and runs away into the woods. He finds a boat there, jumps in, and ends up on the open sea, destination unknown. He lands on the island of the Wild Things, and soon he becomes their king. But things get complicated when Max realizes that the Wild Things want as much from him as he wants from them. Funny, dark, and alive, The Wild Things is a timeless and time-tested tale for all ages.<br /><br />Coming this October in both a fur covered limited edition and regular cloth.<br />It's published by McSweeney's.PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-78101871502445717382009-06-15T09:29:00.000-07:002009-06-15T09:43:20.465-07:00Congratulations Michael Thomas!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnW8Gul8R2BHh13pBDyDGvU81_jlMblDKHu9sUVRaT9C-KBuzZN_P7T7Ilj7xAAFWzf3rWYu616BgTB9jKslyvLhL9DO9SGLepVXM7s9K3w94-NrrCcgJb0HdbJFs3nZt6BSm6GoqYIBk/s1600-h/9780802170293.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 175px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAnW8Gul8R2BHh13pBDyDGvU81_jlMblDKHu9sUVRaT9C-KBuzZN_P7T7Ilj7xAAFWzf3rWYu616BgTB9jKslyvLhL9DO9SGLepVXM7s9K3w94-NrrCcgJb0HdbJFs3nZt6BSm6GoqYIBk/s320/9780802170293.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347595902064080498" /></a><br />First-time novelist Michael Thomas won the world's richest literary prize for his novel, MAN GONE DOWN. He won 100,000 Euros in the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, announced June 11th. <br /><br />The Boston native now lives in New York with his wife and three children, and his book faced stiff international competition with 145 titles, nominated by 157 public libraries from 41 countries.<br /><br />From the judges:<br />"We never know his name. But the African-American protagonist of Michael Thomas' masterful debut, "Man Gone Down," will stay with readers for a long time. He lingers because this extraordinary novel comes to us from a writer of enthralling voice and startling insight. Tuned urgently to the way we live now, the winner of the International Dublin IMPAC Prize 2009 is a novel brilliant in its scope and energy, and deeply moving in its human warmth." <br /><br />Man Gone Down<br />Michael Thomas<br />9780802170293 * $18.00 Paper<br />Grove Press<br /><br />Available at your favourite local bookstore or:<br /><a href="http://amazon.ca/">Amazon.ca</a><br /><a href="http://chapters.indigo.ca/">Chapters.Indigo.ca</a>PGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996743871688908367.post-23293790178887187032009-06-10T06:48:00.000-07:002009-06-10T07:03:24.009-07:00New Dave Eggers coming this July!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJglSy1unlJm50HfdeXVZkXX7GLYe8iKx13b-VRkvCy3g57nH9xONjQAxlH4XNRKaybyGl8dKMnq12_Qg2TVYlpfy4AZLt0pW_Q2BG1l0N06gT9NljCBV-njCIPFLFRp4-SIcby4DdzpHK/s1600-h/zeitoun.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 171px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJglSy1unlJm50HfdeXVZkXX7GLYe8iKx13b-VRkvCy3g57nH9xONjQAxlH4XNRKaybyGl8dKMnq12_Qg2TVYlpfy4AZLt0pW_Q2BG1l0N06gT9NljCBV-njCIPFLFRp4-SIcby4DdzpHK/s320/zeitoun.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345698208640190738" /></a><br />McSweeney's recently announced ZEITOUN, a new book by Dave Eggers, will release this summer<br /><br />About the Book:<br />When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, a prosperous Syrian-American and father of four, chose to stay through the storm to protect his house and contracting business. In the days after the storm, he traveled the flooded streets in a secondhand canoe, passing on supplies and helping those he could. A week later, on September 6, 2005, Zeitoun abruptly disappeared. <br /><br />Eggers’s riveting nonfiction book, three years in the making, explores Zeitoun’s roots in Syria, his marriage to Kathy—an American who converted to Islam—and their children, and the surreal atmosphere (in New Orleans and the United States generally) in which what happened to Abdulrahman Zeitoun was possible. Like What Is the What, Zeitoun was written in close collaboration with its subjects and involved vast research—in this case, in the U.S., Spain, and Syria.<br /><br />Zeitoun ships later this month and hits stores mid-July.<br /><br />McSweeney's<br />978-1-934781-63-0 * $30.95 cl<br />Nonfiction/Current Affairs/Politics<br />6 x 8.5 * 342 pagesPGChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12981948047092471269noreply@blogger.com0