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Prairie Tour- Beth Rowles Scott

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:33:37 +0000

Author Beth Rowles Scott Photo By Michael Moster

Pinch Me, A Long Walk From the Prairies is getting a lot of attention and Beth Rowles Scott is very busy organizing her tour of the prairies. Check back for more information later in the summer!

One of the stops that has been confirmed is:

McNally-Robinson Book Store in Saskatoon for Wednesday, September 8th 7:30 pm.

Buy this exciting book direct from the publisher with the link below or order from a bookstore near you. For more information about the author, please visit the Beth Rowles Scott page.

Buy Pinch Me, A long Walk from the Prairies

IPPY Award Winner – David Kirkpatrick

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:21:02 +0000

Congratulations to author David Kirkpatrick! His book, In Praise of Strong Women tied for the Silver Medal for Western Canada at the 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards) in New York City.

The silver medal was awarded to David in NYC during a gala event on May 25, 2010.

Learn more about David by viewing his individual author page.

Granville Island Publishing is very proud of David’s achievement as the awards were very competitive this year. In Praise of Strong Women is available in fine bookstores or buy direct from the publisher.

Buy Now $24.95 CAN

American readers may want to order the book directly from Amazon, but Canadian readers can order directly from the publisher, Granville Island Publishing, located in Vancouver, Canada.

Canada-West – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Gold: The McLeod Luck, by Donald McLeod and Will Peacock (Echo Memoirs Ltd.)
Silver (tie): Songcatcher, by Aline Perret-Vallée (Your Nickel’s Worth Publishing) and In Praise of Strong Women, by David Kirkpatrick (Granville Island Publishing)
Bronze: Hell/Bent for Life, by Dr. John Valentine (John Valentine Publishing)

Congratulations to all medalists for your excellent work and independent spirit!

Trekking the Globe-Book Launch

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:04:24 +0000

Trekking the Globe was launched in Winnipeg at McNally Robinson Booksellers on Monday, June 21st at 7 p.m.

Additional author appearances include a presentation at the Thompson Public Library on June 23rd, after Irene Butler appeared on the CBC Radio Winnipeg’s morning program on June 21st.

Signings at Chapters Polo Park in Winnipeg on Monday June 28th from 4-7 p.m. and Indigo on Kenaston on Tuesday, June 29th from 7-9 p.m., a presentation at the Thunder Bay Public Library on Monday July 5th and a reading at Aqua Books in Winnipeg on July 7th at 7.p.m.

Buy this exciting book direct from the publisher by clicking here or order from a bookstore near you. For more information about the author, please visit the Irene Butler page.

The author will be touring the Pacific Northwest and the West Coast of North America in the fall of 2010. Check back for more details.

Roy Osing Exclusive Event

admin — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:45:36 +0000

Roy Osing has been busy organizing an Exclusive Event he is doing June 15 in Vancouver. Roy is working in partnership with The BC Chamber of Commerce, Selfspace BC, The New Car Dealers of BC and Corus Radio CKNW.

Click on the link below for more Event details and Registration information.

http://bit.ly/9I22Sc

We hope to see you there!

Buy Roy’s book direct from the publisher by clicking here.

For additional information on Roy’s book and the events, media and the many other things going on around his book, please visit www.bedifferentorbedead.com or his author page at Granville Island Publishing Ltd.

New York Radio with Dr. Botek

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:40:08 +0000

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Song on My Lips is on the air in New York and area as GIPL author, Dr. Stephen Botek, is featured in many interviews. We will try to get a copy of these interviews to share with you.

The current schedule of radio interviews reaches as far as Toronto, Canada, and Boston, Mass. but most of the stations broadcast in NY State. Dates are listed with the oldest events at the bottom.

11:30 a.m. Monday, May 10, 2010, taped in studio of WOR radio, 111 Broadway, NYC, 3^rd fl., Bill Bertenshaw, Community Concerns,

11 am. Est, Thursday, April 22, 2010,

Jordan Rich, 20 min live interview on WBZ radio, Boston.

10:15 a.m. eastern time, Friday, April 16, 2010,

Ed Jones for a 10 min taped interview on the phone for KBEM, a jazz station in Minneapolis, MN,

8:50 am, est, Thursday, April 15, 2010, Bruce Owens, for a 10-20 min live interview on the phone

9:35 a.m. est, Wed. April 14, 2010, Don Williams for a 10-15 min interview on WOND, Atlantic City.

9:20 am, est, time, Tuesday, April 13, 2010, Bob Langstaff of WAMV, Amherst, VA, for a 10 min live interview. for the morning show

9:05 AM. Monday, April 12, 2010, Larry Whitler of WOCA, Ocala, FL for a 25 min live interview on the phone. Show is AM OCALA.

1:05 pm. Exact, Thursday, April 8, 2010, Don Brunelle at for a 25 min live interview on the phone for WOON, Woonsocket, RI (Providence market).

11:10 am, Thursday, April 8, 2010, Mike Pomp of WTSN, Dover, N.H., for a ½ hour live interview on the phone.

11 a.m. eastern time, WED. April 7, 2010, Dan Dunn, for interview on WMHR and 3 other NY state stations, at for a 5 min. tape interview on the phone.

8:20 am. Eastern time, Wed. April 7, 2010, Dan Schilling, for a 5-10 min LIVE interview for WSBS, Great Barrington,

9 a.m, est, Tuesday, APRIL 6, 2010, BILL REDDISH, for a 10-15 min taped interview on the phone for WICO, Salisbury, MD.

10:55 am. Monday, April 5, 2010, Sybil Tonkonogy,for a half hour live interview on the phone, for station WNTN, Newton, MA,

9:30 am. Est, Friday, April 2, 2010, Joyce Estey of WRNJ, Hackettstown, NJ, for a 10 min taped interview on the phone.

10:05 am. Eastern time, Thursday, APRIL 1, 2010, Tootie Cooksie, for station WILY, Centralia ILL, for a ½ hour to 45 min live interview on the phone.

9:00 AM. Eastern time, Thursday, April 1, 2010, Dave Peterson of CIUT, Toronto, CANADA, on the phone for a 15-25 min interview, LIVE.

1 pm. Eastern time, WED. March 31, 2010, Ken Johannessen for a 20 min taped interview on the phone for KPQ, Spokane, WA.

7:15 a.m est, WED, March 31, 2010, Ben Ball and Coastal Daybreak show, for a 10-15 min live interview on the phone of the Talk station, WTKF and WJNC, Morehead City, North Carolina,

9:05 a,m est, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, Bob Cudmore of WVTL of Amsterdam, NY, for a 10 min live interview on the phone.

David Kirkpatrick on Tour

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:17:33 +0000

David Kirkpatrick will be traveling to several locations to read and sign his book. This tour will take him to Portland, Seattle, Olympia and then return here to Vancouver.

Seattle:

Date: Saturday, April 10th
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Venue: East-West Bookshop
Contact info: 206 523 3726 or email see www.eastwestbookshop.com

For their posting on this event click here.

Olympia:

Date: Friday April 23rd
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Orca Books
Contact info: 360-352-0123 www.orcabooks.com

For their posting on this event click here.

Portland:

Date: Saturday April 24th
Time: 1 p.m.
Venue: Spirit Feathers Boutique and Healing Center in Portland

Contact info: 503-230-2469 www.spiritfeathers.net

For information on this event posted by the venue - click here.

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Learn more about David by viewing his individual author page.

In Praise of Strong Women, A Psychiatrist’s Memoir, is David’s latest book. Read More about the book by clicking here. Find out about David’s previous book tours, reviews and other news here.

Buy Now $24.95 CAN

American readers may want to order the book directly from Amazon, but Canadian readers can order directly from the publisher, Granville Island Publishing, located in Vancouver, Canada.

Song On My Lips in Rochester

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:59:31 +0000

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Dr. Stephen Botek will be giving a talk and signing his book at the Central Library in Rochester, NY as part of the “Thursday Thinkers Series” on March 4th. Meet Dr. Botek as he speaks about his first hand experiences meeting jazz greats of the big band era.

Central Library Events:

Thursday Thinkers – Song On My Lips, Jazz Greats Were My Mentors

04/03/2010; 12:12 pm – 12:52 pm Central Library

Kate Gleason Auditorium • 115 South Ave. Rochester, NY • (585) 428-7300
Age Level: Adult

Psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Botek will share his adventures and artistic development as a young clarinetist mentored by Buddy De Franco and other jazz legends of the Big Band Era, as detailed in his book of stories, and profiles and rare photos of legendary musicians like Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie and Maynard Ferguson. DeFranco says: “Steve’s take on things included another component — detailed analysis of the often complicated people in the sometimes complicated world of music.”

Speaker: Dr. Stephen Botek
Psychiatrist and Author

For more information or to buy a hard cover copy of the book click here.

Jacqui Stanley shows underwater video in Bellingham

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:33:02 +0000

JACQUI STANLEY, THE DRAGONS OF KANGAROO ISLAND

Date: Sun, 01/17/2010

Time: 2:00pm

Location: Village Books
1200 Eleventh Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225

COME CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA MONTH WITH THIS EXCITING KIDS EVENT! INCLUDES UNDERWATER VIDEO!

Have you ever wondered if dragons still exist?

Australian Aboriginal people believe that the Rainbow Serpent created the world. Anthropologists suggest that the origins of the Rainbow Serpent might be a Leafy Sea Dragon.

Author and Illustrator, Jacqui Stanley is a passionate diver and underwater photographer. She will show fabulous underwater videos of her encounters with the rare and bizarre sea dragons found only off the coast of South Australia in the Great Southern Ocean, the inspiration for her book: “The Dragons of Kangaroo Island.”

Jacqui will demonstrate the ancient aboriginal art of dot painting and provide templates of sea creatures found only beneath Australian waters.

Buy direct from the publisher

Learn more about the book

BE DiFFERENT or be dead Virtual Book Tour

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:17:31 +0000

photo: Dee Lipingwell

Join Roy Osing, author of BE DiFFERENT or be dead, Your Business Survival Guide, for a ` Virtual Book Tour’.

The event will take the attendee through some of the many BE DiFFERENT practices Roy presents in his book and will mirror the numerous face-to-face seminars he has been doing over the past several months.

I urge you all to register for this F.REE live event and to spread the word to your own friends and associates as I expect they would be interested as well.

For more information on Roy’s Virtual Book Tour and to register for the event, please go to http://www.bedifferentorbedead.com/blog/item/be_different_or_be_dead_virtual_book_tour/

Thanks and please spread the word.

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Buy Roy’s book direct from the publisher by clicking on the cover at left.

Roy Osing Interview on Toronto’s CFRB Radio

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:20:03 +0000

photo: Dee Lippingwell

Roy Osing, author of “BE DiFFERENT or be dead, Your Business Survival Guide”, is busy with a promotional tour in Toronto. He was interviewed on CFRB Radio, one of Toronto’s most popular stations and you can listen to the interview on the air.

The Bill Carroll Show

Weekday Mornings – 6am to 10am

Newstalk 1010 CFRB Toronto

If you are in Toronto, he has an event tonight, June 2nd, at McNally Robinson and a seminar with The Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, June 3rd. He is also meeting with writers from both The National Post and Canadian Business for interviews to be published later this month. Finally, he dropped into Books For Business and did a stock signing of the books on hand.

The Canada AM interview has been rescheduled to June 15th and the interview will probably air on the 16th. Roy will be interviewed in Vancouver and has many more events coming up that are listed on his website.

Buy the book now.