World Poet Diego Bastianutti is asking for help!
His book has sold out at all the local stores in Vancouver and many people are trying to buy it.
They are phoning and e-mailing since his recent interview on North by Northwest on CBC Radio One.
He says: "Help! Anyone wishing to buy my book (Per un pugno di terra/For a Fistful of Soil) can contact me directly at my e-mail (diegob@shaw.ca), or by calling me at (604) 454-9911. The book
is $25.00 plus $3.00 mailing. Thank you."
Jennie Nash, author of the recently released novel, The Last Beach Bungalow (Berkley Trade, February ’08) is teaming up with Benjamin Moore Paints and the Canadian Cancer Society to bring colour inspiration and confidence to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Nash will be appearing at the VanDusen Gardens, 5251 Oak Street; Vancouver on October 8th 2008 from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm for a special presentation and book signing, serving high tea, with each guest receiving an autographed copy of The Last Beach Bungalow. She will also be appearing, on the same day at the Newlands Golf and Country Club, 21025 48th Avenue; Langley from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm for a special presentation and book signing, serving dessert, with each guest receiving an autographed copy of The Last Beach Bungalow.
Joining her for both presentations is Benjamin Moore's colour expert and frequent CityLine presenter Sharon Grech.
Grech and Nash will discuss key scenes from the book and will also examine colour and character—how colour can impact your emotions, how it can reflect a personality, and how it is a fundamental building block in creating the comforts and completeness of your home.
reading and signing of
I MARRIED A TERRORIST
by Leon Kaplan
More info: www.BlogHeadPress.com
"Leon Kaplan's faux-memoir does for hookers what Portnoy's Complaint did for Jewish mothers." –Allan Novak, Loving Spoonfuls
"Leon Kaplan's comic look at the life of a lustful nomad is both perceptive and thoroughly entertaining. A new talent to watch." –Kerry Doole, Amazon.com
Is Leon Kaplan just another forty-something awkward, yet literary Jew oppressed by suffocating Yiddishe Mama, obsessed with sex, death and shiksas? In literati circles, Kaplan's new book I Married a Terrorist is being hailed as proof positive that the public is ready and willing to accept erotica writing laced with humour. That's big news to industry purists who have long resisted the slow tide of satire (or fratire, if you will), but it's only half the story.
