January

2010

Noteworthy Events    Pelican in Pages  Author Appearances  Quotes from the Media  

Noteworthy Events

Edie Hand, coauthor of The Genuine Elvis: Photos and Untold Stories about the King ($14.95), will give a seven-minute TV interview on Thursday, January 28 at 11:30 am CST on Daytime Alabama, the midday show on the Birmingham NBC affiliate WVTM-TV Channel 13.

Sal Sunseri, coauthor of The P&J Oyster Cookbook ($35.00), and contributor Chef Robert Barker 
will appear on ABC 26’s Good Morning New Orleans for a cooking demo and discussion. 
The segment will air on Monday, January 18, during the 6:00 am hour.

Stacey Harris, author of The Diabetic Pastry Chef ($24.95) 
will be interviewed 
on the “Bulldog and the Rude Awakening Show,” 
on Ocean 98.1 FM WOCM, in Ocean City, Maryland. 
The interview will be broadcast on Friday, January 15, at 8:00 am.  

On January 15, Jeff Dwyer, author of Ghost Hunter’s Guide to California’s Wine Country ($15.95 pb), 
will give an interview with Contact Talk Radio host Vaishali.

Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children . . . and Other Streets of New Orleans! ($17.95 pb), 
by John Churchill Chase,  
has been adopted for ENC 2930 (an English course) 
at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.  

Maybe it is true that they don’t make cars like they used to. Elizabeth Schlappi, 
the author of Roy Acuff: The Smoky Mountain Boy ($14.95 pb), 
has had only one car her whole life. She calls her 1958 Chevrolet Impala sport coupe, Yankee. 
With only 183,000 miles, he’s had one coat of paint and several transmissions. 
The seventy-two-year-old Schlappi also had power steering installed to make driving easier for her.

Praise for Pelican Titles

Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This ($24.95), by Carol Allen

“Meanwhile, none other than Leah Chase, the grande dame of Creole cooking in Louisiana, was named Restaurateur of the Year by the Louisiana Restaurant Association. She still operates her restaurant, Dooky Chase, in New Orleans’ Treme neighborhood. Regular readers of this column will remember her outstanding biography, Leah Chase: Listen, I Say Like This, by Carol Allen. If you never have read it, you should. It’s an amazing story.”

—Louisiana Cookin’

Christmas in New Orleans ($39.95), by Peggy Scott Laborde and John Magill

“Favorite Christmas book for New Orleans this year.”                             
—New Orleans Living magazine

 “No other book remembers Christmas in New Orleans like this masterful production.”                    
  —Big Easy Magazine

 “This beautiful book is a perfect gift for anyone who grew up with these traditions or for those who want to grow in knowledge about the city’s unique holiday spirit.”                                                                              
—Preservation in Print  

Pelican in Pages

Kit Wohl’s The P&J Oyster Cookbook ($35.00) 
will be the January cover feature for New Orleans Magazine.  

Creating Your Architectural Style ($49.95), 
by George D. Hopkins, Jr., 
will be reviewed in the January issue of Library Journal.

The January 14 issue of the New Orleans, LA Times-Picayune 
will include a full article about The P&J Oyster Cookbook ($35.00).

Author Appearances

Tom Aswell, author of Louisiana Rocks! The True Genesis of Rock and Roll ($29.95), has the following appearance:

 January 13 (Wed.) 6:00-7:30 pm: St. Tammany Parish Library, 3457 Hwy 190, Mandeville, LA 70471; lecture and signing

Johnette Downing, author and illustrator of Why the Crawfish Lives in the Mud ($15.95), has the following appearance:

 January 8 (Fri.) 12:00-1:00 pm: A Tisket a Tasket Book Shop, 910 Decatur St., New Orleans, LA 70116, signing

Salima Alikhan, the author and illustrator of The Pied Piper of Austin ($15.95), has the following appearance:

 January 23 (Sat.) 3:00-5:00 pm: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 2701 Parker Rd., Bldg. A. Ste. 700, Round Rock TX 78681; signing

Sheryl Towers, author of Seeds of Success: 17 Ways to Nurture the Greatness Within You ($23.00), has the following appearance:

 January 9 (Sat.) 10:30 am: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 5080 Riverside Dr., Macon, GA 31210; speech and signing

Vincenza Scarpaci, author of The Journey of the Italians in America ($40.00), has the following appearances:

 January 9 (Sat.) 2:00 pm: Crockett Library, 991 Loring Ave., Crockett, CA 94525; discussion and signing

January 10 (Sun.) 1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 1150 El Camino Real Space 277, San Bruno, CA 94066; discussion and signing

January 13 (Wed.) 7:00 pm: Excelsior Branch Library, 4400 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94112; discussion and signing

January 14 (Thurs.) 7:30 pm: Books Inc., 2251 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA 94123; signing

January 16 (Sat.) 2:00 pm: Borders, 120 Crescent Dr. Pleasant Hill, CA 94523; discussion and signing

For more information on author signings and appearances please visit our Upcoming Events Schedule at http://www.pelicanpub.com/events.asp.