Awards

Johnette Downing, author of Down in Louisiana (9781589804517, $15.95) and Today Is Monday in Louisiana (9781589804067, $15.95), will receive the Imagination Award from the Lake Charles Children’s Museum in Lake Charles, Louisiana, at 6:30 pm, on Saturday, August 25. Downing will sign books at the museum that morning at 11:00 am.

Praise for PelicanTitles:

Amongst Immortals Raging (9781589804685, $19.95), by Marshall Conyers:

"Conyers might not join the ranks of Whitman, Melville, and Benet, but Immortals is a worthy addition to any American poetry collection." —School Library Journal

Quilts Sold! A Guide to Heirloom and Antique Quilts (9781589803756, $24.95), by Dave and Kathy Prochnow:

"Your guidebook to bidding at estate sales." —Elrena Parton, (TN) Cannon Courier

"Part adventure story and part mathematical puzzle . . . this historical tale . . . provides an engaging introduction to the functions of clocks." —The Bloomsbury Review

Abraham Lincoln’s Execution (9781589803954, $29.95), by John Chandler Griffin:

"Unless historians or other scholars can refute what Professor John Chandler Griffin has revealed in Abraham Lincoln’s Execution, the history not only of the administration of the 16^th President of the U.S. and his death at the hands of John Wilkes Booth will have to be rewritten, but also that of the American Civil War."

                                                                —Burton Wolfe, Burton Wolfe’s Internet Rag

Mardi Gras Treasures: Jewelry of the Golden Age (9781565547254, $35.00), by Henri Schindler:

"Fourth in a series of books by Schindler about Carnival ephemeral, this book displays the finery and flash of Carnival royalty—much of which could rival its European and Asian counterparts."

                                                                              —New Orleans Homes & Lifestyles

Author Appearances

Jim Arnold and Ingrid Larnis, coauthors of Wine Clubs of Sonoma County: A Guide to the Pleasures and Perks of Belonging (9781589804326, $22.95 pb), will sign at Barnes & Noble on Taylor St. in San Francisco, California, on Sunday, August 5. Jim Arnold is a successful contributor of winery event articles for 

  Steven L. Layne, author of Mergers (9781589805385, $8.95 pb), which is now available in papaerback, will serve as a keynote speaker throughout August. After conducting a seminar for Bay District Schools on Thursday, August 9, he will be a keynote speaker for schools in Greensburg, Indiana; Spokane, Washington; Spartanburg, South Carolina; and Woodlands, Texas. For more information on Layne’s schedule, please go to www.stevelayne.com.

The Joy of Y’at Catholicism (9781589804104, $14.95 pb) was the number one best-seller in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the first week of July according to Nielsen BookScan. High sales prompted the second printing of the book, which was first released in April 2007.

Author Earl Higgins will be signing in Louisiana during the month of August. On Saturday, August 4, he will be at the Sam’s Club in Slidell from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. Saturday, August 11, he will sign at Borders Books and Music on Veterans Memorial Blvd. in Metairie, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm. He will sign at Barnes & Noble in Mandeville on Saturday, August 18, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. The Algiers Point Hubbell Public Library in New Orleans will host Higgins as part of their Pelican author series on Tuesday, August 21, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Jan Day, author of The Pirate, Pink (9781565548794, $15.95) and Pirate Pink and Treasures of the Reef (9781589800861, $15.95), will be giving a workshop and signing for the Osceola Public Library’s Author Blitz in Kissimmee, Florida, on Saturday, August 11. In July, Day read and signed Kissimmee Pete, Cracker Cow Hunter (9781589803251, $15.95) at the National Cowboy Festival in Okechobee, Florida.

Richard Trout, author of Sign of the Dragon (9781589804760, $15.95), will attend Encyclomedia in Oklahoma City, from August 29 through August 30. A professor at Oklahoma Community College, Trout was honored with the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for the 2006-2007 school year. Trout will always be remembered for receiving this recognition in the year that marks the Oklahoma Centennial.

Bill Jones, author of Louisiana Cowboys (9781589804531, $45.00), will sign at Barnes & Noble at Citiplace Court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Saturday, August 14, from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

Walter Brian Cisco, author of War Crimes Against Southern Civilians (9781589804661, $24.95), will be very active throughout the month of August. He will attend one Sons of Confederate Veterans Conference in Leesville, South Carolina, and another SCV event in West Columbia, South Carolina. On Saturday, August 11, Cisco will sign at Walden Books in Charleston, South Carolina. He will also give a talk and signing at Barnes & Noble in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Friday, August 17. On Saturday, August 25, he will sign at Walden Bookstore in Sumter, South Carolina.

Una Belle Townsend, author of Grady’s in the Silo (9781589800984, $15.95), will speak on the Oklahoma author program at Encyclomedia in Oklahoma City, on Thursday, August 30. Townsend was one of twelve Oklahoma authors selected to tour the state in honor of the Centennial year. The literacy event, co-sponsored by the Friends of the Oklahoma Center for the Book, asked participating authors to visit rural areas with populations under 2,000. Townsend is also the author of a forthcoming title, The Oklahoma Land Rush, a child’s story of the 1907 event.

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