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October

2007

Noteworthy Events       Awards       Quotes from Media       Pelican in Pages       Author Appearances

Note from the Publisher

 

Daggi Wallace, illustrator of Katherine Stinson Otero: High Flyer (9781589803688, $15.95), presented five time Grammy award-winner Buddy Guy with a portrait. Wallace was commissioned to paint "Legends," a portrait of the Hall of Fame blues legend, as a present for his seventy-first birthday. "Legends" will hang in Guy’s Chicago blues club of the same name.

Noteworthy Events

Leah Chase, author of And Still I Cook (9781565548237, $23.00) and The Dooky Chase Cookbook (9780882896618, $23.00), reopened her restaurant, Dooky Chase, on Tuesday, September 18. The long awaited opening marked the last of the favorite New Orleans restaurants to come back after Hurricane Katrina. Open for take-out service only, it will fully reopen as soon as it is adequately staffed.
Bob Artley, author of Christmas on the Farm (9781589801080, $20.00), Living with Pigs (9781589801042, $10.95 pb), and Once Upon A Farm (9781565547537, $21.95), published by Pelican, celebrated his ninetieth birthday in August. He is working on Memoirs of a Farm Kitchen, expected to be released in 2008.

An interview with James Everett Kibler, author of Memory’s Keep (9781589803718, $22.00) is available for viewing at www.GPB.org. The interview originally aired in August on a program entitled, "Cover to Cover," which is broadcast by Georgia Public Radio. In the hour-long interview, Kibler discusses his inspiration for the novel, the second in a series, which addresses themes of agrarianism, spirituality, family, and finding common ground.

      A documentary of Kibler’s book Our Father’s Fields: A Southern Story (9781589801387 $19.95 pb) has been in production for ten months and is expected to be completed in fall 2007. The one-hour-fifty-minute film is based on the work of nonfiction about the two hundred-year history of a South Carolina plantation family. The book was the recipient of the 1999 Fellowship of Southern Writers Award for Nonfiction.

 

Jeff Dwyer, author of the newly released Ghost Hunter’s Guide to New Orleans (9781589804081, $17.95 pb), will give two interviews on Halloween Day. WRNO (The New 99.5 FM) is a talk radio show broadcast out of New Orleans, Louisiana. KFOG is broadcast out of San Francisco, California.

 Awards

Johnette Downing, author of Down in Louisiana (9781589804517, $15.95), was selected as a member of the Southern Artistry, an online artist registry of the South’s artistic diversity and excellence. Downing’s artist profile can be viewed at http://www.southernartistry.org. 

Praise for Pelican Titles

 

The Cotton Candy Catastrophe at the Texas State Fair (9781589801899, $15.95), by Dotti Enderle and illustrated by Chuck Galey:

"We can read this fun little children’s book to get us ready for the fair."

                                                                                       —bookclub.meetup.com

Redeeming American Democracy: Lessons from the Confederate Constitution (9781589804722, $19.95), by Marshall L. DeRosa:

"Uses a different approach to looking at the problems of today’s big government."  
                                                     —Foreword

 Sign of the Dragon (9781589804760, $15.95), by Richard Trout:

"The action scenes are . . .nonstop and easily envisioned."    
                                            —VOYA

Louisiana Cowboys (9781589804531, $39.95), by Bill Jones:

"Educates with lively narratives that include plenty of the drama and danger of the cowboy life." 

—Cowboys & Indians

 Rosemary Beach (9781589804036, $35.00), by Richard Sexton: "It’s like being there, perhaps without the breeze that occasionally wafts hints of Gulf salt and native rosemary gently your  way." 
—Florida Living

                                                            Pelican in Pages

Barbara Sillery, author of The Haunting of Louisiana (9781565549050, $17.95 pb), will be interviewed in the October issue of La Vie Magazine.

 Little Thumb (9781565547544, $7.95 pb), by Wanda Dionne and illustrated by Jana Dillon, will appear in the October issue of Parents Magazine. It will be featured in a book sidebar for a story on helping kids beat baby habits, such as thumb-sucking.

Volumes I, II, and V of the New Orleans Architecture Series will be displayed in the October issue of Cottage Living magazine. They will be included on a source page of New Orleans items. Pelican will donate ten percent of each book sold to Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans.

 

Jerald Horst, coauthor of Angler’s Guide to Fishes of the Gulf of Mexico (9781589803886, $35.00), will be mentioned in an article about Louisiana authors in the October issue of Inside Northside.


Bev Alfeld, author of The Jamlady Cookbook (9781589802353, $35.00) and Pickles to Relish (97815898048909, $24.95), to be released in spring 2008, published a feature article in the September/October Fruit Gardner. Alfeld writes a regular column in the magazine called "Jamming with Jamlady."

Author Appearances

Jeff Dwyer, author of Ghost Hunter’s Guide to Los Angeles (9781589804043, $14.95 pb) and Ghost Hunter’s Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area (9781589802896, $14.95 pb), will attend a ghost hunt and signing at Acres of Books in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, October 13, at 1:00 pm. At 5:00 pm the same day, he will attend a ghost hunt and signing and give a lecture at Under the Bridge Bookstore and Gallery in San Pedro, California. On Sunday, October 14, Dwyer will give a lecture and signing at Metropolis Books on Main Street in Los Angeles, California, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. On Saturday, October 27, Dwyer will sign at the Gateway Boulevard Barnes & Noble in Fairfield, California, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, author of the newly released Witches’ Night Before Halloween (9781589804852, $15.95), will be touring her home state of Massachusetts during the month of October. On Friday, October 19, she will sign at the Andover Street Barnes & Noble in Peabody at 7:00 pm. On Friday, October 26, she will sign at the Worcester Providence Barnes & Noble in Millbury from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. She will be at the Lincoln Road Barnes & Noble in Worcester on Saturday, October 27, at 11:00 am. That same day, she will appear at the Harvard Coop in Cambridge at 2:00 pm and Macintyre and Moore in Sommerville at 7:00 pm. On Sunday, October 28, Bannatyne will be at Manchester by the Book in Manchester at 5:00 pm. On Monday, October 29, she will be at Books and More in Plymouth at 6:00 pm. She will sign at the Middlesex Turnpike Barnes & Noble on Tuesday, October 30, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
Thomas Forehand, Jr., editor of Robert E. Lee's Lighter Side: The Marble Man’s Sense of Humor (9781589803558, $12.95 pb), will attend the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tennessee. Forehand will give a forty-five minute presentation followed by a question and answer segment during a session on Saturday, October 13.

                 Mikel Schaefer, author of Lost in Katrina (9781589805118, $23.00) will give a lecture at Nunez Community College in Chalmette, Louisiana, on Monday, October 1, at 7:00 pm. A local to the area, Schaefer’s book focuses on St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

 David Davis, author of Librarian’s Night Before Christmas (9781589803367, $15.95) and Texas Zeke and the Longhorn (9781589803480, $15.95), will participate in a Barnes & Noble Educator’s Event at the Cooper Street location in Arlington, Texas, on Thursday, October 18, at 6:00 pm.

Debra West Smith, author of the Hattie Marshall Series, will participate in an Educator’s Event at the Opry Mills Drive Barnes & Noble in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, October 13. Smith will be on location from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

James R. Fleming, author of The Confederate Ninth Tennessee Infantry (9781589803312, $29.95), will give a talk and a signing at the Perryville Battlefield State Historical Site in Perryville, Kentucky, on Saturday, October 6. Dori Hillestad Butler, author of F Is for Firefighting (9781589804203, $15.95), will read her book for story hour at the Cedar Rapids Public Library in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, October 10.


 Bev Shaffer, author of the newly released Mustard Seed Market & Café Natural Foods Cookbook (9781589804654, $29.95), will sign at her restaurant, The Mustard Seed Market and Café in Akron, Ohio, on Saturday, October 13, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. She will be at the Medina Road Barnes & Noble in Akron, Ohio, on Friday, October 19, from 6:45 to 8:15 pm. On Saturday, November 4, she will participate in a signing and tasting at The Learned Owl in Hudson, Ohio, at 4:00 pm.

Jan Day Fehrman and Janeen Mason, the author and illustrator team that brought us The Pirate, Pink (9781565548794, $15.95) and Kissimmee Pete, Cracker Cow Hunter (9781589803251, $15.95), will sign their books at Barnes & Noble on Federal Highway in Jensen Beach, Florida, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.

Marshall Conyers, author of the epic Civil War poem Amongst Immortals Raging: Gettysburg’s Third Day Begins (9781589804685, $19.95), will speak to a monthly writing group at the Briar Creek Parkway Barnes & Noble in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Tuesday, October 2. His creative writing topic will be "How to Get Published." He will be on location for a reading and signing from 7:00 to 9:00 pm.

Johnette Downing, author of Today Is Monday in Louisiana (9781589804067, $15.95), will sign at the Dularge Library in Houma, Louisiana, on Friday, October 12, at 10:00 am. On Wednesday, October 17, she will participate in the Barnes & Noble Educator’s Night in Harvey, Louisiana, at 6:00 pm. She will be at the Washington Parish Fair in Franklington, Louisiana, on Friday, October 19, at 2:30 pm. On Friday, October 26, she will participate in Boo at the Zoo, at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. On Saturday, October 27, she will be at the Monster Mash in Covington, Louisiana, at 10:00 pm.

Peter J. Welling, author and illustrator of the forthcoming Darlene Halloween and the Great Chicago Fire (9781589804791, $15.95), will read and participate in a pumpkin face drawing activity at Hamilton North Public Library in Cicero, Indiana, on Saturday, October 6, from 1:00 to 2:00 pm. He will sign at the Barnes & Noble Educator’s Night on Thursday, October 18, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm in Bolingbrook, Illinois. On Friday, October 19, Welling will be a featured speaker at the Educator’s Reception at Barnes & Noble in Shaumburg, Illinois, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. On Saturday, October 20, he will read at the Chicago Avenue Barnes & Noble in Naperville, Illinois, from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. On Saturday, October 27, Welling will be at the Western Kentucky Book Festival in Sturgis, Kentucky.

Walter Brian Cisco, author of War Crimes Against Southern Civilians (9781589804661, $24.95), will sign at Books on Main in Newberry, South Carolina, on Saturday, October 6, at 11:00 am, for the store’s fall festival. Cisco will be at the Barnes & Noble in Augusta, Georgia, on Thursday, October 11, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. An article about Cisco and his book was published in the September issue of Living in South Carolina Magazine. 

 

Lois V. Harris, author of Mary Cassatt: Impressionist Painter (9781589804524, $15.95), will sign at the Black Lake Boulevard Barnes & Noble in Olympia, Washington, on Monday, October 8, from 12:00 to 5:00 pm. Harris will attend The Washington Art Education Association’s 2007 fall conference at the International Academy of Design & Technology in Tukwila, Washington. She will exhibit her book at the conference from Friday, October 12 to Saturday, October 13. Copies of her book will also be available at the silent auction.

Dotti Enderle, author of the recently released Hidden (9781589804814, $8.95 pb), will sign at the Southwest Freeway location in Sugar Land, Texas, on Monday, October 15. She will be available for their Educator’s Night from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Enderle has a forthcoming title, The Fat Stock Stampede at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (9781589804432, $15.95), that will be available in spring 2008.

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