You are cordially invited to a talk:       At 7 p.m. on Thursday September 16, 2010 

at the Norfolk Arts Centre on Lynwood St in Simcoe, 

David Beasley, author of the popular novels Sarah’s Journey and From Bloody Beginnings; Richard Beasley’s Upper Canada, will launch two books: 

his novel Violet’s Flight about the escape from Burma of tens of thousands over the Himalayas to India at the time of the Japanese invasion in 1942, the war and occupation in Burma from the perspective not just of the Burmese, but of Japanese officers and the clandestine forces. 

It concludes with the assassination of Aung San which led to the Burma of today. Much of it is told from the viewpoint of Violet and her father Aloysius Nicholas. Violet lived her last years in Simcoe. Before she died she left her remembrances of growing up in Burma with David Beasley. 

The second book, Violet Beasley’s The Role of …

It’s been nine years since she graduated from high school, but Pembroke native Stacy Padula remembers clearly what it felt like to be a teenager.
“It was such a war zone,” she said of high school. “You’d have somebody say something about you and you’d be like, ‘I don’t even know where they got that.’ […] Between the rumors, the gossip, the fake friendships and the drugs … it was definitely a war zone.”
A 2001 graduate of Silver Lake Regional High School, Padula has good memories, too, and is still best friends with people she went to school with. But she also believes kids may not get an honest picture of what high school is like before they get there.
“I grew up reading a lot of books and it kind of painted a picture in my mind of what high school …

Newly Released Political Cookbook
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TAX BITES & TASTY MORSELS: WHO’S BEEN EATING MY PIE? REAL RECIPES AND “UNREAL” TAXES
Tax Bites & Tasty Morsels is a totally unique cookbook, one filled with tantalizing recipes to tempt your appetite as well as a smorgasbord of tax trivia that will stimulate your mind.
From the simple recipe Figs Topped with Gorgonzola to the hearty Mustard and Brown Sugar-Crusted Corned Beef, a variety of recipes are accompanied by a Tax Bite, a little-known and quirky fact about many of the taxes we pay and the programs they fund. Tax Bites will reveal “Who’s Been Eating Your Pie!”
TAX BITES & TASTY MORSELS (ISBN: 978-1-60911-529-6) just released on July 15, 2010. Available through amazon.com or the author’s website for $19.99.
Author’s website: http://taxbitesandtastymorsels.com
For Wholesale Orders please email tastymorselsreps@gmail.com or call (530) 906-3189
About the Author: Susie Iventosch is a food columnist for two Northern California newspapers: …

Creative Screenwriting Now Accepts Low-Cost Small Display And Classified Ads
Creative Screenwriting, the most respected magazine on screenwriting in the world, now accepts low-cost classified ads, just like the Other Magazine – with two significant exceptions:
#1: Our classified ads are twice the size of theirs. More room for your message. #2: Our classified ads cost 20% less for twice the space — only $199 vs $250.
Classfieds are a great way to advertise script consulting services, classes, software, books, events, tools of the trade, your screenwriting website or blog, or even promote your screenplay. Creative Screenwriting and the Other Magazine circulate to the same demographic, but most readers buy one or the other.
So don’t advertise to only half your audience – hit the other half with an ad twice as big for a price 20% lower!
For the details on prices, terms, artwork, …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Suzanne Stenson O’Brien prsuzanne@strategicbookmarketing.com 612-868-7619
Writers Literary Script Consultant Named in the Top National
Creative Screenwriting Magazine’s BEST SCRIPT ANALYSTS AND CONSULTANTS AS RATED BY SCREENWRITERS report just came out and Anton Diether of Writers Literary is ranked! This report is based on a survey conducted over a period of weeks from December 2009 to February, 2010. More than 80,000 recipients of the CS Weekly E-Zine, published by Creative Screenwriting, were invited to take the survey on line at surveymonkey.com, a professional surveying forms service.
“I’m pleased be included in Creative Screenwriting’s report,” stated Diether, “ but most of the credit should go to Writers Literary’s expert staff of editors whom I have personally handpicked and trained to assist screenwriters around the world.”
The survey received nearly 1,000 responses covering 212+* script analysts and consultants. About 100 responses were dropped from the final study because of confusing or incomplete …

For Immediate Release
Sixty years after being held captive and displaying valor for his nation, World War II veteran Kenneth Horrigan is finally able to tell his story, and he hopes it will inspire veterans of other wars.
Readers will find his story compelling, and engaging. It is a testament to the mental effects of war.
Coffin Corner is available for purchase through Strategic Book Publishers, New York, NY and can also be bought online at Amazon.com. For more information about Kenneth’s story and book, visit www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/CoffinCorner.html, or www.coffin-corner.com
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For Immediate Release
Author of The Caregivers, Kathryn Smaw Amerson, will be at Craven Community College on July 20th. Readers are invited to meet Amerson at 2:30 PM at:
Craven Community CollegeGodwin Memorial Library at Barker Hallon the New Bern Campus800 College Court
Kathryn Smaw Amerson is a native of New Bern. She is a history and humanitiesinstructor at Craven Community College. “The Caregivers” is a work of creative non-fiction. The Caregivers can be purchased as a Kindle book from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Caregivers-ebook/dp/B003MC5DHS
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For Immediate Release
A Bellaire physician who has combined his love of medicine with his penchant for writing has published his first novel.
Culminating after decades of professional practice, and extensive writing, Dr. Magid’s completed Infidelity’s Fool, published by Strategic Books in 2009. According to Dr. Magid, “It is about petty traits that push relationships into trouble, and the regrets.”
“Maybe people will see themselves or know someone like the main character who is narcissistic. This book will be meaningful to anyone in a relationship or who has had problems in a relationship.”
Readers  interested in Dr. Magid’s latest work can learn more at http://amazon.com
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Author of several books, including the recent 1st place prize winner at The Hollywood Book Festival, W.G. Griffiths, would like to express appreciation to his fans and readers for his recent success. Griffiths is also working a new book titled, Angel, the authorized biography of legendary hall of fame jockey, Angel Cordero Jr. who had over 7,000 wins in over 40,000 races. This is certain to be most amazing jockey story ever. About Methuselah’s Pillar From the cradle of civilization, to technology beyond control, Methuselah’s Pillar takes readers on an urgent race across time and faith, where myth and science wrestle for truth. Prehistoric legends are resurrected into the modern world of greed, espionage and bio warfare. Readers interested in W.G. Griffiths, are encouraged to visit his website at http://wggriffiths.com
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My most favorite author is the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare, a literary genius as far as I am concerned.