Arts and Entertainment: Books Press Releases

Former Team Canada Staff Published First Book

David Small, Former Director of Hockey Operations for Team Canada West has published his first book, entitled "Small Stories". The book is a collection of short stories about growing up in rural Canada.

Elle Febbo and Laura Marlowe to Boggle for Books at Union Station for RIFSoCal Celebration and Fundraiser for Youth

It's the world's only Boggle tournament on Saturday, May 19, at art deco Fred Harvey Room at Union Station. The guest list is long for this year's 40th Anniversary Celebration, and two of those guests are sure to enjoy the Carnival-Style fun. Children's books authors Elle Febbo and Laura Marlowe, both advocates for children's literacy and the RIFSoCal mission to provide age-appropriate at-home libraries to underserved youth, will be Boggling for Books in this years 3rd annual fundraiser.

BookChums Stand on Salman Rushdie

Speaking at the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, New York, writer Salman Rushdie raised concern over the increasing intolerance in India over creative expression. Rushdie was of the opinion that creative work is now frequently becoming a target of religious attacks. As quoted by Kolkata's The Telegraph on May 7, Rushdie said, "India was a society in which, for a long time, ideas of free expression were very entrenched.

A New Summer Crime Novella from Colin Galbraith

Scottish crime writer, Colin Galbraith, has published his second crime book, a novella called GREENER IS THE GRASS. Published by Edinburgh-based Smashing Press, the new digital-only book is available from 4th May 2012.

The Tell-Tale Heart Will Haunt Your iPad

Diehard Studio Entertainment introduces the release of Tell Tale Heart HD 1.0, the interactive iPad adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic story. The Tell-Tale Heart contains creepy mixed-media painting, interactive elements, bone-chilling sound effects and a spellbinding 1930's-style radio drama performance that is sure to haunt your dreams. Illustrated by Mutant League television series art director Dwayne Ferguson and performed by Hunter Wolf and veteran television actress Janet Hubert.

A New Novel on Hospice Volunteer Care

"Mondays with Mary" by Sam Oliver is about a Counselor in Boston who travels to Southern New Hampshire to visit a dying Hospice patient named Mary.

Local Writer Announces the Release of Debut Novel Unforeseen

There are benefits to growing up in a small town. One of them is that often you are forced to use your imagination to create excitement. Growing up in Grafton, Mass Lauren Grimley frequently dreamed up stories and often wrote them down to share with her family and friends. It paid off; she's thrilled to announce her debut novel Unforeseen has been published. The adult urban fantasy novel was released as an e-book on Amazon and Barnes and Noble on April 27th.

BookChums reports on Cookbook of the Year

For the first time in the competition for the 'Cookbook of the Year' was awarded to an Australian chef. The award function was held this week at a New York food publishing event. Guess which book was the winner? Well, the Indian connection was seen again, the winner was the book 'Tasting India' by Christine Manfield. The book is a journey of gastronomical proportions of food cuisines all across and over India.

New Book, Macabre Manila, Exposes Current Political Corruption in Supernatural Setting

When Tim Czarnecki, a middle-aged, recently divorced American, casts caution to the wind to visit Manila, home of his alluring internet Asian seductress, Lily, his life will never be quite the same. What begins as a romantic rendezvous in the tropical paradise of Boracay, leads to admission in a mental hospital for convicted felons. His Heaven to Hell journey involves an erotically charged macabre tapestry of sexual debauchery, demonic possession, femdom, ghosts, Aswang, kidnapping, torture, fetish and grisly murders. Will Tim ever escape his depraved nightmare in Manila?