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Ottawa born author Richard Rathwell will be signing copies of his new book “Jump the Devil” in our store on Sunday, June 3 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.

About the Book:
With Jump the Devil, Richard Rathwell has masterfully interwoven the plots of five seemingly unrelated storylines to create one coherent narrative that spans the globe and works to blend the seemingly mundane with the profound, deftly providing readers the necessary clues to unlocking the story. Transcending borders, cultures, generations, and social mores, Jump the Devil brings to life the notion of the global village as it exists in the 21st Century.

“There must have been a bad bite. Something had gestated. He wasn’t imagining it. There were wet, frozen pebbles tumbling in his veins. There was a sugary sense of euphoria, a smell of orange blossoms, of piss, of diesel.”

A man in a crawlspace. A woman and her cart. A doctor in an African village. A girl celebrating New Year’s. And an Egyptian Revolutionary in front of a computer screen. These five, seemingly unrelated narratives span the globe, blurring the boundaries between the trivially mundane and the profound. Jump the Devil brings its readers on a cross-cultural voyage which inextricably links the lives of the narrators, asking the reader to decipher the clues tucked away in the pages with a deft subtlety.

Rathwell’s writing is “a fistful of sentences written with the subtlety of a geisha and the terse certainty of stainless steel.” – John Olson, Author

We look forward to seeing you all here for this exciting book signing event! Come meet the author, buy a book, and get it signed!

Local author William P. McElligott will be in the store on Saturday, June 2 from 11:00am to 2:00pm signing copies of his new photography book “Ottawa, Canada.” It’s a beautiful hardcover coffee table book filled with gorgeous photographs of Ottawa taken during each of our four seasons. It would make a wonderful gift for friends and family, or as an exciting treat for yourself!
For more information about William or his book, visit www.wpmcelligott.com.

We look forward to seeing you all here on Saturday!

Local author Rick Houle will be here in the store launching his debut novel, Vein Storm, on Friday, June 1 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.

About the book:

A couple in their late thirties take off for their first summer vacation at a cottage rental. While they expect serenity at their lakeside setting, their experience on cottage turf takes a turn for the worse as they discover a horrible secret about their etiquette-challenged neighbors.
Vein Storm is a psychological thriller set in a remote cottage township in Northern Ontario.

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE COTTAGE STAYS AT THE COTTAGE
For more information about the book, visit www.veinstorm.com

About the author:
Cartoonist, musician, Web developer, graphic designer, digital photographer and videographer
Rick Houle launches his first novel, a psychological thriller titled Vein Storm.
Rick Houle was born in Ottawa and continues to live and work in the Ottawa area wearing multiple hats. He works in the public service as a Web developer and also creates and maintains websites for himself and for private clients. His original cartoons can be found on the website www.rhcomix.com.

Vein Storm is the first novel in a planned trilogy and a science fiction and detective novel are also on the way.

Linda Wiken (who writes as Erika Chase) will be in the store on Saturday, May 26 from 11:00am to 1:00pm signing copies of her new mystery novel “A Killer Read” – the first in an exciting new series!
From the jacket:
“Reading specialist and mystery book lover Lizzie Turner was excited for the first meeting of the Ashton Corners Mystery Readers and Cheese Straws Society hosted in Molly Matthew’s old Southern mansion. But she didn’t expect the gathering to become the scene of an actual murder. A stranger has been shot – and nobody knows who the victim is, or how Molly’s antique gun came to be used as the murder weapon.
As the plot becomes all too real, the police chief – Lizzie’s former high school crush – steps in to investigate. Then Lizzie begins finding mysterious manuscript chapters in her mailbox, and Molly surfaces as the next name on the killer’s list…”

Come on down to the store on Saturday to meet the author, buy a book, and get it signed! We hope to see you then!

Elizabeth Sellers will be here signing her new young adult book “If Horses Were Wishes.”
From the jacket:
“Katy, an unhappy foster child, daydreams constantly. But when she dreams of doing something admirable to impress popular Sandra Magill, the results aren’t quite what she had in mind – waking up as a horse! Being cared for by Sandra and her friends (and pony!) all help. Through various adventures unexpected friendships develop, bu the burning question is: will Katy prefer being a horse, or will she try to become a girl once more?”
For more information about Katy and her adventures, visit www.elizabethsellers.com

We hope to see you all on Saturday!

Kathleen O’Hara will be in the store signing copies of her new book “Lost and Found in London” on Saturday, May 5 from 11:00am to 1:00pm.
From the jacket:
“Kathleen was lost in London; now she’s about to be found. Her stay has been rich and exciting – museums, galleries, influential people. Romantic trips with a new lover. But UK authorities say it’s time to go. It’s not their problem she doesn’t want to leave, and has no idea what to do next. Fortunately, the right person comes along…”
This book is “a timely, thought-provoking, and fun guide for these uncertain times that could potentially change your life.”

We hope to see you here at the store on Saturday!

Come down to the store on Thursday, May 3 between 5:00pm and 6:00pm to meet local author Dick Bourgeois-Doyle and celebrate Machiavelli’s birthday. Dick will be signing copies of his new book Il Principio – The Principle which satirizes Machiavelli’s famous work, The Prince.
From the jacket:
“In this book, humorist Dick Bourgeois-Doyle as Piccolo Mochiavelli (Little Mock of Machiavelli) presents a collection of apocryphal tales that poke fun at the Italian philosopher as well as the messy blend of ideology, people and process that makes up politics and government in any time and place.
It is the second in a series that includes the tale of a quixotic government administrator: The Most Strategic, Integrated and Aligned Servant of the Public Don Quincy do la Mangement.”

Join us at the bookstore on Saturday afternoon for a book signing with Mony Dojeiji and Alberto Agraso. They will be here on Saturday, April 28 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm signing their book Walking for Inner Peace: An Inner Journey.
From the jacket:
“The course of one’s life never unfolds quite as we imagine it would. While traveling to gain perspective on her life, Mony, a Lebanese-Canadian woman, feels called to walk an ancient path known as the Way of the Soul. She wavers, allowing her fears to drown out her heart’s yearning. Until 9/11. Fate orchestrates all the necessary preparations, including an unexpected companion named Alberto, an Andalusian mystic whose ideas would challenge every preconceived notion Mony holds about peace, life and love. Their 13-month, 5000-kilometer odyssey across 13 countries would lead them physically to Jerusalem, but more importantly, to what was perhaps the intended destination all along: their true selves.
This remarkable true story reminds us that it’s never too late to listen to our hearts, that omens appear to guide us in our journeys, and that following both will lead us to realize our dreams and fulfill our destinies.”

We hope to see you all here on Saturday afternoon to meet these wonderful authors. See you then!

On Saturday April 21, from 12:00 to 2:00pm, local author Maurice Hladik will be in the bookstore signing copies of his new book Demystifying Food from Farm to Fork.
Maurice grew up on a farm in western Canada and was an active farmer into his early adulthood. He earned two degrees in agricultural economics from Canadian and US universities and became an agricultural attache in New Zealand and Germany.
From the jacket:
“In North America and elsewhere, there is a growing concern by many that they are no longer connected in any meaningful way with the production or processing of the food they consume. Furthermore, many sources portray a negative bias regarding the production, transport, processing, and marketing of today’s food.
In Demystifying Food from Farm to Fork, author Maurice J. Hladik examines a plethora of issues surrounding the agricultural industry. It answers the questions of what is food, what does farm to market really mean, and whether the food we eat is safe.”

We hope to see you all here on Saturday between noon and 2:00pm!

Come on down to Books on Beechwood on Saturday, April 14 to meet local author Esther Fueter-Matharu. She will be here from 11:00am to 1:00pm signing copies of her two books, Man on Trial: The ABC of his Folly and De-Feet.

De-Feet — a book of poetry
From the jacket:
“Love, war, nature, the environment – all reflect different phases on the journey of life that the poet who lives in each person can observe and corroborate. With tears and laughter, fears and mockery, Esther Fueter-Matharu takes us on a journey from the wall in Palestine to the bombs in Tennessee, from a tranquil lake in Quebec to the heart of corporate America, from the joys of friendship to the spiritual ponderings for authenticity in the world where lies and pretence dominate. She describes a world that is hot and angry, loving and tender. Both the oppressed and the oppressor will recognize themselves in Esther’s poems.”

Man on Trial: The ABC of his Folly
From the jacket:
“Why, in Canada, do so few women aspire to enter the political arena?
What holds them back?
What needs to happen for women to actively seek to have a fair and proportionate representation in the decision-making processes in all areas of government?”
“From A for Arrogance, to Z for Zero, this book attempts to describe how the dominant paradigm has affected Woman. Structured as a pyramid (the powerful few at the top, the vast voiceless majority at the bottom), and based on the military model of command and control, this model has failed Women, the Environment and Community.”
“The paradigm must go and a new one adopted in all areas of governance.”

About the author:
Esther Fueter-Matharu sees herself as a woman among the millions of women who feel deeply that something is wrong in the way things are going. She is a founding member of the Women’s Alliance Party and a member of its Council of Thirteen.

We hope to see you all here on Saturday! Come on down, meet the author, buy a book, and get it signed!