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Clancy with the Puck, written and illustrated by
Chris Mizzoni. Includes an animated short on DVD, narrated by legendary hockey
commentator Bob Cole.

Visit the Clancy with the
Puck web site at www.raincoast.com/clancy for
more information, including links to order the book online.

About the Author:
Chris
Mizzoni is an animator with Studio B productions, which is one of Canada's most
successful independent animation houses. Born in Toronto, he has remained a
devoted Toronto Maple Leafs fan.  His amazing collection of hockey
memorabilia includes everyting from hockey programs, trading cards and
autographed hockey sticks to an actual seat from Toronto's Maple Leaf
Gardens.

He lives in
North Vancouver with his wife and daughter.  This is Chris's first title
with Raincoast Books. 

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The podcast runs 14.22
minutes.   If you'd rather get it from iTunes, and have the iTunes software installed, click here to
go directly to the Raincoast iTune pages .

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Clancy
with the Puck. Chris Mizzoni.  Raincoast Books. ISBN:
978-1-55192-804-3
For more on the book,  please
visit www.raincoast.com/clancy

 

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Walking After Midnight : One Woman's Journey
Through Murder, Justice and Forgiveness,  by Katy Hutchinson

Buy the book online: Walking After
Midnight is available at: Amazon.ca
or  Chapters.Indigo.ca
 or check this list of independent retailers .

This
podcast is an exclusive conversation with the author recorded October 7th,
2006 in Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada.

About the Book:
On New Year’s Eve in 1997, Bob McIntosh was murdered
while trying to break up a teenagers’ party at a friend’s house. His wife, Katy,
was left a widow with four-year-old twins. In the midst of her grief, and with
remarkable courage and grace, Katy began an amazing journey of forgiveness. She
recognized the need to educate teens about the risks arising from the
combination of youth, alcohol and lack of supervision. She began speaking to
schools and other groups about social responsibility, restorative justice and
the transformative power of forgiveness.

Katy waited for five years while the police uncovered and
convicted Bob’s killers. Ryan Aldridge was charged with Bob’s murder in 2002.
Astoundingly, Katy reached out to Ryan, and they have since forged a powerful
and unique relationship. Ryan has now joined Katy in her speaking engagements,
and Katy supported his recent successful appeal for early parole.

Walking After Midnight is the extraordinary story
of a life interrupted by unthinkable tragedy, and of Katy’s commitment to
turning the horror into a transformative gift. It offers a means for all of us
to embrace fully the concepts of forgiveness and restorative justice.

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The podcast runs
23:00 minutes.   It is attached to this feed, or you can also download
it here
.
If you'd rather get it from iTunes,
and have the iTunes software installed, click here to go directly to
the Raincoast
iTune pages
.

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Walking After Midnight:  One Woman's
Journey Through Murder, Justice and Forgiveness.  Raincoast Books. ISBN:
1-55192-941-4
For more on the book,  please visit raincoast.com/walkingaftermidnight

 

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Part 3 with Anthony Bourdain -
Not All Nasty Bits.

The Nasty Bits: Collected
Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
www.raincoast.com/bourdain

Buy the Book: Amazon.ca , Chapters.Indigo.ca , Independent
Retailers
..........

This is the third part of an exclusive seriers of podcasts
with Anthony Bourdain , the best selling
author of Kitchen Confidential and host of
the TV show No Reservations.

On June 12, 2006, Anthony
Bourdain spent a day in Vancouver doing media interviews and bookstore
appearances to talk about his new book The Nasty Bits.

He wore a lapel
microphone during the entire day, allowing Raincoast Books and At Large Media to
record Bourdain's casual conversation with fans, private moments in the car, and
regular interview style questions. It's Bourdain as you've never heard him
before.
..........

Part Three:  Not All Nasty Bits.  

- What chefs have in common.

- Does he miss
day-to-day resturant work?

- What is
Anthony afraid of?

- Thoughts on
the work ethic.

- The Omelette
of Truth.

- Thoughts on
Human nature.

- Advice for
the fast foodie.

- Revised
thoughts on Pub Food.

-
Tattoo(s)

- How Anthony
started writing

- What he’s
working on next.
 

Runs: 16:10

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Anthony
Bourdain.The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and
Bones
Published by Bloomsbury USA
Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books
ISBN 1-58234-451-5

Buy the Book: Amazon.ca , Chapters.Indigo.ca , Independent Retailers

Raincoast
Books   

Part 2 with Anthony Bourdain -
The Book Signing.

The Nasty Bits: Collected
Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
www.raincoast.com/bourdain

Buy the Book: Amazon.ca , Chapters.Indigo.ca , Independent
Retailers
..........

This is part 2 of a series of 3 exclusive podcasts
with Anthony Bourdain , the best selling
author of Kitchen Confidential and host of
the TV show No Reservations.

On June 12, 2006, Anthony
Bourdain spent a day in Vancouver doing media interviews and bookstore
appearances to talk about his new book The Nasty Bits.

He wore a
lapel microphone during the entire day, allowing Raincoast Books and At Large
Media to record Bourdain's casual conversation with fans, private moments in the
car, and regular interview style questions. It's Bourdain as you've never heard
him before.
..........

Part Two:  The Book
Signing.  
8 am at Barbara-Jo's Books to Cooks in Vancouver
-Anthony is greeted with a breakfast of champions
-Why Barbara-Jo had to have Anthony visit her
store
-Anthony meets the fans
-Anthony's advice on 'must sample' street food vendors in New York
City
-Who comes to book signings and why
-He
just doesn't seem like your usual kind of cookbook author...
-The best
hidden cooks in New York 
-Happy 50th birthday wishes and
why life is like pinball
 

Runs: 12:46

Part 3 in
this series will be on 18 July
..........
Anthony
Bourdain.The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable Trim, Scraps, and
Bones
Published by Bloomsbury USA
Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books
ISBN 1-58234-451-5

Buy the Book: Amazon.ca , Chapters.Indigo.ca , Independent Retailers

Raincoast Books
 

The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts, Useable
Trim, Scraps, and Bones
www.raincoast.com/bourdain

Buy the Book: Amazon.ca
, Chapters.Indigo.ca
, Independent
Retailers
..........

This is part 1
of a series of 3 exclusive podcasts with Anthony Bourdain , the
best selling author of Kitchen Confidential and host of the TV
show No Reservations.

On June 12, 2006, Anthony Bourdain
spent a day in Vancouver doing media interviews and bookstore appearances to
talk about his new book The Nasty Bits.

He wore a lapel microphone during
the entire day, allowing Raincoast Books and At Large Media to record Bourdain's
casual conversation with fans, private moments in the car, and regular interview
style questions. It's Bourdain as you've never heard him
before.
..........

Part
One:  Bourdain’s World.  
-Anthony Bourdain’s most
surprising questions.
-How to train for a career in the entertainment
business
-Listener mail
 -grossest Canadian Food
  -getting sick from
food
  -how Anthony stays trim
-How to succeed in just about anything you
do
-Advice to would-be culinary school students

Runs:
14:57

Part 2 in this series will be
released on 11 July, Part 3 on 18 July
..........
Anthony Bourdain.The Nasty Bits: Collected Varietal Cuts,
Useable Trim, Scraps, and Bones
Published by Bloomsbury USA
Distributed
in Canada by Raincoast Books
ISBN 1-58234-451-5

Buy the Book: Amazon.ca
, Chapters.Indigo.ca
, Independent
Retailers

www.raincoast.com

This is a great chance to meet a young
new author before the rest of the world discovers him.

Nathan Sellyn,
author of Indigenous Beasts, is hosting a launch on the 18th
of April at Fiction tapas (in Vancouver, Canada).

Here's Nathan's
note about the party:

"I’m not a fan of self-promotion, but I love
a good party. Thus I’d be thrilled if you’d join me at Fiction on the night of
April 18th.
Fiction is a funky little place on Broadway with a great
selection of beverages and a fi ne menu. The plan is to show up at 7, have me
read
just before 8, and then put a playlist on and have a good time. This
invitation is open to all, so I’d encourage you to drag along as many people
as
you possibly can. All the best, ns"

If you're in
the Vancouver area on the 18th, get yourself over there !

a printable PDF invitation is attached to this
feed, or get it here .

www.raincoast.com

Picking up
the Pieces; Moving Forward after Surviving Cancer
 , by Sherri Magee, PhD, and Kathy Scalzo,
MSOD.

There are over 11 million cancer
survivors in North America, and every year doctors diagnose one million new
cases.  Most survivors emerge disoriented and scarred.  The side
effects are not only physical: emotional and financial instability, changed
relationships and spiritual questions leave many feeling overwhelmed. 
Survivors speak of feeling fragmented, of needing to 'pick up the pieces' of
their lives once the struggle with cancer is over.

Practical,
reassuring and informative, Picking Up the Pieces
is based on years of research and
interviews with hundreds of survivors.  The authors guide survivors through
a unique process with daily practices that build a bridge from hospital to home
and beyond.

This podcast, the 4th from
Raincoast Books, features authors Sherri Magee and Kathy Scalzo, talking about
what inspired them to write this book.

The
podcast runs 5:03.
  It is attached to this feed, or you can also download it
here .
If you'd rather get it from iTunes,
and have the iTunes software installed, click
here  to go directly to the Raincoast iTune
pages.

If
you're interested in buying Picking Up the Pieces , you can get it
online right now by following these links to  
Amazon.ca  or  Chapters.Indigo.ca

Reader
Reviews
“Early in my career as an oncologist, I would
enthusiastically proclaim ‘your cancer is controlled. You’re back to normal.’ My
patients oriented me to the understanding that you never return to the ‘old
normal’ after cancer, and that healing is about creating the 'new normal.' Magee
and Scalzo provide essential directions for navigating the course between the
old and the new normal, and for living well after cancer.” —Simon Sutcliffe,
clinical oncologist and President, BC Cancer Agency

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Picking Up the Pieces: Moving Forward
after Surviving Cancer, Raincoast Books ISBN 1-55192-901-5
For more on the book,  please visit raincoast.com/pickingupthepieces  .
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only.
A broadcast quality
version of this file is available for promotional purposes including
rebroadcast. Please contact
info@raincoast.com

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“My characters reveal that Canadians can be just as
despicable as our American counterparts; I want to provide a ‘warts and all’
perspective, or as my grandfather said, ‘plenty of drugs, sex, strippers and
violence.” – Nathan Sellyn

Indigenous Beasts is a collection of short stories from
this young new writer. 
He’s an extraordinary storyteller, and these
stories are raw and seething, intense with despair and depravity. They are
bloody and beautiful and full of wisdom, and their pathetic heroes struggle
towards some unattainable and off-kilter moral standard.

Buy it now at  Amazon.ca  or
at Chapters.Indigo.ca

Indigenous
Beasts, Raincoast Books ISBN 1-55192-927-9

Media:
- Nathan will be featured on Book
Television  March 26th
- The Book Television piece repeats
on Bravo!
on March 30th.
- Look for a feature on Nathan in the April TORO magazine out now.

For more on the book,  please visit http://www.raincoast.com/indigenousbeasts  where
you can also get a PDF sampler of Nathan's stories.
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A broadcast
quality version of this file is available for promotional purposes including
rebroadcast. Please contact info@raincoast.com

www.raincoast.com

Indigenous Beasts is a collection
of short stories from Nathan Sellyn.
This podcast is an introduction to
Nathan. We'll be featuring a full length interview next week, available
here.

About the book:
Indigenous
Beasts is a chilling collection of stories from Nathan Sellyn — an extraordinary
storyteller and a bold, young writer whose work is energetic, shocking and
disturbing. These stories glimpse into the lives of young men who are
intriguing, seductive and sometimes despicable, and are lost in their efforts to
make sense of their relationships, both with women — girlfriends, mothers,
strippers — and men — fathers, co-workers, dealers. These stories are raw and
seething, intense with despair and depravity. They are bloody and beautiful and
full of wisdom, and their pathetic heroes struggle towards some unattainable and
off-kilter moral standard.

For more on the book, please visit
http://www.raincoast.com/indigenousbeasts
You can
buy the book online now at:
Amazon.ca  or atChapters.Indigo.ca

Next week, the full interview with
Nathan Sellyn and more readings from Indigenous Beasts.

 

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only.
A broadcast quality version of this file is available for promotional
purposes including rebroadcast. Please contact info@raincoast.com

Raincoast Books Podcast:  Edition
1.

This is the first in a series of regular podcasts from Raincoast Books . 

This podcast
features Jim Lynch, author of The Highest Tide ,
published by Bloomsbury USA .  It
was recorded on location at Granville Island in October 2005 when Jim was
appearing at the Vancouver Writers and Readers Festival.  It is produced
by At Large Media Ltd .

In:  Hi, and welcome...

Out: I'm Robert Ouimet.

Runs:  13:43

This podcast is for
personal use only.
A broadcast quality version of this file is available for
promotional purposes including rebroadcast. Please contact info@raincoast.com  

About Raincaost Books:

Raincoast Books is a
Canadian publisher and distributor based in Vancouver, BC.
Raincoast
Publishing , which includes the Polestar imprint and key titles from
Press Gang Publishers , produces a wide range of fiction and non-fiction
titles for adults and children. Raincoast Distribution is the exclusive Canadian
distributor for publishers from the U.K., the U.S. and Canada. For more details,
see our complete list of
publishers distributed by Raincoast . Raincoast
Distribution also publishes illustrated lifestyle books aimed at the gift market
under the name Blue Heron Books .

BookExpress and
Computer BookExpress , our wholesale divisions, provide bestselling front
and backlist to Canadian booksellers.

Publishers Group Canada , a
fully owned subsidiary of Raincoast Books, distributes titles from over 85
publishers in Canada and the U.S.

 

Raincoast Books is proud to present a special podcast
with Jim Lynch, author of The Highest Tide.

The Highest Tide tells the story of thirteen-year-old
Miles O’Malley who lives on Puget Sound and knows everything there is to know
about the sea and its creatures. When he becomes the first person to sight a
live giant squid he is hailed as some sort of prophet. The media descend and
everyone wants to hear what Miles has to say. But Miles is just a self-described
“increasingly horny, speed-reading thirteen-year-old insomniac” who navigates
the mysterious world of adults as the strange events continue over the summer,
culminating in the highest tide in 100 years.

This is a clip from the forth-coming podcast.

Jim's podcast was created in Vancouver during the
Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival.  Find out more about
Jim' book at http://www.raincoast.com/highest-tide/index.html . 
For more information about Raincoast books please visit www.raincoast.com .