Tuesday, December 22, 2015

STILL TIME TO GET BOOK GIFT!

Still time to get the Christmas book for Christmas!    Perfect gift -- the book is available in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Sudbury, New York, New Jersey


Winnipeg:

McNally Robinson Booksellers

Oseredok - Ukr. Cultural and Educational Centre 

Kalyna 

Holy Eucharist Church 

Orthodox Consistory 

MPUE

Tenderloin Meats

Blaine's

Holy Family Home

University of Manitoba Bookstores

Winnipeg Art Gallery Gift Shop



Rossdale:   BVM Protection Church


Saskatoon:  McNally Robinson


Edmonton:

Friends of Kule Centre

Audrey's

Cobblestone Freeway

Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts 


Ottawa:   Ukrainian Orth. and Cath. churches


Toronto:  Koota Ooma

Montreal:  Yevshan


Sudbury:   Ukrainian Seniors Centre


N. N.J. -- contact author here

  NYC:  Ukrainian Museum;   Surma

San Diego:  House of Ukraine

Kerhonkson:  Soyuzivka



Monday, December 14, 2015

BOOK LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL!

So happy to let everyone know that the launch of my "First Star I See Tonight" Ukrainian Christmas Traditions" at McNally Robinson Booksellers on Dec. 3 was very successful.   Over 200 attended.   It was a Ukrainian-style launch, with koliadnyky (carollers) [thank you, Melos Ensemble!] and medivnyk [Ukr. honey cake) [thank you, Geoffroy Dextraze, pastry chef!]   Thanks to my wonderful son Dobryan for being the MC.  And to John Toews of McNally's for organizing the launch.
I also had a launch at Oseredok (Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre), with some good discussions.  Tomorrow, will be speaking at Holy Family Home.
The books are available across Canada now, and in NYC - The Ukrainian Museum, and Surma.      Available from: yevshan.com;http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/online-ordering#.Vmcza_krLIU ; Koota Ooma, Toronto ; Ukrainian Museum, NYC; Friends of Kule Centre, Edmonton; Audrey's, Edmonton; House of Ukraine, San Diego; Ukrainian bookstores in Winnipeg, Lubov Foundation.
The book is #1 on the McNally Robinson bestseller list for softcover non-fiction this week (was #2 last week)!    http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/browse.php?txtCatID=697
Thanks to Diane Maione, my editor, and Walter Kulyk (creative direction) and Al Klymochko (graphic design), the graphic designers who created such a beautiful volume.  And without my kind and generous sponsors [see panel in photo], I would not have been able to do this.      
As a few readers noted, "it is a happy book."
Still time for organizations to order the books for fundraising.