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Suze Casey author of Belief Re-Patterning ~ Canadian events

by Danielle
May 08, 2012

Do you want to rid yourself of negative thinking? Suze Casey, author of Belief Re-patterning will be appearing at the following locations to talk about her new book and techniques to promote positive thinking within yourself. 

Suze Casey
Author, teacher, radio host, speaker and entrepreneur Suze Casey, MEd, is the developer of the Belief Re-patterning® technique. After a 20-year teaching career, Suze followed her passion by opening a practice based in Canada, where she supports her clients in developing positive belief structures. http://www.beliefrepatterning.com and www.suzecasey.com

Events

Thursday May 10^th, 2012

Coho Books – 3-5 pm
1074 Shoppers Row
Campbell River, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact 250-287-2335 or visit their website for further details.

Friday May 11^th, 2012

Lobelias Lair – 2-4 pm
8-321 Wesley Street
Nanaimo, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact the store at 250-753-5440 for further details.

Sunday May 13^th, 2012

Full Circle Studio Arts – 1-3 pm
1800 Store Street
Victoria, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact 250-920-4034 for further details.

Monday May 14^th, 2012

Whitby’s Books – 2-3:30 pm
14833 Marine Drive
White Rock, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact 604-536-3711 for further details.

Tuesday May 15^th, 2012

Wellspring Health – 10-Noon
1248 – 56 Street
Tsawwassen, BC

If you wish to learn more information about this event, please contact 604-943-1499 for further details.

AND

Banyen Books – 2-4 pm
3608 West 4^th Street
Vancouver, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please visit their website.

Wednesday May 16^th, 2012

Reflections – 11 am-1 pm
1111D Austin Ave.
Coquitlam, BC

For further details about this event, please contact the store at 604-939-6000 or visit their website.

AND

Food For Thought – 3-5 pm
1 – 2664 Gladys Avenue
Abbotsford, BC

To learn more about this event, please contact the store at 604-853-9027 for further details.

Thursday May 17^th, 2012

Suze Casey will be appearing for a Book Signing at Mystic Dreams from 1-3 pm and for a workshop at Mystic Dreams from 7-9 pm

Mystic Dreams
419 Tranquille Road
 Kamloops, BC
 
If you wish to learn more about these events, please contact 250-554-8770 or visit their website for further details.

AND

Bookland – 3:30-6 pm
750 - Fortune Drive
Kamloops, BC

For more details about this event, please contact the store at 250-554-2025.

Friday May 18^th, 2012

Spirit Quest Books – Noon-2 pm
170 Lakeshore Drive NE  
Salmon Arm, BC

Please contact 250-804-0392 for further details about this event.

AND

It’s All Good Bulk & Healthfood Plus – 3-5 pm
Suite F-2682 Fairway Hills Road
Blind Bay, BC 

For further information about this event, please contact the store at 250-675-2828.

Saturday May 19^th, 2012

Hooked on Books – 10-Noon
225 Main Street
Penticton, BC

For further information about this event, please contact the store at 778-476-5621.

AND

Bookland – 2:30-4:30 pm
100 – 3400 30^th Avenue
Vernon, BC

Please contact the store at 250-545-1885 for further details about this event.

Sunday May 20^th, 2012

Mosaic Books – Noon-2 pm
411 Bernard Avenue
Kelowna BC  

If you wish to learn more information about this event, please contact the store at 250-763-4418 for further details.

AND

Newport Beach – 3:30-5 pm
12069 Westside Road
Vernon, BC

If you wish to learn more about this event, please contact 250-542-7431 for further details.

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May the force (oops fourth) be with you!!

by Danielle
May 04, 2012

Hey there Star Wars fans! Today is Star Wars Day. Perfect opportunity to showcase some of our awesome Star Wars books/products!

 

Darth Vader and Son

This light hearted book is perfect for any Dad—Star Wars fan or not. A comic about the life of Darth Vader and his difficulties raising a son, Jeffrey Brown explores a different side of the Star Wars world—one I am sure that everyone wishes to see more of.  An ideal book to share with your own Dad or child, this is a book that both celebrates Star Wars Day and one that will have a permanent place on your bookshelf.

Wookiee Pies, Clone Scones, and Other Galactic Goodies

What better way to celebrate Star Wars Day than with these awesome, fun recipes? It really is a win-win situation: show your love of Star Wars with these adorable cookie cutters AND get a rewarding (and delicious) treat at the end. A perfect activity for both kids and adults to show their Star Wars appreciation, it really doesn’t get any better than this!

How to Speak Wookiee

Today is probably the only day you can get away with speaking in Wookiee without people shooting you strange looks. If you always wished to learn another language and the real ones just aren’t cutting it (or if you are me they are just too difficult for you) this book provides the perfect opportunity to hone those language skills of yours and put them to good use.  Also, the language will come in handy for interpretation purposes during those Star Wars movie marathons, or if you want that added authenticity for your Chewbacca Halloween costume.

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The Art and Making of Star Wars

If you don’t have the attention span to sit through 4+ hours of Star Wars movies to celebrate Star Wars Day, perhaps you will instead pull out your “Star Wars: The Old Republic” video game and celebrate this culturally produced holiday with your own presence in the Star Wars world.  Want to see how it was created? This book delves into the process and provides an inside look into one of our culture’s most beloved franchises.  A must buy for any self-professed (or in the closet) Star Wars fan. 

Star Wars Moleskine Planners

 If you’re like me, planners just make everything better.  Especially these Star Wars-themed ones! Get your life organized and indulge in your favourite series with these fantastic day planners.
 

HUGE thanks to Melissa our new awesome intern for this blog post! It's her first and certainly not her last!!

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Eben Weiss visits Vancouver

by Danielle
Environment + Reference + Sports + Travel + Vancouver / April 22, 2012

We had the pleasure of meeting Eben Weiss (aka BikeSnob USA) last week while he was in Vancouver for his book tour. By 'we' I mean my boyfriend and myself. I had to do it cause it's my job. The BF on the other hand took time off work to tag along for fun. Not that I minded this particular working day because we rode bikes all day and it's our fave thing to do!

For those of you who don't know who Eben Weiss is, he writes the emencely popular blog bikesnousa and wrote a couple of books.

 

 

We had met him at his hotel where we all biked over the Caffé Musette for a nice cup of coffee and some snacks while we waited for legendary Amy Walker and her crew to get suited and booted for their Eben interview for bicycle.com.

Essentially they ride around town showing people riding in
real-life situations - on the streets, trails and bike routes of our city from the back of a Yuba Mundo cargo bike. It looks pretty tricky to handle but these two had the down packed.

After a couple hours of riding around beautiful Vancouver (oh and the weather was awesome btw!) we were starved so stopped for few tacos at Taqueria before heading over to Bike Dr. for the group ride.

We ended the night at Chapters where Eben answered questions from the crowd and signed stock. We talked about everything from biking and rainbows to religion and salmoning. (Grab the book, you'll know what I mean after reading it)

Following morning Eben graced our local TV waves at BT. Here's the link.

I'm pleading to get Eben up to Toronto.
I'll keep you all posted on if and when that happens.

Happy riding!

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The Enlightened Cyclist Group Ride & Chapters Event April 12th

by Danielle
Events + Health & Wellness + Travel / March 21, 2012

Please join Bike Snob NYC (a.k.a. Eben Weiss) and the Bike Doctor for The Enlightened Cyclist Group Ride Thursday, April 12th, 2012 - Starting at Bike Doctor on Broadway at 6:15PM

The Ride:
We'll meet up at 137 W Broadway at Bike Doctor at 5:45 for a 45 minute ride starting at 6:15pm around town. Finish off at Chapters on Broadway/Granville for a chat with Eben at 7.

The Event:
7PM - Chapters - 2505 Granville Street
Bike Snob NYC (a.k.a. Eben Weiss) is the blogger behind the immensely popular cycling blog, bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com. Join us at Chapters as he signs his new book, The Enlightened Cyclist, and shares his humorous perspective on the joys, trials and triumphs of bike commuting.

Please contact Danielle Johnson, Publicist at Raincoast Books
604 448 7163 or email danielle [at] raincoast.com for more information.

See you there!

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Indigo Exclusive event: Days of our Lives 45 Years book signing with Days cast

by Danielle
Events / March 16, 2012

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Publicity Intern needed for Raincoast Books

by Danielle
February 22, 2012

             

Feb 22, 2012

Publicity Intern for Raincoast Books

Raincoast Books is looking for an unpaid publicity intern to start immediately. We require a candidate who can devote a minimum of sixteen hours a week for a three month period.  Our intern must be self-motivated, well organized and can work on many projects simultaneously.

The ideal candidate will have:

• excellent written and verbal skills
• some facility with design programs
• an interest in adult fiction and young adult titles
• experience with blogging  and social media

Raincoast Books is a national full-service sales and marketing book distributor for over 20 client publishers from across Canada and around the world. Raincoast has offices in Vancouver and Toronto and the successful candidate will work out of our Vancouver head office.

Candidates should send CV and cover letter by March 2nd to:

Danielle Johnson
Lifestyle Publicist
Raincoast Books
danielle at raincoast.com
604-448-7163

-AND-

Crystal Allen
Children’s Books Publicist
Raincoast Books
crystal at raincoast.com
604-448-7141

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IACP Cookbook Award nominations.

by Danielle
Food & Drink / February 17, 2012

The International Association of Culinary Professionals today announced the first round of finalists for its 26th Annual IACP Awards. Here's a list of the books we distribute that made the list!

Food and Beverage Reference/Technical
Ruhlman’s Twenty by Michael Ruhlman & Whole Beast Butchery by Ryan Farr with Brigit Binns

Health and Special Diet
The Sweet life: Diabetes Without Boundaries by Sam Talbot

International
The Country Cooking of Italy by Colman Andrews

Single Subject
Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi

Cogratulations to Chronicle Books and Rodale!!
For a full list of nominees please click here.
Award winners will be announced Monday April 2nd.
Best of luck from all of us at Raincoast Books!

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Louise Hay: Changing Minds, Changing Lives

by Danielle
Author Q & A + Spirituality / February 14, 2012

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My favourite books of 2011: Danielle (Publicity)

by Danielle
Animals & Nature + Art & Photography + Food & Drink + Humour + Sports / December 22, 2011

When I was asked to list my top books for this season I was at a loss. Working at Raincoast for all these years the seasons seem to mesh together so I thought to let you in on some books that mirror who I am and what I'm about...

My Last Supper by Melanie Dunea. It's a truly awesome coffee table book filled with not only beautiful photographs of some 50 top chefs but includes their recipes as well. Truly, it's a gem. When I blogged about this book this season I had let readers know what my last supper would be.
"I'd like to eat steak, good steak. Ones we bought from the market. Baked potatoes with all the fixings and a yummy beet salad. And chicken wings from grain fed chicken too (hot of course)." You can see by the pic this is exactly what I love to eat when we're camping in the Okanagan so if I would have to choose this would be my 'last supper' as well.

I was lucky enough to attend quite a few hockey games this past year. We were able to go to the Western Conference finals where the Canucks beat out the Sharks. We had a blast.  When Portable Press decided to update their Uncle Johns Shoots and Scores, with 70 all new pages I might add, I was quick to take a flip. I'm a bit of a poser when it comes to the game so by reading up I can hang with the boys and show off with som fun hockey facts and stats.

When the sun is shining and I'm in need of getting fresh air what better way to get out and about than riding around town. In my house we love to ride so Cyclepedia made my list. A book for any bike enthusiast. 

If you know me, I'm a bit of a cat person. So this is why Meow made it on my list. This book's full of pictures of these adorable creatures with cute captions. Easy. Oh this is Dash -

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Andrea Syrtash event at Chapters Richmond & John (Downtown Toronto)

by Danielle
Events / November 18, 2011

Meet dating and relationship expert Andrea Syrtash as she signs her new book, Cheat on Your Husband (with Your Husband): How to Date Your Spouse and shares tips on how to keep marriage fun and fulfilling.

Andrea will be a guest on Breakfast TV (Toronto) that morning as well. So tune in then take a trip to see her that night!

Thursday November 24th
7:00 PM
Chapters Richmond & John Downtown Toronto

Andrea Syrtash is a dating & relationship expert, on-air personality and advice columnist. She has contributed to over a dozen relationship advice books and is the author of He’s Just Not Your Type (And That’s a Good Thing). She is the on-air host of “On Dating”, produced by NBC Digital Studios. She has shared advice on various media outlets including CityLine, The Marilyn Denis Show, Steven and Chris and many other Canadian (and US) media outlets.

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