Happy Birthday Heidi Greco

Heidi Greco by George Ormorean

Heidi was the first writer to sign up with Lipstick Press in 2009 allowing us to publish her beautiful speculative tribute to Amelia Earhart.

Since then Heidi has published a novella called Shrinking Violets,  and her poetry has appeared in many anthologies, including A Verse Map of Vancouver (ed. George McWhirter) and radiant danse uv being (eds Pew, J. & Roxborough, S.)

You can find out more about Heidi through her blog Out on the Big Limb. 

Happy Birthday Heidi Greco

Author of A: The Amelia Poems, Rattlesnake Plantain and many other poems found in various journals and anthologies has a birthday today.  May your travels bring us more of your literary clarity.

Lipstick Press books now available at Page's Marina on Gabriola

All books published by Lipstick Press, except Grief Blading Up (because we have sold out) are available at Page's Resort and Marina bookstore, 3350 Coast Road, Gabriola Island, British Columbia
V0R 1X7. Phone: (250) 247-8931. Fax: (250) 247-8997. mail@pagesresort.com.

Thanks to book shop owners everywhere and particularly to the community spirit on Gabriola Island.

If you need a map visit the Gabriola Web Directory

Happy Birthday to Heidi Greco

Author of A: The Amelia Poems, editor, friend, activist, poet, reviewer, teacher, supporter of the arts, and blog keeper - was born on this day (a few years ago).

Here's wishing her a day of celebration.

BC Bookworld

BC BookWorld's latest issue has reviewed Heidi Greco's "A: The Amelia Poems" on the second page of its printed magazine, under the abecedarian "Who's Who".

You can pick up this amazing 42 page periodical at many retail sites for no cost. It contains the latest books published by BC writers and includes some reviews as well.

Due to the sudden removal of all provincial funding from Pacific BookWorld News Society, they are in financial trouble. You can support this excellent paper by sending $25 to Pacific BC BookWorld News Society at 3516 West 13th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V6R 2S3. Or visit www.bcbookworld.com and use PayPal.

Footnote: I don't know if this is a true perception or not but I sense that the community and arts programs that are working well in terms of their contribution to civil society are having their funding cut. If that's so why would that be?

Amelia is Airborne again

Amelia is getting some air time now that the movie starring Hilary Swank is out. This is good news for A: The Amelia Poems, also getting some air time in this weekend's Vancouver Sun - page C6 of the Weekend Review.

Thanks go to abcbookworld for giving the book some wings on author Heidi Greco's bio.

Book Launch for A: The Amelia Poems

There is a warm feeling when people gather for a chapbook launch. The link between a writer's creativity shared with friends, family and peers, is reminiscent of a child naming ceremony - a celebration of something we all knew was incubating now dedicated to the community.

Even though I had read the poems in this book many times, Heidi Greco's reading aloud, accompanied with her informative narration brought new depth to the skilled storytelling within the short poems.

Twenty seven people attended the launch at Pelican Rouge Cafe in White Rock, bringing their own questions and speculations about Amelia Earhart's life and the times in which she lived.

But something equally as interesting, enriching even, is the sense of community when we gather to celebrate the imagination - even listeners become co-creators of culture by participating in the event.

Special thanks to Shelly at Pelican Rouge for opening up the cafe this evening for the launch.

(Photographs by George Omorean)