tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14674935.post-76420095531614967042008-04-26T14:13:00.000-05:002008-04-25T13:10:20.904-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.parlezmoipress.com/mermaid/uploaded_images/LibraryAd-785426.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://www.parlezmoipress.com/mermaid/uploaded_images/LibraryAd-785413.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Novelist, book promoter and intrepid blogger Kathleen Valentine will be featured </span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">at the April <strong>Know Your Neighbor</strong> at the Sawyer Free Library </span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">in Gloucester on April 28, 2008.</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Her novel <strong>The Old Mermaid's Tale</strong> has received praise both for its</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">literary quality and its preservation of a unique time in American history,</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway to international commerce in 1959.</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Read reviews and purchase the book on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Old-Mermaids-Tale-Kathleen-Valentine/dp/product-description/0978594061">Amazon</a> or visit <a href="http://www.oldmermaidinn.com/">the book's web site</a>.</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">More recently her blog, <a href="http://www.parlezmoiblog.com/">Parlez-Moi Blog </a>was instrumental in the exposé of the </span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Misha Defonseca literary hoax, widely acknowledged as the biggest literary</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Holocaust hoax in history.</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Valentine will talk about the writing of her novel and short stories and how she is</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">using the internet to promote them including <a href="http://www.valentine-design.com/MermaidInn/">the online video</a>. She will also read from</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> her forthcoming novel, <strong>Each Angel Burns</strong> and talk about how she and two other bloggers</span></div> <div align="center" style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">uncovered the Misha Defonseca hoax.</span></div>Kathleen Valentinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15964712984479525970noreply@blogger.com