Eksteins and Van Gogh's Forgeries

Modris Eksteins is a cultural historian who changes the way we think about historical events.  His new book, Solar Dance about Van Gogh forgeries in Germany’s  Weimar era is enthralling his fans. Mark Kingwell in the Globe and Mail calls it “subtle and engaging,” and points out its relevance to today. Kingwell notes that those who follow today’s art world will recognize the contortions of judge, jury and press. 

Midwife of Venice hits shelves in the US and UK

Roberta Rich has been wintering in Mexico while her novel The Midwife of Venice was being introduced to readers in the US and UK. But Roberta’s North American presence has been felt in blog tours, interviews, an ad in the New York Times Book Review and in valuable real estate of the display tables. Meanwhile, Roberta is completing her second novel which takes her 16th Century heroine, Hannah Levi to Constantinople. 

Up and Down by Terry Fallis

The working title of Terry Fallis’s third novel scheduled for fall 2012 is Up and Down. Yet, for the engaging Fallis, his writing career has been “Up” with no down. His two earlier novels, The Best Laid Plans and The High Road were satire aimed at Canadian politics. Readers proved the adage wrong that “satire closes on Saturday night,” and bought them by tens of thousands. Terry’s new book will show the workings of a modern international PR firm hired to make NASA’s space program more relevant and “bankable” to American citizens.