Tuesday, July 15, 7:30 pm. Tracy and Kristen read and discuss the gathering
and sorting of memory as part of Oakville Galleries' "Conversations on
the Porch" series. Tickets, $5. Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore Road
East, Oakville. See also Oakville
Galleries.
News
The Occupied Garden will be published in the United States
by Thomas Dunne Books in spring 2009.
The Occupied Garden was chosen as one of 50
books to see you through the summer by the National Post.
The list also includes Ernest Hillen's two "perfect memoirs,"
Way of a Boy and Small Mercies, re-released this spring.
The Dutch version of The Occupied Garden will be released
in the Netherlands in August 2008 by Artemis
& Co., under the title De Kinderen van de Tuinder, which
means "the children of the gardener." Watch for the Dutch-language site
coming soon.
The book launch for the Canadian version of The Occupied Garden
was a roaring success in Deep River, Ontario, the authors' hometown and
the current residence of Tracy Kasaboski. Tracy and Kristen signed copies
of the book, as expected, but so did the "characters" in attendance. Rige
and Nick, eldest and youngest in The Occupied Garden, came from
Holland for the launch; middle brothers Rokus and Gerry came from the
United States and Canada; and Koos -- Jim, the authors' father -- traveled
all the way from Borneo. On the table of books sit two beautiful photo
collages, handmade for Tracy and Kristen by their sister, Heidi.
