OSIAIL PUBLISHING
presents
THE CHRISTMAS MINK
and other December Tales from the North Woods
by John-Richard Thompson
Illustrations by Jon Robyn
Available from:
Online Press Packet HERE!
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From the Jacket Cover
The Christmas Mink brings the spirit of the season alive. In this whimsical collection of Christmas stories and poems from the snowy north woods of New England, see the season in a new light and find the holiday spirit in unlikely places – in Siberia, from the tail of the Christmas Comet, or even your own tree. Join curmudgeonly old woodsmen, a lively bunch of ornaments, a congress of caroling animals, a horde of helpful mice and one grandiose moose in these rousing December tales certain to please both cynic and celebrant alike.
about the author
JT and Marge untangling Christmas Tree lights
My bio on the book cover reads "John-Richard Thompson was born in New Hampshire and raised by minks in an abandoned hunting lodge". Some people have told me they don't believe this. Imagine that... Well, it's true! I'm still in touch with the mink side of my family (the card above was from only two years ago when my half-sister Marge spent the holidays with me. This year my brother Roscoe is planning to stop by to cook a traditional Italian fish dinner on Christmas Eve...even though he is not, as far as I know, Italian. Neither am I. But apparantly the traditional Irish Christmas Eve dinner (boiled potato, shot of eggnog, and a rousing Christmas Carol) hasn't caught on with the mink population.
Here's a video explaining more about my upbringing with the minks
My brother Roscoe
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The Christmas Mink has his own Facebook Page!
(Little known fact: After "Fishing", most Minks list "Social Networking" as their favorite hobby)
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APPEARANCES 2010 For future bookings, contact me at JTinNYC@gmail.com (with CHRISTMAS MINK in the subject line!)
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November 29 LITTLETON, NH 3:00 P.M. |
The Village Book Store - 3:00 P.M. |
November 30 NEW YORK CITY |
"Pia Lindstrom Presents" Sirius XM Book Radio Taped Interview - I'll post the air dates when available. |
December 4 WOLFEBORO, NH 11:00 A.M.
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The Country Bookseller For more information visit: |
December 4 Northeast Pond, Milton, NH 3:00 P.M. |
Ice fishing with the minks |
December 4 MANCHESTER, NH 7:00 P.M. |
Barnes & Noble In addition to the reading, come enjoy The Christmas Mink Ensembe, under the direction of Jude Bascom. They'll be spreading some Christmas cheer with a traditional Christmas Caroling Party. For more information visit: |
December 5 CONCORD, NH 2:00 P.M. |
Gibson's Bookstore Come for the reading, discussion, and Christmas merriment. The Christmas Mink Ensemble will be giving an encore performance after the reading. For more information visit: |
December 11 ROXBURY, NY 4:00 P.M. |
The Roxbury Arts Group A double-bill! A Mink reading along with a performance of "The Santaland Diaries" by Vernan Bauer For more information, visit: http://roxburyartsgroup.org/link_pages/event_calendar.htm#Jul
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