Bill Jaker, host of Off the Page says: "The 19th century realm of perfumes and silkworms is the backdrop and the countryside of France and Pennsylvania the setting for "Burning Silk", a detailed and sensuous historical novel by Destiny Kinal."
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Left to right: Katherine Ashe; Treebeard (David Chamberlain); and Destiny Kinal.
Destiny recently visited and presented her work in Bucks County, Pennsylvania where the book was inspired and where it is set in the early 19th century. The July 16 program at the Mercer, a living history museum in Doylestown, was called Writing the Delaware, and celebrated the opening of Mercer’s new wing. The readings included Kinal, along with Treebeard, a Lenape medicine man of the Big Horn band, author of Grandfather Speaks, Lenape stories and history. The third reader was Catherine Ashe, playwright and screenwriter, who read from a piece she wrote for Celeste Holme, Martha Washington at Valley Forge, telling wives of fellow officers how she met George. Ashe has just completed a four volume novel series on Simon de Montfort, the father of Democracy and the Parliamentary system. The three authors also appeared the following afternoon at the Doylestown Bookstore (see picture above).
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SATURDAY
July 16, 2011 \\ 2-4:30 PM
Mercer Museum :: 184 South Pine Street, Doylestown, PA
Meet the Authors: Writing the Delaware, with fellow authors Katherine Ashe and Treebeard/Hitakonanu'Laxk
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SUNDAY
July 17, 2011 \\ 12-2:30 PM
Doylestown Bookshop :: 16 South Main, Doylestown, PA
Our Political Roots, with fellow authors Katherine Ashe and Treebeard/Hitakonanu'Laxk
July 2011
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West Coast (To be announced)
September 2011
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SATURDAY
June 26, 2010 \\ 1:30PM
Erie Bookstore :: 137 E. 13th Street, Erie, NY
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SUNDAY
June 27, 2010 \\ 1:30PM
Book Nook :: 1170 Central Avenue, Dunkirk, NY
JUNE 2010
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Tuesday
July 13, 2010 \\ 7:00PM
Sayre Public Library :: 122 S. Elmer Avenue, Sayre, PA
Meet the Author Night
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Thursday
July 15, 2010 \\ 7-10:00PM
LOOM :: 439 Waverly Street, Waverly, NY
Book Party. $5 includes wine, appetizers and dancing.
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Saturday
July 17, 2010 \\ 2-3:00PM
Susquehanna River Archaeological Center :: 345 Broad St, Waverly, NY
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Sunday
July 18, 2010 \\ 4-6:00PM
Buffalo Street Books :: 215 N. Cayuga, Ithaca, NY
July 2010
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Saturday
August 21, 2010 \\ 1:00PM
Corte Madera's Book Passage :: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA
Part of the Local Authors series
August 2010
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September 29-October 1, 2010
Symposium: Woodstock Years (1965-1975), Le Havre University, Le Havre, France (presenter)
September 2010
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October 6-10, 2010
Frankfurt Book Fair
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Mid-October to mid-December:
San Francisco Bay Area, and Northern California (To be announced)
Rocky Mountains, from New Mexico to Colorado (To be announced)