Dear Friends,<br><div class="gmail_quote">
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Kaya Press is thrilled to bring the work of Brian Castro, one of<br>
Australia’s most acclaimed literary talents to the United States for<br>
the first time. We are pleased to announce a five-city author tour for<br>
Brian Castro to celebrate the U.S. edition of his novel, SHANGHAI<br>
DANCING, to be released in May 2009.<br>
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Combining photographs and written text, Brian Castro's fictional<br>
autobiography asks if life’s meaning is to be found in the moment or<br>
the memory. The winner of some of Australia’s top literary prizes,<br>
Shanghai Dancing has been praised by its judges as “a work of major<br>
significance [that] challenges our expectations of storytelling ... It<br>
is impressive as history, as fiction, as a book which stretches the<br>
literary form and which speaks to the universality of the human<br>
experience.”<br>
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He will be in the Los Angeles area, reading and giving a powerpoint<br>
presentation of historical and family photographs May 4th (Booksoup)<br>
and May 7th (So Pasadena Public LIbrary). Both events are free and<br>
open to the public.<br>
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May 4: Los Angeles<br>
Booksoup, 8818 W Sunset Blvd; <a href="http://booksoup.com" target="_blank">booksoup.com</a><br>
7 pm, FREE; Panel discussion with Australian writers David Francis and<br>
Steven Rafter<br>
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May 7: Los Angeles<br>
South Pasadena Public Library, 1414 Mission Street,<br>
<a href="http://ci.south-pasadena.ca.us/library" target="_blank">ci.south-pasadena.ca.us/library</a><br>
6 pm, FREE; Reading<br>
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More details are included in the press released attached- please<br>
distribute freely.<br>
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Please contact me if you have any questions, would like to request a<br>
review copy of SHANGHAI DANCING, or would like to request an interview<br>
with Brian Castro while he is in the United States.<br>
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Many thanks,<br>
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Patricia Wakida<br>
outreach and publicity, Kaya Press<br>
<a href="http://www.kayapress.blogspot.com" target="_blank">www.kayapress.blogspot.com</a><br>
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