Eco-Libris blog on the virtual book tour of 'The White Road'

Last month we wrote here on our collaboration with author Tania Hershman to balance out her first book, The White Road and other Stories, published by UK's renowned Salt Publishing. This great collection of short stories is balanced out by planting a tree with Eco-Libris for every copy printed.

Now Tania is having a virtual book tour and we're very happy to be one of the stops on this grand tour!! On December 10 we'll host Tania for virtual green beer and a conversation on her book and how it feels to have the first collection of short stories worldwide that is planting a tree for every copy printed!

The tour stops are as follows (you're most welcome to check them all!):

28 Oct 2008 Keeper of the Snails

5 Nov 2008 Literary Minded: Angela Meyer

9 Nov 2008 Vanessa Gebbie’s News

18 Nov 2008 Sue Guiney: Me and Others

26 Nov 2008 Tim Jones: Books in the Trees

2 Dec 2008 Eric Forbes’ Book Addict’s Guide to Good Books

10 Dec 2008 Eco-Libris

16 Dec 2008 Kelly Spitzer (Writers In Profile)

23 Dec 2008 Kanlaon

29 Dec 2008 Thoughts from Botswana

In the meantime, here's a reminder of the author's bio:

Tania Hershman (TaniaHershman.com) was born in London in 1970 and in 1994 moved to Jerusalem, Israel, where she now lives with her partner. Tania is a former science journalist and her award-winning short stories combine her two loves: fiction and science. Many of Tania's stories, which have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in print and online, are inspired by articles from popular science magazines. In November 2007, she founded The Short Review, a unique website dedicated to reviewing short story collections. For further information, visit the White Road and Other Stories. Tania blogs at TitaniaWrites.

Yours,
Raz @ Eco-Libris
www.ecolibris.net

The White Road and other Stories – A Short Stories Collection is Going Green

Congratulations to British-Israeli author Tania Hershman, whose first book, The White Road and other Stories, published by UK's renowned Salt Publishing, is finally going into the stores today, September 1 2008.

Hershman contacted us last year in order to make her upcoming collection of short stories more sustainable by planting a tree with Eco-Libris for every copy printed. We were happy to oblige, and been following the publication process ever since.

Born in London in 1970, she moved to Jerusalem, Israel, in 1994. Her background as a science journalist of 14 years, writing for publications such as WIRED, NewScientist and others, gave are a scientific grounding in writing several “science-based” stories.

Hershman's tenacious focus on short stories is fascinating. Whereas many readers and authors think of short stories as only a stepping stone for the fledgling author on the way to their first novel, Hershman and others believe it to be an exalted genre of its own. She even launched The Short Review, a website dedicated to the reviewing of short story collections.

A subset of her interest in short stories manifests itself in her flash fiction. These are short shorts of 1000 words or much much less. Think of it as haiku fiction if you will, where every word should be worth its metaphorical weight in gold.

Curious? Good! Support this green author and get your own copy here, or ask your local independent bookstore to grace its shelves with some copies. I can't wait to get my mine, so expect a review and updates on readings and other events pretty soon.

Yours,
Eylon @ Eco-Libris

Plant a Tree for Every Book you Read!

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