Blair Kilpatrick's Blog

• Yikes! I've been Kindled!

  June 25, 2009

  • I was checking the listing for Accordion Dreams on Amazon a couple of days ago.  I was shocked to discover a little notice that it's now available on Kindle.I followed the link and, sure enough, there I was.  Kindled.My first reaction was to wonder how this happened.  Then I figured it must have been the publisher's decision.  It's probably a good thing.  Right?  I guess so.   I don't own ...
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• Monterey Market and Black Oak Books, two Berkeley landmarks struggling

  June 5, 2009

  • More bad news this week about the struggles of two Berkeley institutions, Black Oak Books and--the shocker--the Monterey Market, the locally famous produce market around the corner from my house.It wasn't a surprise to read that Black Oak finally closed the store on North Shattuck over the weekend. The new owner seems to have made valiant efforts  to keep it going.  Every time I've wandered in, ...
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• Back from Louisiana "Book Tour" (Maybe they'll adopt me!)

  April 24, 2009

  • Just back from the closest thing I'll ever have to a "book tour" for Accordion Dreams: ten wonderful days in Louisiana. Traveling with my fiddler husband. The book events always included Cajun-Creole music. A couple of bookstore events, another big presentation at LSU. An interview on a local pubic radio station, by a Cajun woman musician who was as penetrating as Terry Gross. Two ...
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