Write, Publish and Market Your Book: An Overview
Publishers and authors Richard Olafson and Carol Ann Sokoloff take you on a journey through the life of your book.
Tuesday, May 12
Intrepid Studio
1609 Blanshard Street
1pm-3pm
Free!
Richard Olafson
Richard
Olafson is an editor, poet, book designer and publisher. A long-time Victoria
resident, he is active in many community organizations. Richard Olafson has
published a number of books and chapbooks, among them Blood of the Moon, The
Name of Being, In Arbutus Light, Apotheosis, Roses. Pearls. Ocean. Stars: Triads,
The Ocean and My Body are One, My Body is the Ocean, and most recently, Cloud
on My Tongue, and There are Some So Unlucky they Do Not Even Have Bodies. He
attended Naropa Dharma Institute in Boulder, Colorado after high school, taking
classes with William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Larry Fagin as
part of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics in its second year of
operation and was much influenced the following year when studying with Warren
Tallman at UBC's English Department. Later, he met Robin Skelton in Victoria,
who had a profound influence on his direction in publishing. As a book designer,
he has published over 290 chapbooks and books. He is currently editor and publisher
of The Pacific Rim Review of Books, a book review journal. Richard has lived
in Victoria for many years and enjoys parenting two teenage boys with singer-songwriter-dancer
Carol Ann Sokoloff. Website: www.ekstasiseditions.com
Carol Ann Sokoloff
Carol Ann Sokoloff is a writer, editor and songwriter and performer who is the
author of four published books and a partner in the publishing company Ekstasis
Editions. She is the author of Eternal Lake O'Hara, poetry and history of the
Canadian Rockies; New Sufi Songs and Dances, an exploration of Sufism through
original songs and meditative circle dances; Colours Everywhere You Go, a picture
book (Tineke Visser, illustration) for the kindergarten set and a forthcoming
picture book, Anything You Want to Be, for children 6-9 years of age. She has
edited fiction, non-fiction, poetry, metaphysical and children's titles in her
work with Ekstasis Editions, a Victoria, BC based publisher now entering its
25th year. As a freelance documentary producer for CBC radio, Carol received
a Peabody Award for Educational radio from the University of Georgia for a five-part
'Schools radio' series, The Wonderful World of Science, broadcast over the CBC
network. Carol conceived, researched and wrote the award-winning series, and
also created and performed its original theme song. As a composer she has created
theme songs for CBC radio, choral pieces, music for theatrical productions and
the words and music to dozens of songs in the pop, children's and jazz genre.
She currently performs as a vocalist with the jazz trio, Trio Espresso. She
is also a performer and instructor of middle eastern belly dance and founder
of the Oasis Dance studio and ensemble. Website: www.ekstasiseditions.com/cherubim/framesetcherub.html
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