Shebeen Club book launch: Cry of the Phoenix
What: The Shebeen Club: Cry of the Phoenix Book Launch/Cat’s Eye
Publishing House Launch
When: 7-9pm, Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Where: The Shebeen, behind the Irish Heather, 217 Carrall Street in Gastown
Why: to celebrate Shebeener Colleen O’Connor’s Cry of the Phoenix
Who: Contact lorraine.murphy AT gmail.com for more information
How(much)? $15 includes drink and appetizers
Reactions to Cry of the Phoenix:
“Colleen takes us from personal tragedy to triumph – she provides
astute observations of the human condition. A flowing, touching,
compelling read.” John L. Daly
“Emotional, gut-wrenching reading!” Richard Jackson, President, Ace
Arctic Circle Entertainment
Come join us for a party to mark the publication of first-time author
Colleen O’Connor’s memoir Cry of the Phoenix. A longtime Shebeen Club
member, Colleen has done a successful end run around mainstream
publishing, starting her own publishing house, Cat’s Eye. Cat’s Eye
launches tonight along with Colleen’s own moving memoir of struggle
and triumph, Cry of the Phoenix. Cry is soon to be a major motion
picture, and is available in independent bookstores throughout Canada.
Tonight only it will also be available for signing by the author.
We at the Shebeen Club couldn’t be prouder of Colleen, a truly
home-grown success story, and we are honoured and delighted to be able
to kick off the holiday season with a party to celebrate the birth of
an author, a novel, a movie, and a publishing house. Also in
attendance are special guests who played key roles in bringing this
project to fruition, and for the price of a drink and some delicious
appies you can hear how it all came together right here in Vancouver.
Bio: Colleen O’Connor is a Vancouver author, publisher, and business
consultant. She was a Criminal Court Justice of the Peace for the
Province of British Columbia for eighteen years, and is currently
working on her second book. Her blog is at
http://cryofthephoenix.blogspot.com and she can be reached at
cryofthephoenix AT shaw DOT ca or Cat’s Eye Enterprises LTD., 2-2314
West Broadway Ave, Vancouver, BC, V6K 2E5
Wednesday, November 28th 2007 at 3:15 pm
I just realized yesterday that I was a week late! Sorry to have missed this one. How did it go? Lots of people I bet. I’ll e-mail you in a bit, are you still on the public system? I look forward to reading her story, LB
Thursday, November 29th 2007 at 1:19 pm
It went really, really well. The best part was that after they passed the steamed prawns around a couple of times, they put the platter right in front of me! Snarf, snarf!
Actually, it really was a great night and I was proud to have helped bring it about. We will be posting a podcast of the talks very soon.
Don’t miss the Christmas party on December 18th! We’ll be in the snug at the Heather, and it’ll be order off the menu and pay your own bill. Drop in, drop out, 7-10.
Saturday, December 1st 2007 at 7:34 pm
[...] Radio, recorded live (and subsequently edited to death) November 20th, 2007. This is a recording of our book launch for Shebeen Club regular Colleen O’Connor’s book Cry of the Phoenix. Pour yourself [...]
Monday, January 21st 2008 at 7:06 pm
[...] it is: our very first podcast! Recorded live at our November 20th meeting and edited to death since, this is the book launch party we threw for Colleen [...]
Thursday, September 18th 2008 at 12:54 am
I was reading this (ex resident of Vancouver and Seattle) and was wondering if there was a review or recording of this and BOOM a podcast! Thanks for posting the link to the podcast in this thread as I probably wouldn’t have found it!