Two Dreamriver Press authors – Meagan O’Nan from Colorado, and Olivier Clerc from France – will show how the ideas presented within their books can be planted as seeds to flower in our inner gardens. Sheila Applegate, seer, healer and teacher, will help us water them with a guided meditation.

Speakers:

Meagan O’Nan, MA, MS, pioneer in the field of personal integration coaching, consciously directs her clients towards bringing together the ethereal world of Spirit and the grounded realities of everyday life. Author of the award-winning book, Creating Your Heaven on Earth, Meagan’s passion is to help people commit their dreams to reality in steps that are sensible, practical, and real for them. She encourages her clients to embrace their own power and pushes them gently and yet firmly to employ their spiritual strengths in creating the reality of their dreams. www.meaganonan.com

Born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, Olivier Clerc presently lives in Southern Burgundy, France, with his three sons. Olivier has crossed paths with many famous authors and teachers whose books he has translated into French, and with whom he often trained. Among them are Charles Rojzman, founder of Transformation Social Therapy, Marshall Rosenberg, founder of the Center for Nonviolent Communication, Don Miguel Ruiz, Dr Deepak Chopra, and many others. He is the author of six books, including Invaluable Lessons from a Frog: Seven Life-Enhancing Metaphors, published in the U.S. by Dreamriver Press (2009). His latest book, The Gift of Forgiveness: A Magical Encounter with Don Miguel Ruiz, follows a week-long Toltec workshop with Don Miguel Ruiz, and is due out this summer by Findhorn Press. www.olivierclerc.com

Sheila Applegate, MSW, internationally renowned spiritual seer, healer and teacher, is a high-level intuitive and clairvoyant who describes guides, people, and situations with astonishing detail and accuracy. She has the gift of being able to clearly see the guides, angels, and ascended masters of her clients and facilitates communication between them and her clients, lovingly providing information about their spiritual progress, relationships, and other practical, everyday issues from a higher perspective. www.sheilaapplegate.com

Date, time: April 20th, 2010, 7pm to 9pm
Suggested donation: $ 15
Location: The Commons
388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
closest subway is the Hoyt/Schermerhorn stop on A, C & G but also close to the Atlantic Avenue stop, B, M, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 5, F and LIRR

Last weekend Dreamriver Press participated at the NY Center for Independent Publishing‘s 22nd annual Book Fair. It was the first time we fully participated at this event. The Book Fair attracted a variety of independent publishers, and it was great meeting publishers, editors, authors and others that made up this diverse community.

The event seemed to have been publicized very little. As a result few people attended the Fair. Most publishers were disappointed by the low turn out. It seems like other years, thousands of people attended the Fair. As some of the older participants told me, in the past the annual NYCiP Book Fair was held right before Christmas. This might have encouraged people to visit the Fair, as they searched for unique and interesting books to give as Christmas presents. However, the general feeling was that the event was hardly publicized at all. In fact when we arrived to set up our table on Saturday morning there was not even a sign outside the building!

Despite the low attendance, we did enjoy being at the Fair and finding out about other independent publishers. Amongst those we met were Paul Andrew from Strangers Gate Books, Dan Cafaro who is the founder and publisher of Atticus Books, Adri Cowan and Buzz Poole of Mark Batty Publisher which produces some amazing visually innovative books.

We hope the next NYCiP Book Fair will attract a larger crowd, as independent publishers should gain as much recognition as possible!

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