Ruka Press

Award Nomination, Events for Cerulean Blues

Dan — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:50:12 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Cerulean Blues by Katie Fallon has been selected as a finalist in the book category of the Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment. This prestigious award is sponsored by the Southern Environmental Law Center. Winners will be formally announced at the Virginia Festival of the Book on March 24.

Fallon will be speaking and signing books at Chatham University in Pittsburgh on January 30 and at Wildwood Park in Harrisburg, PA, on February 7. For details on these events, and on others as they are added to the schedule, please visit the calendar page. We hope to see you there.

Upcoming DC-area Appearances by Katie Fallon

Dan — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:23:18 +0000

Katie Fallon will be speaking at two Audubon Society chapters in the DC area in December:

December 11, 3:00 pm—Audubon Society of Northern Virginia, Potomac Overlook Regional Park, 2845 North Marcey Rd., Arlington, VA (Note: This event is sold out!)
December 15, 7:00 pm—Audubon Naturalist Society, Chevy Chase, MD (RSVP requested)

If you’re in the area, please come join us.

Special Offer

Dan — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:44:09 +0000

For a limited time, you can save when you buy our first two Ruka Press books together. For only $24 (plus shipping), you get printed copies of Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern Old-Growth Forests by Joan Maloof and Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird by Katie Fallon. Buying them separately would cost $35.90, so you save more than $10. Order now!

Update: This offer is no longer available. Join our mailing list (and watch Twitter and Facebook) for new offers

Maloof Interviewed by Washington Post

Dan — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 18:03:37 +0000

An interview with Joan Maloof about Among the Ancients and the Old-Growth Forest Network appeared in today’s Washington Post Arts section. “I just like to point out that not every single forest should be a source of timber and money; that there are some places we should save just for the biodiversity and the beauty,” she said.

You can read the full story here: “Descriptions of ‘old-growth forest’ are somewhat elusive.”

October Author Events

Dan — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:01:33 +0000

Joan Maloof, author of Among the Ancients, has three public events scheduled in the DC area in October. Please join us for one of these events to meet the author and learn about the beauty of our Eastern ancient forests and about Dr. Maloof’s work with the Old-Growth Forest Network.

On October 20 at 7:30 pm, Dr. Maloof will be speaking to the Virginia Native Plant Society at Green Spring Gardens Park, 4603 Green Spring Rd., Alexandria, VA 22312. (Don’t rely on Google Maps for directions to this address, use the website link.)

On October 27, she will speak at the US Botanic Garden at noon. The US Botanic Garden is next to the Capitol at 100 Maryland Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20001. This program is free, but pre-registration is required. Books will not be sold at this event. Order one in advance and get it signed at the event.

And on October 28 at 10:00 am, Dr. Maloof will speak at Brookside Gardens, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902. Books will be available for sale.

Maloof to Speak to Eastern Native Tree Society

Dan — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:24:57 +0000

Holyoke Community College in association with the Eastern Native Tree Society is hosting a lecture series to focus on the history, current status, and the future of the Forests of the Northeast and beyond. Joan Maloof will speak at the seventh annual Forest Summit, to be held October 13 and 14 on the Holyoke Community College campus in Holyoke, Mass. The event is free and open to the public. See the website for details.

Author Katie Fallon to Give Keynote Address

Dan — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:27:21 +0000

Katie Fallon, author of the forthcoming Ruka Press book Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird, will give the keynote address at the Brooks Bird Club’s annual meeting on October 22. The Brooks Bird Club, headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia, was founded in 1932. It is an independent, educational, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting “the study and enjoyment of birds and other elements of the natural world.” The club, which has four chapters throughout West Virginia, conducts breeding and migratory bird surveys, takes trips to important bird areas, and publishes a newsletter, the quarterly journal The Redstart, and the Birding Guide to West Virginia.

This year’s annual meeting will be held October 21–23 at Bethany College in Wheeling, WV. Fallon will speak at the club’s banquet on Saturday evening. In addition to discussing the plight of the cerulean warbler, Katie will read portions of her book and show slides from her cerulean adventures, which took her from West Virginia and Tennessee all the way to Bogotá, Colombia, and beyond. Because approximately 80% of the world’s cerulean warblers breed in Central Appalachia, this species is of great interest to the Brooks Bird Club and to other regional bird groups.

If you’re interested in joining the Brooks Bird Club or attending the meeting, visit their website. If you would like Katie Fallon to speak to your group, contact her at katie@katiefallon.com.

Ruka Press in the Hill Rag

Dan — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:12:08 +0000

Ruka Press was recently profiled in Karen Lyon’s Literary Hill column in the August issue of the Hill Rag, our local Capitol Hill magazine. Lyon highlights our mission and philosophy, and includes a brief excerpt from our first book, Among the Ancients. Read the story here.

Author Event: Baltimore

Dan — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:31:14 +0000

Author Joan Maloof will be speaking and signing Among the Ancients at Barnes & Noble Owings Mill (Baltimore) on Wednesday, July 13, 7pm. We’d love to see you there.

Back to Normal

Dan — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:38:22 +0000

This is an update of our earlier post. Our shopping cart troubles have been resolved, and our summer sale is back on. Use the code SUMMER when you check out and save 30%.