While you are at Clickertraining.com, check out Pryor’s great animal training videos. They are such fun to watch. And this stuff also works on kids!

I will also be teaching my “Advanced Skill Set” workshop for Fiction and Memoir Writers. In this class we take on some of the harder craft issues involved in writing fiction and creative nonfiction.

If you are interested in these classes, sign up early. The spring workshops fill quickly!

Teaching the Dog to Think

The Kindle Edition of Teaching the Dog to Think is now available for just $9.99. So fire up that new Kindle Fire you got for Christmas, and download Kimberly Davis’ new memoir on dog training, parenting, and creativity HERE.

Teaching the Dog to Think

We are currently laying plans for the Teaching the Dog to Think book launch sometime after the first of the year. Shoot me an email if you’d like to get on the invitation list for the book launch party, or to receive an email as soon as the Kindle Edition becomes available.

The physical book is now available for purchase HERE, and the Kindle edition will debut in the spring of 2o12. Watch this page for announcements of special promotions when the Kindle edition launches.

http://fiddlercrabreview.blogspot.com/2011/06/alchemies-of-loss-by-kimberly-davis.html

Hingham writer Kimberly Davis will celebrate the publication of her poetry chapbook, “Alchemies of Loss,” at a book launch party benefiting the Our Weeping Angel Foundation. Davis’ book features the title poem, “Alchemy,” winner of the 2009-10 James Wright Poetry Award. The event will take place on Saturday, May 21, 2011, from 1 to 4 PM at the Hingham Woods Clubhouse, Beal Street, Hingham, MA.

The afternoon will feature a poetry reading, book signing, and a talk about the cover photograph of Hingham’s Weeping Angel by photographer John Hooper Dean. The beautiful “Angel of Grief” monument stands in the cemetery behind Hingham’s historic Old Ship Church, and marks the grave of Maria Hooper, Dean’s great grandmother. Davis says that Dean’s photograph was perfect for the cover because her book explores the ways in which grief can lead to spiritual growth and moments of transformation. “The angel captures this visually,” she says.

Proceeds from copies of “Alchemies of Loss” sold at the event will go to the Healing Fund of the Our Weeping Angel Foundation started by Mr. Dean’s family. The Healing Fund provides financial assistance to people struggling to afford alternative healing treatments.

“I was delighted to connect with Jack Dean,” Davis says, “both because of his beautiful photograph of the angel, and also because my mother–to whom this book is dedicated– derived a great deal of solace from alternative healing therapies, such as meditation, near the end of her life.

At 2 PM, John Hooper Dean will give a talk on the history of Hingham’s Weeping Angel. A poetry reading and book signing will follow at approximately 2:30 PM. Refreshments will be served. The public is welcome, and admission is free.

Directions and Press Contacts follow. See the Poetry page for ordering information.

PRESS CONTACT INFORMATION:

Angel Micarelli, angelmicarelli@yahoo.com

DIRECTIONS TO HINGHAM WOODS CLUBHOUSE:

Directions from Boston and Points North:

Follow Route 3 South (The Southeast Expressway) to Exit 14

Take Exit 14 off Route 3 to Route 228 North

Follow Route 228 to Central Street, and veer left on Central Street

Follow Central Street to North Street, and go left on North Street

North Street ends at Beal Street

Go Right on Beal Street

Follow Beal Street for approximately 1/2 mile

Hingham Woods is on the left

Enter onto Tuckers Lane

Clubhouse and Parking is on the left, next to the pool

The panel discussion will be followed by a book sale and signing. I will have copies on hand of my new poetry chapbook, Alchemies of Loss. I hope to see you there.