Today is the official on-sale date for our new Ruka Press book, The Pipeline and the Paradigm: Keystone XL, Tar Sands, and the Battle to Defuse the Carbon Bomb by Samuel Avery. We’ve been shipping website orders of the paperback for the last couple of weeks, but as of today the ebook editions are available from us or from other online booksellers. The book is also officially available today from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, other online sellers, and your local independent bookseller.

The official release of The Pipeline and the Paradigm is still two weeks away, but if you order now from our website it will ship immediately—and at a 25% discount, too! Ebook versions will go on sale on the official publication date, April 23.

As attention to the Keystone XL increases this spring and summer, this book is the best way to get up to speed on the controversy surrounding the pipeline, and to learn how this project has become a symbol of the larger climate change and environmental battles of our time. Read a sample chapter here.

Samuel Avery will be starting to promote his book with some events in the San Francisco Bay area, while Ruka Press authors Katie Fallon and Joan Maloof happen to be speaking at the same Audubon Society chapter in consecutive months. Please join them for one or more of the events below.

Samuel Avery, author of The Pipeline and the Paradigm:

• April 22, 7:00 pm—Copperfield’s Books, Sebastopol, CA
• April 23, 7:30 pm—The Green Arcade, San Francisco
• April 24, 7:00 pm—Books Inc., Berkeley, CA
• April 26, 12:00 pm—The Commonwealth Club, San Francisco
• April 27, 6:00 pm—The Pilgrim’s Way Community Bookstore, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
• May 7, 7:00 pm—Carmichael’s Bookstore, Louisville, KY
• May 9, 7:00 pm—Bookmamas, Indianapolis
• May 22, 7:00 pm—Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Lexington, KY
• May 23, 7:00 pm—Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati

We’ll be adding more events to Sam’s calendar soon, so keep on eye on our website.

Katie Fallon, author of Reed Writing Award finalist Cerulean Blues:

• March 19, 7:00 pm—Juniata Valley (PA) Audubon Society, Bellwood, PA.
• April 10, 7:00 pm—Lynchburg Bird Club, Lynchburg, VA.
• May 4—Morgantown Migratory Bird Day, Coopers Rock State Forest, Morgantown, WV.
• May 8, 7:00 pm—Potomac Valley Audubon Society, Shepardstown, WV.
• May 10, 7:30 pm—Baird Bird Club, Reading, PA.

Joan Maloof, author of Among the Ancients:

• April 16, 5:30 pm—Juniata Valley (PA) Audubon Society, Hoss’s Steak and Seafood House, Duncansville, PA. Dinner program.
• April 17—Washington College, MD.
• May 3–5—Flora Quest, OH.

We’re proud to report that our new book, The Pipeline and the Paradigm, which will be officially released in April, has been reviewed by the three major trade reviewers. This is the first of our books to hit that exclusive trifecta (a review from these sources is an endorsement for purchase by libraries, booksellers, and readers).

First up was Publishers Weekly, which said, “Environmental activist Avery travels the route of TransCanada’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline, engaging in frank and respectful dialogue with proponents and opponents. His finely researched book blazes with hope.” Then Booklist weighed in, saying, “Avery, a longtime social activist and solar-panel entrepreneur, offers a guided tour of all the contentious issues surrounding the pipeline. While Avery gives pipeline promoters a fair hearing, it’s clear where his values lie. Extremely useful analysis.”

Finally, Library Journal said, “This folksy book also contains hard scientific truth. Essential reading for residents of Alberta or related states, and recommended for everyone concerned about climate change.” Online review available to subscribers only.

We’re kvelling! Remember you can preorder the book at a 25% discount right now, and you’ll get it as soon as it’s done printing.

Our new book, The Pipeline and the Paradigm by Samuel Avery, will be officially released April 23, but as of today it’s available for preorder at a 25 percent discount!

Publisher’s Weekly reviewed the book, and said “his finely researched book blazes with hope.” Read the whole review here.

You can preorder or read more about The Pipeline and the Paradigm here, or read a sample chapter here.