One Voice Press has acquired rights to two books, Edith Rose and Friends, a collection of stories for older children by Maine author Ron Tomanio, and A Planet with a View, a collection of essays on the Baha'i Faith by Dale E. Lehman and Kathleen Kettler Lehman.
Essex, MD, February 24, 2012 – The family of Jim and Melba Loft, the first Native Canadian Baha'is and the subjects of the new biography Return to Tyendinaga, have organized a pair of book launch and signing events to be held on March 31, 2012 in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario and April 1, 2012 in Cobourg, Ontario. The events are intended to bring the book to the attention of readers outside the Baha'i Faith, particularly those of Indigenous descent.
A book launch event for Return to Tyendinaga was held on Saturday, March 31, 2012 from at the Tyendinaga Community Center on York Road in the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.Coauthor Patricia Verge sent us some photos from the event, which we are pleased to share with you.
The Canadian Baha'i News Service has posted a wonderful article about Return to Tyendinaga and its authors Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge on its website. The article discusses the development of the book from its earliest conception to publication and calls it "a landmark biography of Canada's first Baha'is of Aboriginal ancestry, Melba and Jim Loft."