Book Launch and Signing Maura Hanrahan Flanker Press

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Flanker Press cordially invites you to the official launch of

Domino: The Eskimo Coast Disaster

by Maura Hanrahan

When:

Friday, September 22, 2006

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Where:

Chapters, 70 Kenmount Road

St. John's, NL

The author will be present to read from her book and to sign copies.

Refreshments will be served.

Everyone welcome!

Domino tells a compelling tale that was almost lost: the true story of a deadly hurricane that devastated Labrador's Eskimo Coast in the fall of 1885. Fishermen and their families on their way home from a hard summer's work were caught in the fierce winds and waves. Sixty-six ships were wrecked and over seventy people died, many of them women and children. And the after-effects of the completely unexpected storm were more far-reaching than anyone could imagine.

Maura Hanrahan is the author of several books. Her short fiction has been published in Canada, the United States, and Britain, and has won awards in all three countries, including one from London's prestigious Independent newspaper. She has also published over 400 newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, several of which were prize-winning. Besides being a writer, Maura is also a cultural anthropologist, having graduated from the London School of Economics in 1989, and a painter.

For more information, please contact Laura Cameron at 709-739-4477 (toll-free at 1-866-739-4420).