Peter A. Balaskas, author of The Grandmaster, will be at the following book fairs this week.

Santa Barbara Book and Author Festival, September 29th.

West Hollywood Book Fair, September 30th.

Peter will be at these festivals promoting his projects under his Ex Machina Press imprint. Stop by his booth at either event to enter a drawing to win a Barnes & Noble gift certificate. And ask him how you can get a FREE PDF copy of The Grandmaster!

Bards and Sages is currently accepting poetry submissions for a series of chapbooks to be published next year. Payment is $3 per poem, upon acceptance. We are only reading speculative poetry (horror, fantasy, futuristic). DO NOT send love poems. Please read the complete submission guidelines for all details.

http://www.bardsandsages.com/contest.html

THE PEACE PSYCHOLOGY BOOK SERIES
—- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS —————————————————————
SPRINGER SCIENCE + BUSINESS MEDIA (SPRINGER SBM)
(Formerly Springer-Verlag & Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers)

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Herbert Blumberg, Goldsmiths College, United Kingdom; Daniel Bar-Tal, Tel Aviv University, Israel;
Klaus Boehnke, International University Bremen, Germany; Ed Cairns, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland; Peter Coleman, Columbia University, USA; Cheryl de la Rey, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Anthony Marsella, University of Hawaii, USA; Fathali Moghaddam, Georgetown University, USA; Maritza Montero, Central University of Venezuela, Venezuela; Cristina Montiel, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines; Noraini Noor, International Islamic University, Malaysia; Nora Alarifi Pharaon, Tamkeen: Center for Arab American Empowerment, USA; Antonella Sapio, University of Florence, Italy; Illana Shapiro, University of Massachusetts, USA; Ann Sanson, University of Melbourne, Australia; Richard Wagner, Bates College, USA; Michael Wessells, Christian’s Children Fund, Columbia Univ., Randolph-Macon College, USA.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The scope of threats to human security at the dawn of the 21st century is daunting. Terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, nuclear proliferation, failed states, ideological struggles, growing resource scarcities, disparities in wealth and health, globalizing trends, violations of human rights, and the continued use of force to advance state interests, are all complex problems.

During the past 20 years, peace psychology has emerged as a specialty in psychology with its own knowledge base, perspectives, concepts, advocates, and preferred methodologies. Peace psychology is now well positioned to develop theory that will enable us to more deeply understanding the major threats to human security, and practices that will help us address some of the most urgent and profound issues that bear on human well being and survival in the 21st century.

The Peace Psychology Book Series recognizes that the emerging and multi-faceted problems of human security in the 21st century challenge us as scholars to demonstrate the usefulness of peace psychology for constructing theory and promoting activism aimed at the prevention and mitigation of violent episodes and structures around the world.

FORTHCOMING BOOKS (AS OF JULY 2007)

Global Conflict Resolution through Positioning Analysis by Fathali M. Moghaddam &
Rom Harre
Transitional Societies: Justice, Reconciliation, and Mental Health by Brandon Hamber
Forgiveness and Reconciliation by Anie Kalayjian and Ray Paloutzian
Nonviolence and Peace Psychology by Daniel Mayton
Liberation Psychology: Theory and Practice by Maritza Montero
Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace by Joseph de Rivera

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
DAN CHRISTIE, SERIES EDITOR christie.1[@]osu.edu

The Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship at Clarion University of Pennsylvania is seeking scholarly articles for the publication of its two journals:

1) Rural Libraries, focusing on current trends and issues affecting small and rural libraries

2) Bookmobile and Outreach Services, concentrating on current trends and issues in library outreach.

Each journal is published twice a year. Articles may take the form of scholarly papers or essays and may reflect librarianship from any part of the world. Submissions must conform to APA style and should be 10-25 pages in length. (Exceptional work that falls outside these parameters may be considered.)

Submissions in Microsoft Word format may be:

1) mailed to the address below in hard copy accompanied by an electronic version on floppy disc or CD-ROM or

2) e-mailed as an attachment to csrl@clarion.edu.

Include the following information with your submission:

1) Name
2) Title/Position
3) Institution
4) Address
5) Phone Number
6) E-mail Address

Notification of receipt of your submission will be sent via e-mail, as will notification if your article is selected for publication.

The deadline for fall issue submissions is: September 8, 2007

Thank you and we look forward to reviewing your work.

Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship
Department of Library Science
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
840 Wood Street
Clarion, PA 16214
814-393-2014
csrl@clarion.edu [arsl-l]

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