IN THE NEWS

 

Aug 6, 7 and 8, 2010

Harmonie Park Press at the Buy Michigan Now Festival

Harmonie Park Press will be participating in the 2nd Annual Buy Michigan Now Festival held in downtown Northville.  Paul Wedding, author of If You Only Knew What You Already Know will be on hand to talk with you and autograph copies of his book.  Be sure to stop by and say hello. www.buymichigannowfest.com

 

June 23, 2010

365 and a Wake-Up: My Year in Vietnam by Frank Jolliff.

Harmonie Park Press is proud to announce that our newest title is near completion and will be available for pre-orders very soon.

 

June 2, 2010

Paul Wedding speaking at the Science, Health and Spirituality Festival

Paul Wedding, author of If You Only Knew What You Already Know, has been invited to speak at the Science, Health and Spirituality Festival, Saturday, June 5, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  There is free admission to this event sponsored by the Unity Church of Lake Orion.  Paul is scheduled to speak at 2:00 p.m.  If you would like more information visit www.unitylakeorion.org

 

May 6, 2010

  Wellesley's Claire Fontijn Honors Her Mentor and Music Scholar with a Collection of Essays

To read the full review on Fiori Musicali: Liber amicorum Alexander Silbiger visit

www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2010/040210.html

 

BOOK REVIEWS: Recommended Reading--A Life on the RUN – Seeking and Safeguarding Social Justice

The Detroit Teacher May 2010 

Dr. John Telford has led more lives than a cat and survived more setbacks.  A Detroit teacher 50 years ago and again in this century, he bled in the amateur boxing ring, broke bones in football and fights, was incarcerated as a teen and expelled from a Detroit high school, sired a son with another man's wife, and tore his hamstring muscle in the 1956 Olympic trials.  Decades later, skinheads riddled his Rochester house with midnight gunfire when as deputy superintendent he pioneered the hire of black administrators in that 98 percent white district.  He endured a messy divorce he admits was his fault.  He was fired from two DPS executive directorships for whistle blowing and from the Madison District Public Schools superintendency for bringing in hundreds of Detroit students against the wishes of white residents. 

To read the complete article go to www.dft231.com - click on the sidebar "The Detroit Teacher" and go to the May Issue it's on page 9
 

May 3, 2010

NOW AVAILABLE!!!

  Fiori Musicali: Liber amicorum Alexander Silbiger.  Edited by Claire Fontijn with Susan Parisi.

For more details click on our New Releases page OR call our order department at (586) 979-1844 / Toll Free (800) 422-4880


April 22, 2010

COMING SOON

  Fiori Musicali: Liber amicorum Alexander Silbiger.  Edited by Claire Fontijn with Susan Parisi.

DMM/SM 55 / 616p / 0-89990-144-1 / Paperback / Projected availability April 2010 / Pre-order Price: $56.00

For more details click on our New Releases page

 

  Author tells of fight for justice as teacher, activist

"John Telford has been fighting all his life. As a kid, he brawled on the streets of Detroit and boxed in the ring..." (read article)    

http://www.freep.com/article/20100418/COL32/4180623

 

April 6, 2010

April Scholar Series – Detroit Historical Museum

Former world-ranked sprinter and controversial educator John Telford will read from his book, A Life on the RUN – Seeking and Safeguarding Social Justice, at the Detroit Historical Museum on April 22 at 6:00 p.m.  Dr. Telford was superintendent of Madison Schools, deputy superintendent in Rochester, and an executive director, principal, teacher, and coach in Detroit.  WSU named him its Distinguished Alumnus of 2001 for human-rights activism.
               

February 18, 2010

Ex-superintendent disses former bosses in book

"Less than a year ago, John Telford, former interim superintendent of Madison District Schools, was blindsided when he learned his days on the job were numbered at a heated meeting of the Board of Education."  (read article)

http://www.macombdaily.com/articles/2010/02/18/news/srv0000007637057.txt

 

February 7, 2010 

Retired Shelby man pens autobiography

"John Telford, Ph.D., enjoys the casual life of a retiree. He likes fishing in the pond behind his Shelby Township home, strolling through River Bends Park and playing his violin, a hobby the 74-year-old has enjoyed since his childhood."  (read article)

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