Jacob Javits Convention Center NYC

Nautilus Booth 2037 at 2:00 PM

with Sharon Jogerst

“Collen’s talks are inspiritational and audiences for her multimedia presentations have been growing steadily. At her last book event, the Denver Eclectics, she addressed an audience of 250. She concludes her presentations with a shocker—the story of what transpired (after she finished writing the book) between her and her father who is now 95.”                                                      —KGNU Radio, Denver Colorado

Click links below to hear interview:

Aspen Comedy Festival, of all places

Excerpt reading

Revealing Self-portrait-mystery

“Nautilus Book Awards recognize the leading edge of the leading edge of books about where the culture is heading by the people who are taking it there.”

They review and acknowledge books that promote conscious living and positive social change, books that offer life-affirming options to a world that longs for a new story. Their process is long and labor-intensive and is carried out by three teams of judges—highly qualified, experienced reviewers located across the U.S. with successful careers as editors, writers, publishers, librarians, college professors and bookstore owners. Previous winners include the Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Andrew Weil, Barbara Kingsolver, Marianne Williamson, Naomi Wolf and on. The Essential Box Set of Landmark Speeches & Sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. won a silver in 2010.

DOING IT WITH GRACE ( http://doingitwithgrace.blogspot.com )

Storm of the i, an ‘artobiography’ by author/artist Tina Collen, is a cohesive marriage of exhibition and memoir. She opens her life’s portfolio and gives us a dazzling view of her aesthetic triumphs while battling the bedevilment of unanswered questions. Beautifully designed and well-written, her book pays homage to the scraps, trophies and mementos that have become her tapestry. Images of her artwork, family photographs, treasured relics and poems treat us to a candid and refreshingly amusing view of her personal and professional journey.”

SANDY’S BOOKCLUB ( http://sandrasbookclub.blogspot.com )

Today is the day. We have author Tina Collen here with her book, Storm of the i. This is her guest post:

My father didn’t speak to me for 15 years and I never knew why.
Then I wrote the book I needed to read.

On the first three stops of this Virtual Book Tour, I talk about the inspiration for writing my memoir but let me tell you what happened after I wrote it. When I finished the first version, I thought I was finished, but as I re-wrote and worked on it, an interesting thing began to happen.

“Storm of the i is a reminder, vivid and visual, that the parent-child bond is the bedrock upon which lives are built.”—Stewart Oksenhorn, book reviewer for the Aspen Times

“I could only stand in the doorway during her talk—the more than capacity crowd was hanging on her every word. The slides were great and so was she.”

—Kent Hudson Reed
Director, Kent Hudson Reed Ensemble

After receiving an EVVY (1st prize for Autobiography) and a 1st place Tech Award (for Layout & Design) from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association, Collen went to the Benjamin Franklin Awards in NYC—and with her book #3 on the best-seller list at the Boulder Bookstore back home, she walked away with a Silver medal for memoir. The next night she collected a bronze IPPY.