Dragon Thunder in Halifax

Diana Mukpo arrives in Halifax tomorrow for a reading and book signing at
the Lord Nelson Hotel. She will speak in the Regency Room, where Chogyam
Trungpa gave several public talks in the late 70s and early 1980s. Melvin
McLeod, editor in chief of the Shambhala Sun magazine, will introduce
Diana. After the reading, the cash bar will open and h'ors d'eouvres will
be served. The book event is being co-sponsored by the Halifax Shambhala
Centre and Frog Hollow Books. Tickets are $7 or 2$ with purchase of the
book from Frog Hollow. A full page review of Dragon Thunder: My Life with
Chogyam Trungpa appeared in the Sunday magazine of the Halifax Chronicle
Herald. The reviewer, Stephen Pederson, writes: "Diana Mukpo and Carolyn
Gimian have written a remarkable book in Dragon Thunder. It is dense with
fact and anecdote but entirely readable. And its spirit of commitment to
truth makes it real and direct. It is a fascinating account of a
controversial figure 'who had an amazing way of zeroing in on people's
energy,' as Mukpo said in an interview.Local interest in the book is
building. The Kunchok Foundation, which is rebuilding Rinpoche's monastery
in Tibet, will be selling raffle tickets at the signing, and the winners
will be drawn on Saturday at the Halifax Legacy Project meeting. First
prize is the eight volume Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa. When Diana
arrives in Halifax, she will have a walk through mini-booksigning at the
Relay bookstore at the Halifax International Airport. The store invites
authors to come by and sign copies of their books on their way in or out of
town. The manager told me today that they have five in stock. On Friday,
Lady Diana begins a demanding dressage clinic. More reports to follow!

Carolyn Rose Gimian

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