Five Virginia women artists’ dynamic images and personal impressions of their journey to the villages and fjords of Norway in 2005 and 2007 were exhibited at the Montpelier Center for Arts and Education in Hanover County, VA, from March 8 to April 19, 2009. The exhibit was an extension of a Norwegian/American show at the Sogn Folkemuseum in Kaupanger, Norway in the summer of 2007. The works of Mirjam Ahladas, a native Norwegian, Phoebe Antrim, Arlene DeConti, Barbara Duke Jones, and Christaphora Robeers were joined in the exhibit by works of Gjert Heiberg of Kaupanger, Norway. The powerful images in oil, watercolor, charcoal, and textiles were exhibited along with posters created by the graphic design students at Atlee High School in Hanover County.
Discovering that HIDDEN FALLS was also set in the Sognefjord region, the artists invited Carla to participate in the opening. Mirjam spoke about the genesis of the exhibition, and Carla spoke briefly about how the fjord setting influenced her writing. She also signed copies of Hidden Falls. The Montpelier Center for Arts and Education is located at 17205 Mountain Road, Montpelier, VA. Phone 804-883-7378.
Sons of Norway Washington, DC, Lodge #428, has featured Hidden Falls and a booksigning by Carla annually since 2004 as part of their Norwegian Christmas Bazaar at Union Station
NEWS ARCHIVE
BOOK SIGNINGS
Winding up 2008, in December, Carla signed copies of Hidden Falls at the Sons of Norway annual holiday bazaar at Union Station in Washington, DC, and at the book & author luncheon of the Potomac Chapter of Hadassah in Potomac Falls, VA, where she was the featured speaker.
Carla Danziger returned to her Washington state roots and to the Issaquah Valley Grange on September 22, 2008, to talk about Hidden Falls and her writing journey. Among the 50 people in the audience were members of Daughters of Norway from the Seattle area. Carla’s visit was organized by Jo Ann Anderson, lecturer (program chair) of the Issaquah Valley Grange and a member of Daughters of Norway. For more information, see www.nationalgrange.org and www.daughtersofnorway.org.
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In September 2008, Carla visited the Seattle office of The Norwegian American Weekly (NAW). Pictured to the right are NAW’s Publisher and Editor-In-Chief Jake Moe and Managing Editor Tiffanie Clark. (The New York Managing Editor is Berit Hessen.) For more information on NAW, contact: The Norwegian American Weekly, 7301 Fifth Avenue NE, Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115, Phone:1-800-305-0217 or 206-784-4617, Email: naw@norway.com. NAW is housed in the offices of the Norwegian American Foundation, phone: (206) 441-3044, Email: naf.info@norway.com.
BALDERDASH BOOKS & ART
In April 2008, Carla visited Balderdash Books & Art, a wonderful treasure of the Greenwood neighborhood for the past 20 years, located at 8536 Greenwood Avenue North.
Owner and book maven Vanessa Orniston took over the store 3 years ago and offers loyal patrons their choice of thousands of used books and an opportunity to trade in their own for credit towards other books--or even jewelry or works of art.
Photo by Carla Holley, Seattle
The store welcomes families, offering a cozy reading area. Vanessa also celebrates local authors and has been a supporter of Hidden Falls ever since meeting Carla at a Seattle booksigning in fall 2005. Thank you, Vanessa!
BIG NEWS
Hidden Falls was published in large print on January 22, 2008, by Thorndike Press, the world’s leading publisher of large print books distributed to libraries. Hardcover, 16 pt. font, and 475 pages. After 13 months, this edition is now out of print and unavailable from Thorndike. Contact Carla at carladanziger@yahoo.com for possible sources for the large print edition.
Scandinavian Mysteries
Carla’s article “Writing from Norwegian Roots” appears in the “Author! Author!” section of the “Scandinavian Mysteries” edition of Mystery Readers Journal, The Journal of Mystery Readers International®, Volume 23, Number 3, Fall 2007. Go to mysteryreaders.org to order this fabulous issue of articles about and by Scandinavian mystery writers.
Hadassah Talk
Carla was a featured speaker at the Hadassah of Northern Virginia Author Luncheon in spring 2007. Here Carla stands with Susan Weinberg, member, Hadassah National Board. (For more information on Hadassah, see www.hadassah.org.)
Carla spoke at the Sarasota (Florida) Jewish Book Fair held at the Flanzer Jewish Community Center in November 2006.
In September 2008, Carla visited the Seattle office of The Norwegian American Weekly (NAW). Pictured to the right are NAW’s Publisher and Editor-In-Chief Jake Moe and Managing Editor Tiffanie Clark. (The New York Managing Editor is Berit Hessen.) For more information on NAW, contact: The Norwegian American Weekly, 7301 Fifth Avenue NE, Suite A, Seattle, WA 98115, Phone:1-800-305-0217 or 206-784-4617, Email: naw@norway.com. NAW is housed in the offices of the Norwegian American Foundation, phone: (206) 441-3044, Email: 
