ASHEVILLE, NC– A delightful book of children’s poems & illustrations Roasting Questions by Barbie Dockstader Angellwill be officially released for the holiday season on Friday, December 14th at The Hop West Ice Cream Shop in West Asheville. The event is from 7-9pm and will include a free, family-friendly poetry show with pieces from the book. RoastingQuestions is highly recommended for kids, you, your friends and for anyone with an imagination! The book is available to preview at RoastingQuestions.com. Please check it out & consider buying–& sponsoring (which will get you some great goodies!)
Angell, an Asheville favorite, was named in the top three for 2011 and 2012’s Mountain Xpress “Best of WNC poets.” Barbie Angell is not just a prominent poet, but also a gifted illustrator. Roasting Questions, her first book, features original illustrations as well as child-friendly poems for all ages.
“My goal has always been to reach people who don’t know they like poetry, and convince them that they do,” Angell says.
A self-described “writer who rhymes,” Angell’s affinity for rhyme grew naturally from a youth spent devouring the works of Shel Silverstein and Lewis Carroll. In fact, Roasting Questionsfeatures several nods to the Where The Sidewalk Ends author. Rosanne Cash, who knew Silverstein, says, “Barbie’s poems are reminiscent of Shel Silverstein, but totally unique to her sensibility. They are infused with a bright spirit, a heart that seeks and explores, and a gentle insight.”
Angell brings her witty humor to ice-cream shops, schools, libraries, parties, and also performs her unique “bar poetry” in more adult settings. Asheville’s Mountain Xpress writes, “Local poet Barbie Angell is known for her mischievous sense of humor (in case you missed it a
year-and-a-half ago, go here for Angell’s Rapture Survival tips), her fanciful, elfin-inspired fashion, and (most importantly) her poetry.”
Roasting Questions is published through Grateful Steps Publishing, a nonprofit publishing house based in Asheville, NC. The book can be previewed and pre-ordered at www.RoastingQuestions.com, and will be released officially on December 14th 2012. A portion of the proceeds from the book will be donated to Mooseheart Child City, where Angell lived for four years.
For more information about Barbie Angell or Roasting Questions, visit www.barbieangell.com,facebook.com/barbieangell or follow @barbieangell on Twitter.
Publishing Contact: Grateful Steps Publishing, 828-277-0998, [email protected],http://gratefulsteps.org/roastingquestions/
