And I'm an author and

educator dedicated to empowering people to make informed food choices, to debunking

myths about veganism and animal rights, and to giving people the tools and resources they need

to live according to their own values of compassion and wellness. You can learn

more about what I do at my website Colleen Patrick Goodro.com.

Hi everyone thank you so much for your patience I'm not going to apologize again for

not being able to get to the podcast sooner it's getting harder but I'm always

thinking of you if it's any consolation and always thinking about how to get to the

podcast sooner. So thank you for your patience. I really appreciate it. Right now

let's see I'm recording this on June 30th, 2011, and we're only two months away from the release of my

new book, The 30 Day vegan Challenge, which is very exciting, I've mentioned before, that Random

House is the publisher, and they are putting a lot behind it and so we have a lot of hope for this book.

There's a new two minute preview video to get you excited about what's to come you can go to the

compassionate cook.com and check it out and pass it around definitely get the

buzz going and get people excited about this pre-orders are already available through Amazon or any online

bookstore and of course through your local bookstore, whatever favorite bookstore that you go to in

person, you can ask them to order it also, even though it's not out until August.

So August 23rd is the official release date, but we're having a party to celebrate its release, of course, on Sunday, August 21st, and

we're having it at Millennium Restaurant in San Francisco.

We had the release party for Vegans Daily Companion, my fourth book at Millennium, but we only

had that one small room while the restaurant was being utilized by other people.

And so we were only able to limit it to 50 or 60 people.

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