Electric Car is Definitely a Lemon

Phil Edmonston, author of the Lemon-Aid series, has been helping Canadians choose which car to buy (and warning us about the cars not to buy, too!) for over 30 years. His new and used car and truck guides are consistent bestsellers.
So when he tells us he knows something about the new GM Volt Electric Car, [...]

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
Like many Canadian children, I memorized this poem for assemblies on November 11th every year. Even now, it makes me choke up a little. What a sad, sad piece — “We are the Dead” still makes me shiver. I hope never to break faith with [...]

Lacrosse: It’s Actually Pretty Cool

I’m about to make a stunning revelation: I don’t like sports (shocking, right? A book nerd doesn’t like sports?). Not at all. I didn’t even watch the Olympic gold medal hockey game. But I did watch the trailer for Arctic Thunder when we posted it, and… well, I was a bit surprised by how [...]

The Humanclature of Books

I’ve been pondering about how people interact with one another and the interesting pattern of how we interact with books.  The two distinct interactions actually have a lot in common.
I’m not saying that how one person interacts with people is precisely how he or she would interact with a books, but it’s a fascinating way of [...]

Five Book-related Things to Do Over the Holidays

Well the holidays have finally arrived and we’re all either frantically trying to wrap presents, exchange presents, or purchase those last minute gifts. What about the rest of the holidays — y’know … after we open up those gifts and enjoy the amazingly mouth-watering, warm, and comforting food. What then?

Well, if you’re not [...]

A Deeper Look at Life’s Foibles

Those who are well-acquainted with mysteries may be interested in this mystery-to-literary fiction spin-off.  J.D. Carpenter, author of the Campbell Young mysteries, takes us on a different journey with Priam Harvey, a character that occasionally steps into the spotlight throughout the Campbell Young mysteries.  This time around, we focus on Mr. Harvey himself, an unemployed [...]

How XML and ONIX looks after books

Part of my role is manage the bibliographic data of all the books we have published and will be publishing here at Dundurn Press. Because of all of the questions and queries I usually get, I figured I should describe what I do so that people understand how it differs from pure sales and [...]