Margaret
The countdown is on!
Very soon, we’ll be leaving for my parents summer home. In about seven hours actually.
Canada Day is our annual family get-together for my father’s side of my family. Everyone is coming: cousins, aunts and uncles! This makes it one of the best holidays of the year for me.
We’ll be swimming, catching up, [...]
Q&A with Ann Chandler, author of Kootenay Silver
How did you research your book?
I was actually staying with a friend in the Kootenays when the main character, Addy, just came to me. I had toured the SS Moyie paddlewheeler. I later returned and visited the Nelson and Kaslo Archives, poured over newspaper accounts and photographs of the time surrounding the First World War [...]
Q&A with Peter Messaline, co-author of The Actor’s Survival Kit, Fifth Edition
Tell us about your book.
The Actor’s Survival Kit, Fifth Edition is a collection of facts, opinions and personal prejudices about the business of being an actor in Canada. It gives actors the tools to be able to make positive career choices instead of passively waiting for success to happen.
Did you have a specific readership in mind [...]
Wait, is that what I think it is? SNOW!
This weekend, I was reminded of the excitment of being at school when snow fell for the first time each Fall. That got me thinking of all the fun winter activites: skating, skiing, snow ball fights…
Let It Snow by son and father team, Darryl and William Humber is a fascinating historical look at winter sports in [...]
Ghost Ride by Marina Cohen nominated for a Red Maple
We’re thrilled that Ghost Ride by Marina Cohen has been nominated for a Red Maple Forest of Reading Award!
Check out her scary book trailer — perfect for the haunting season.
UFOs back in print
We love UFOs at Dundurn, and last Spring we were happy to bring a classic UFO book back into print: The UFO Files by Palmiro Campagna. This book features unique declassified documents pertaining to UFOs plus original interviews with major players in UFO controversies in Canada.
Palmiro Campagna works for the Department of National Defence and [...]
Q&A with Lionel & Patricia Fanthorpe, authors of The Big Book of Mysteries
How did you come up with the idea for this work?
We have been writing for Dundurn for many years – we specialise in unsolved mysteries and in doing first hand research on site. For example, we have done a documentary for the BBC on the moving coffins of Barbados. Lionel presented Fortean TV on Channel [...]
