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Q&A with Robert Feagan, author of Arctic Thunder
Tell us about your book.
Arctic Thunder is the story of a 14 year old boy named Mike Watson who lives in St. Albert, Alberta. His lacrosse team has just won the Alberta Provincial Championship when he finds out his father who is in the R.C.M.P. has been transferred to Inuvik, N.W.T. Mike is pretty devastated [...]
Q&A with Josie Penny, author of So Few on Earth
How did you come up with the title?
When I came to Ontario in Aug.1977 with an accent; many people asked where I was from. When I told them Labrador, their response was always “I’ve never met anybody from Labrador before.” and I would reply “because there are So Few of Us on earth”
What was the [...]
Q&A with Lucille H. Campey, author of Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers
Tell us about your book.
Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers: English settlers in Atlantic Canada is the first comprehensive and detailed study ever to be carried out on English emigration to Canada.
This book, dealing specifically with Atlantic Canada, is the first of three books on the English that I will be writing. It describes the English settlers [...]
Q&A with Gordon G. Leek, author of Trust Me
Tell us about your book.
The book, Trust Me, Frauds, Schemes and Scams and How to Avoid Them, discusses the types of schemes that we face everyday. A lot of these tricks are not new, they have been around in one form or another for years, however, they keep resurfacing and re-inventing themselves and people fail [...]
Q&A with Jennifer Crump, author of Canada Under Attack
How did you come up with the idea for this work?
A few years ago I stumbled across a Washington Post article in which author Peter Carlson proclaimed that, “Invading Canada is an old American tradition. Invading Canada successfully, is not.” I was reminded of Carlson’s words last year when I was in a meeting with [...]
Q&A with Natasha Henry, author of Emancipation Day
Tell us about your book.
My book, Emancipation Day: Celebrating Freedom in Canada, is about the history and evolution of the August first commemoration of the abolition of slavery in Canada and the diverse people who celebrated this popular annual event.
Tell us a little about the overarching theme of your work and why you felt compelled [...]
Q&A with Lee Lamothe, author of Free Form Jazz
Tell us about your book.
People doing what people do.
How did you come up with the idea for this work?
Someone told me about cops doing surveillance on a camper van and, ahead on the road, it exploded because it was a drug lab on wheels.
How did you come up with the title?
I think most of what [...]
