biography
Look what’s growing at Dundurn
It’s Spring and books are blooming! Here’s a round-up of our new releases already this month:
The Golden Dream
A History of the St. Lawrence Seaway
by Ronald Stagg
In the early 20th century a movement flourished, championing the St. Lawrence route as the answer to easily transporting goods in and out of the centre of the continent. During construction, [...]
Music Skills
Here’s a random factoid for you: 83 years ago today (March 26, 1827), Ludwig van Beethoven died.
Every one’s probably familiar with one of Beethoven’s pieces. Fur Elise? 5th Symphony? How about my personal favourite, Moonlight Sonata?
My appreciation for Beethoven began in my youth. My mother enrolled all of her children in piano lessons so that we [...]
Q&A with Lorraine O’Donnell Williams, author of Memories of the Beach
Tell us about your book.
In the Dirty Thirties, Toronto’s Beach community has somehow managed to distance itself from the rest of the city, and even from the world. This quirky and enchanted community provided a protective base of beauty and calm during the madness about to be unleashed by World War II. And in the [...]
An Artist’s Life
When you are completely immersed in the day to day running of a publishing program you begin to lose sight of how much we need authors talent and experiences to be publishers. I had the luxury of two weeks off which always allows the many management bits to fall away so you can reflect on [...]
Q&A with David Watmough, author of Myself Through Others
Tell us about your book.
It is a sincere attempt to demonstrate what makes me tick as a writer. To provide largely unknown images of my friends and acquaintances while striving to also present the pros and cons of me.
How did you come up with the title?
Luck!
Tell us a little about the overarching theme of your [...]
Q&A with David Elliott, author of Adventures in the West, Part 2
What was your first publication?
In 1978 I published an article on William Aberhart, Alberta’s controversial preacher/premier, in the Canadian Historical Review. It was based on my master’s thesis at the University of Calgary. Later in 1987 I co-authored with Iris Miller a biography of Aberhart, entitled Bible Bill. In 1991 I edited a collection of [...]
Q&A with David Elliott, author of Adventures in the West, Part 1
Tell us about your book.
It is a biographical account of Henry Ross Halpin who joined the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1872 at the age of seventeen. He worked in the fur trade throughout western Canada where he had a great fascination with and empathy for Canada’s native peoples. In 1885 he was taken prisoner by [...]
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