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A Globe and Mail Weekend
Last weekend was a Globe and Mail weekend for Dundurn with two books – The Firebrand and Running with Dillinger – receiving mentions! First up, in the Books section, The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada, part of our Voyageur Classics series of books, was included as part of the Paperbacks column. In this [...]
High Praise for The Dells From The Sherbrooke Record
Michael Blair and his newest mystery The Dells, which was released in December, recently received high praise from Jim Napier of The Sherbrooke Record.
“The Dells is nicely paced, with a fine sense of place and crisp dialogue … In the past few years Michael Blair has matured into one of Canada’s most accomplished crime writers, [...]
Commuters Kickstart Their Morning
The media buzz continues for Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started. This past Sunday, an interview with the authors ran on AM 680 in Toronto. Click here to listen to the interview. And Vancouver and Toronto commuters kickstarted their morning with an article about Kickstart in Metro featuring an interview with Alex and Andrew. Click here to read the article. [...]
Quill & Quire Reviews Running with Dillinger
This month’s issue of Quill & Quire features a review of Running with Dillinger by Edward Butts. In his review, Paul Challen writes that
“Butts’ approach of combining examinations of the crimes with the subsequent police investigations and trials gives some excellent context to the various robberies and murders without glorifying the crimes themselves. This carefully [...]
Guelph Mercury Reviews To Stand and Fight Together
On Saturday, To Stand and Fight Together: Richard Pierpoint and the Coloured Corps of Upper Canada by Steve Pitt was included in the Guelph Mercury’s round up of new youth titles. Here’s reviewer Brenda Hoerle’s comment on this book, which explores the life of 68-year-old United Empire Loyalist Richard Pierpoint.
“Spilling with fascinating facts and photos, this book [...]
On The Road With Kickstart
Alexander Herman and Andrew Feindel, co-authors along with Paul Matthews, of Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started have been on the road for two weeks now; traveling across Canada from Vancouver to Halifax promoting their book, and yesterday marked the last day of their tour. As mentioned in Kicking Into High Gear, Alex and Andrew [...]
Kicking It Into High Gear
Alex and Andrew, co-authors along with Paul Matthews, of Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started are at the midpoint of their cross-Canada tour and what a tour it has been so far. So far they’ve hit Regina, where the tour kicked off with a Mother’s Day reading and signing at Book & Brier Patch, and Calgary, [...]
