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Terror Threat Author Talks About the First “Toronto 18″ Verdict

Just over two years ago, in a series of dramatic police raids in Toronto and the surrounding areas, which shocked many Torontonians, police arrested 18 men suspected of conspiring to bomb several Canadian targets including Parliament Hill, RCMP headquarters CBC buildings in downtown Toronto, and nuclear power plants. Today, the first of the 11 suspected [...]

Media for Lake Erie Stories

Sometimes the reviews and interview requests come in fast and furious and other times it takes some time to build up media and buzz around a title. I’m happy to report that the media is starting to throw their support behind Lake Erie Stories by Chad Fraser, which takes the reader inside the personalities and events, from the earliest explorations of adventurers [...]

YA Reviews from Resource Links

Just received the June issue of Resource Links and it features reviews for Shabash!, Reading the Bones, and Kickstart! Here are some highlights.

Shabash!

“Set in a mill town in British Columbia during the 1980s, Ann Wheeler realistically portrays the prejudices Rana both encounters and harbours toward the white community. Despite the fears and warnings from his [...]

Gold Stars from CM Magazine

A re-issue of the junior fiction novel Shabash! received 4 out of 4 stars from CM Magazine! And both Kickstart: How Successful Canadians Got Started and Reading the Bones received 3 out of 4 stars. Reviewer Christine Torchia highly recommended Shabash!, which is about 11-year-old Rana, a Canadian born Sikh, who wants to join a [...]

The K Handshape in the Calgary Herald

Maureen Jennings’ latest Christine Morris mystery, The K Handshape , received a rather vague and brief review from the Calgary Herald.

“The problem with her new series is her detective. Forensic profiler Christine Morris just doesn’t spring to life the way Murdoch did.
Still, the context here — the militant Deaf Culture and the lengths its adherents [...]

A Deadly Distance Given 4 Stars!!

A Deadly Distance Given 4 Stars!! 
Sarah’s Stars reviewer, Allison gives A Deadly Distance a FOUR star reviews. She writes:
“If you like historical fiction book then this would be a quick good book for you. I would usually walk past this kind of book, but then I started reading ti and fell in love with it by the second chapter. [...]