From Vancouver to Timbuktu, a Q&A with Rick Antonson

Tell us about your book.
On the surface, To Timbuktu for a Haircut is a travel memoir – though it pales by comparison to the rigors of those intrepid 18th and 19th century European explorers to Timbuktu about whom I also write – they who defined ‘adventure travel’ long before the term had cachet. The core [...]

View From the Bar – The Twelve Trees Book Launch

When I first started blogging I had every intention of blogging on a regular basis but then BookExpo Canada, which was this past Sunday and Monday, crept up and swallowed a huge portion of my time. So while I was busy organizing author signings and booth furnishings (”can you throw in two more shelves for [...]

Father’s Day Books

Scratching your head trying to figure out what to get your father for Father’s Day this Sunday? Well stop racking your brain, Dundurn is here to help!
Have a father who’s a history buff? How about getting him Lake Erie Stories: Struggle and Survival on a Freshwater Ocean by Chad Fraser, which takes a fresh look at [...]

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 [...]

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 trip to the beach

It’s going to be a gorgeous weekend in Southern Ontario. Perfect for a trip to the beach! Lake Erie Stories, written by author Chad Fraser, describes many tales of less than ideal weather on the second smallest of the Great Lakes.
Tell us about your book.
Lake Erie Stories is a collection of the more human tales [...]