Archive for November, 2011

December 10: Book signing with Jean Rae Baxter at Pickwick Book Store, Waterdown, ON

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Come meet author Jean Rae Baxter on December 10th at the Pickwick Book Store. Pick up a copy of The Way Lies North, Broken Trail, or any of her Serephim Editions books.

Pickwick Book Store
325 Dundas Street East
Waterdown, Ontario
December 10, 2011
10:00–12:00

Broken Trail Activity in the Loyalists Gazette

Friday, November 25th, 2011

A fun worksheet for children based on Jean Rae Baxter‘s Broken Trail.

Can you spot the differences?

Author Richard Wagamese among Aboriginal Achievement Award Honourees

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Richard Wagamese is a winner of the 19th annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards the area of Media and Communications. For more about the awards and the full list of winners, check out the Indian Country Today Media Network website. Congrats Richard!

November 23: Norma Charles and Beryl Young at Volume One Bookstore in Duncan, BC

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Authors Norma Charles and Beryl Young will be signing their new books, Run Marco, Run and Charlie: A Home Child’s Life in Canada, at Volume One Bookstore in Duncan, BC.

Drop by in Wednesday, November 23rd in the afternoon for a chance to meet these popular authors!

Volume One Bookstore
149 Kenneth Street
Duncan, BC
V9L 1N5

November 21: Norma Charles and Beryl Young at the Laughing Oyster Bookshop, Courteney, BC

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

Norma Charles and Beryl Young will be signing their new books at the Laughing Oyster Bookshop on November 21st at 3pm.

Drop by to meet the authors and pick up a signed book!

Laughing Oyster Bookshop
286 Fifth Street
Courteney, BC

Youtube video on Percy Williams, subject of our new biography, I Just Ran.

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Take a look at this short video on Percy Williams, the Canadian runner who won the 100 and 200 metres in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

Read a short review of our new biography, I Just Ran: Percy Williams, World’s Fastest Human in Canadian Running.

Andrew Parkin reading in Barcelona!

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Ronsdale Press author Andrew Parkin reads from Hong Kong Poems in Barcelona!

Richard Wagamese at Book Launch

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Author Richard Wagamese reading from his book, Runaway Dreams, at a book launch on October 8, 2011 at The Art We Are Cafe.

November 30: Daphne Marlatt Reading at Vancouver Central Library, BC

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

On Wednesday, November 30 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Daphne Marlatt will be the special guest for an evening of poetry. The event will take place in the Peter Kaye Room, Lower Level, Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street.

Local author tells the story of an unknown Canadian champion

Thursday, November 3rd, 2011

Samuel Hawley was interviewed by EMC Frontenac about his most recent book, I Just Ran, the story of Percy Williams, a Canadian sprinter who won two Olympic medals and was, in the early 1930s, the fastest man in the world. Check out the full interview on the EMC website.