Posts Tagged ‘Ben McNally Books’
Highlanders invade Toronto Beaches
They said it couldn’t be done. But Highlanders came ashore Sunday morning. It happened in the Toronto Beaches. The invaders move now to Ben McNally Books, the most beautiful (and best-stocked) bookstore in Canada. Kilts, bagpipes, selfies . . . a full-blown signing! Maybe we’ll hear a passage or two. Tuesday 6 p.m. 366 Bay…
Read MoreDead Reckoning inspires first-ever book launch at Beechey Island
First came the book launch at Beechey Island. We were sailing through the Northwest Passage with Adventure Canada when, thanks to a myriad of volunteers, the party just erupted. OK, we didn’t party ON the island, site of the graves of the first three men to die on the 1845 Franklin expedition. That would have…
Read MoreCeltic Lightning: what happens at the Toronto launch . . . .
Our Hero and Patrick Crean. A writer and his editor. With HarperCollins Canada, we launched Celtic Lightning last night at Ben McNally Books in Toronto. Photographer Peter Rehak took the above shot. We signed a few books (right photo: Sheena Fraser McGoogan). And (below) Havard Gould made me do it . . . ? Author…
Read MoreAdventure Canada joins HarperCollins in launching the Scots
So how cool was that? We had a bagpiper precede me to the stage, we had publisher Phyllis Bruce of HarperCollins Canada produce a bottle of champagne, and we had Matthew Swan announce a fantastic contest involving the book and my next voyage with Adventure Canada. The book is How the Scots Invented Canada. The…
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