Posts Tagged ‘HarperCollins Canada’
Dead Reckoning cover leaves author gob-smacked & thrilled
Any writer will tell you that, in the life of a book, one of the great moments is when you first see the cover. In this case, wow! Hats off to Alan Jones at HarperCollins Canada, who designed this cover for Dead Reckoning. The judges were unanimous, apparently — the sales-and-marketing folks, editor Patrick Crean,…
Read MoreChasing the Irish Pirate Queen around the Aran Islands
Hats off to James McQuiston, editor and publisher of The Celtic Guide, a superbly professional magazine that reflects his passionate interest in Scotland and Ireland. The December issue (click here) features contributions from throughout the Celtic world. They include an excerpt from my latest book, Celtic Lightning: How the Scots and the Irish Created a…
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 MoreAnd the $5,000 VIA-Rail Travel Voucher goes to . . .
My all-time favorite moment as a hander-out-of-prizes came late last year. At the Toronto launch of 50 Canadians Who Changed the World, I was honoured to give The Best Little Boy in the Whole Wide World Award to James P. McGoogan, who by good luck happened to be in the audience. That would be James…
Read MoreOcean-to-Ocean Book Tour Extravaganza Heads East
Part Two of the journey begins in Toronto next Thursday (Nov. 7). Yes, we’re talking The VIA-Rail, 50 Canadians, Ocean-to-Ocean Book Tour Extravaganza. We’re promoting 50 Canadians Who Changed the World by train. So far, we have whistle-stopped through Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Canmore, Banff, Jasper, and Vancouver. Now, we travel east: Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and…
Read MoreFort Garry Hotel works contest magic for 50 Canadians
You’ve got to love the magic of Canada’s grand railway hotels. Soon after we checked into the Fort Garry here in Winnipeg, the first such hotel on our list, we discovered a fantastic contest announcement in the Globe and Mail. This year marks the 100th anniversary of this hotel, which was built in the chateau…
Read MoreThe VIA-Rail, Cross-Canada, Ocean-to-Ocean, Book-Tour Extravaganza
A friend suggested that, for the first leg of the trip, Toronto to Winnipeg, I might prefer to travel by air. I said, what? Disrupt the integrity of the train journey? This is an all-rail, cross-country, ocean-to-ocean, book-tour extravaganza. This is Jack McClelland on steroids.This is celebrating cutting-edge Canada, as revealed in 50 Canadians Who…
Read MoreContest Time: Playing HARDBALL with 50 Canadians
Last time he held a contest, just over two months ago, Our Hero took a beating. The challenge didn’t last two hours. People were all over him with answers. Obviously, he underestimated his audience. He’ll try not to make that mistake again. Before going further: if you are in possession of, or have access to,…
Read MoreHurrah! All-Time Greatest Facebook Hits . . .
Over on Facebook, Our Hero’s All-Time Greatest Hits, as “liked” by FB friends, include the following . . . Hurrah! My ship is finally coming in. I’ve just received a letter from France. A lawyer indicates that a safe deposit box containing $4.2 million will be opened, and half that total will come to me,…
Read MoreThe days fly away like wild horses over the hills
So Keriann McGoogan has been blogging up a storm as a Savvy Reader at HarperCollins Canada. Not only that, but she turns up a piece written by Our Hero three years back . . . on that same blog: here. It began by celebrating The Ba, “the lunatic game the Orcadian Scots play at Christmas…
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