Posts Tagged ‘HarperCollins Canada’
Michaelle Jean leads 50 Canadians across Canada
50 Canadians Who Changed the World. My new book will not turn up in bookstores until autumn. But you can read an excerpt in the July-August issue of VIA Rail’s Destinations magazine. You guessed it: the excerpt focuses on Michaelle Jean. Even if you are NOT exploring the country by train, you can get a…
Read MoreHear ye! Hear ye! Modest contest announced
Around our house, the most anticipated book of the year is 50 Canadians Who Changed the World. HarperCollins Canada will publish it in October. The author? Mais, c’est moi! The jacket copy promises an “astonishing array of activists, humanitarians, musicians and writers, comedians, visionaries, scientists, and inventors, all of whom are transformative figures who have…
Read More50 Canadians Who Changed the World
So this is what it looks like, the most anticipated book of the year . . . at least around our house. Early on, I decided to make things harder for myself rather than easier — and also more fun. I decided to include only those Canadians born after 1900. End result, more than two…
Read MoreThe Toronto Star makes Our Hero tingle?
Folks have been clamouring for an update. Maybe start with the fabulous reviews in The Toronto Star and January Magazine. The two are radically different, but both made me blush and tingle. Cut to this afternoon and “The Willow” in Hudson, Quebec, where we talked and taped for two hours. This was in aid of…
Read MoreWin a trip to Scotland!
Yes, it’s really happening. Adventure Canada and HarperCollins Canada are sponsoring a fabulous contest to celebrate the publication of How the Scots Invented Canada. You can win a free voyage through the Scottish Isles — that’s a free berth for one, plus a discount for a companion. How cool is that! I will be sailing…
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…
Read MoreHow the Scots Invented Canada
Our Hero is heading for Halifax, Montreal, and Sherbooke to launch his new book, How the Scots Invented Canada. On October 12, his 7 p.m. appearance at Woodlawn Public Library (Dartmouth) will be televised for broadcast by Podium TV. Two weeks later, on Oct. 28, Ken will be in Montreal at the Atwater Public Library…
Read MoreRace to the Polar Sea Wins Honourable Mention
My book Race to the Polar Sea, which is now surfacing in paperback from HarperCollins Canada, has won Honourable Mention in the Keith Matthews Award competition sponsored by the Canadian Nautical Research Society. The annual award recognizes the best book on a maritime topic. The judges described the work, which tells the story of Arctic…
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