Posts Tagged ‘VIA-Rail’
Departure Day: Ocean-to-Ocean with 50 Canadians
Later today, Sheena and I embark on a VIA-Rail journey that will extend from ocean to ocean, Pacific to Atlantic, Toronto to Vancouver to Halifax. The above photo, shot a couple of weeks back, finds us on the east coast of Orkney with the North Sea behind us. But the North Sea adjoins the Atlantic,…
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 MoreThe Great VIA-Rail Book-Launch Extravaganza
OK, that may be putting it a bit grandly. But yes, come October, we propose to launch 50 Canadians Who Changed the World with a cross-Canada, multi-event, book-launch extravaganza. HarperCollins Canada and VIA Rail are co-operating to make this expedition happen. Starting from Toronto on October 12, accompanied by my wife, Sheena, and detraining as…
Read MoreHappy Canada Day . . . en francais aussi!
One of the great things about VIA Rail’s Destinations magazine is that it speaks both official languages. In French, the “extrait exclusif” included in the July-August issue (see previous post) begins as follows . . . POUR ECRIRE 50 CANADIANS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD (A PARAITRE CET AUTOMNE), LE CELEBRE AUTEUR CANADIEN KEN MCGOOGAN A…
Read MoreMichaelle 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…
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