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Local author Anne Shmelzer will be in the store on Sunday, December 6 from 1:00-3:00pm to sign copies of her brand new book A Marginally Noted Man.

Be sure to come by and visit us to meet this great new author!

Coming up on Saturday, December 5, we will have two great local authors in the store to sign copies of their new books.

From 11:00am to 1:00pm, local mystery writer R.J. Harlick will be in the store to sign her newest Meg Harris mystery, A Cold White Fear.

Radio personality Ken Grant will be here on Saturday, November 28 signing copies of his book I Woke Up With “The General” Too! from noon to 3:30pm.

Michael Hart will be in the store on Saturday, November 21 from 11:00am to 1:00pm to sign copies of his new book Hubris: The Troubling Science, Economics, and Politics of Climate Change.

 

Local author and historian Tim Cook will be in the store on Saturday, November 14 from 12:00-2:00pm to sign copies of his new book Fight to the Finish. This is the second book in his two volume series on Canada’s experience during World War II.

Local author Alan Bowker will be in the store on Saturday, November 7 to sign copies of his book A Time Such As There Never Was Before from noon to 1:00pm.

About the book:

“The years after WWI were among the most tumultuous in Canadian history: a period of unremitting change, drama, and conflict. They were, in the words of Stephen Leacock, ‘a time such as there never was before.’

The war had been a great crusade, promising a world made new. But it had cost Canada sixty thousand dead and many more wounded, and it had widened the many fault lines in a young, diverse country. In a nation struggling to define itself and its place in the world, labour, farmers, businessmen, churches, social reformers, and minorities had extravagant hopes, irrational fears, and contradictory demands.

What had this sacrifice achieved? Whose hopes would be realized and whose dreams would end in disillusionment? Which changes would prove permanent and which would be transitory? A Time Such As There Never Was Before describes how this exciting period laid the foundation of the Canada we know today.”

Margaret Virany will be in the store on Saturday, October 31 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm to sign copies of her memoir Kathleen’s Cariole Ride.

About the book:

“A spark ignited in World War I develops into a lasting love in the snowy expanses and frozen lakes of the northern Manitoba bush inhabited by the Swampy Cree. They were an unlikely pair. She was a city councilor’s daughter from Portsmouth, England and he was a farmer’s son from Cookstown, Ontario. They met in 1917 when her father, a Sunday school teacher, invited some colonial servicemen home for tea. The courtship is conducted on onion skin stationery over 5,000 miles between fog and bog. The writing recounts serving with the Canadian Navy in the North Sea, flying from London to Paris in 1927, crossing the Atlantic, canoeing up the fur trade route, and trekking in winter on a cariole toboggan to get to the hospital for a baby to be born. Day-to-day life of aboriginals is observed, and the positive role of missionaries in that era. More than just a northern adventure story, it is the hard journey of two souls seeking to create a better world after the trauma of the war. The love story is presented by the author but written in Kathleen and Jack’s own words.”

Find out more about Margaret and her book at https://cozybookbasics.wordpress.com/

We look forward to seeing you this Saturday!

Local author and newspaper columnist, Randall Denley will be in the store on Saturday, October 31 to sign copies of his new book The Situation from 11:00am to 1:00pm.

About the book:

“When the financial crash of 2008 hit, Ottawa hedge fund manager Tom Atwater was swept up like a guppy in a tsunami. Once the storm is over, he and his wife Sarah find themselves nearly destitute and struggling to keep their marriage and family together. In desperation, they are forced to move in with Tom’s 88 year old father, a crusty former judge who finds Tom and his brood about as welcome as a litter of incontinent puppies. The Situation is the story of how the Atwaters fight to keep their self-respect, and rediscover what life is really all about.”

For more information about Randall and his book, check out www.randalldenley.com

Local mystery author Erika Chase will be in the store on Saturday, October 24 from 11:00am to 1:00pm to sign copies of her new Ashton Corners Book Club mystery, Law and Author.

To learn more about Erika and the Ashton Corners Book Club series, check out her website: http://erikachase.com/

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday!

Janice Dickson will be in the store on Saturday, October 24 from 1:00-3:00pm to sign copies of her new book Herbert Peppard:The Eternal Man.

About the book:

“Herbert Peppard: The Eternal Man tells the true story of a 95-year-old WWII veteran who was a member of the First Special Service Force, which is also known as the Devil’s Brigade.

Peppard grew up during the Great Depression in Truro, Nova Scotia. Unable to afford books for school, he dropped out at age 16 to work at the lumberyard. But with Hitler and the Nazis terrorizing Europe, he felt the call to join the army to help in the war effort.

While Peppard fought for his country and became a decorated soldier, he had a rebellious side. Peppard went AWOL – a serious offence in the army – five times while on duty. But during a prohibited vacation home, he met a beautiful woman named Greta MacPhee.

Critical moments of battle are interwoven with letters, written by Peppard to his family and to Greta, the woman he vowed to return to and marry. Many letters were written from his hospital bed in Naples, where he spent six months recovering after being shot.

The story follows Peppard after the war when he returned home to Nova Scotia to start a family. But soon after his return, Greta, his beautiful new bride, is diagnosed with a debilitating disease.

Peppard is living in Truro in the very home where he was born. He writes columns in the local paper, walks a mile every day and continues to inspire others.”