CBU Press announces September events schedule
The latter part of September will be a busy one for CBU Press. Check out the following schedule (and this doesn’t include October’s new releases!)
Friday, September 21, Halifax
4 p.m., Saint Mary’s University, Atrium 216 (enter from Inglis Street)
Book launch and presentation by Herb MacDonald, author of Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History
Hosted by the Gorsebrook Research Institute
Sunday, September 23, Halifax
The Word on the Street, Maritime Museum Wharf, Halifax Waterfront
11:00 a.m. Meet Herb MacDonald, author of Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History, CBU Press booth.
11:00 a.m. Reading by A.J.B. Johnston, author of the novel Thomas: A Secret Life, (‘Remarkable Reads with Halifax Magazine’ Stage)
12:30 p.m. Meet A.J.B. Johnston, CBU Press booth.
12:30 p.m. Reading by Philip Roy, author of Blood Brothers in Louisbourg (CBU Press), (‘What’s the Story with CBC’ Stage)
2:00 p.m. Meet Philip Roy, CBU Press booth
Thursday, September 27, 7 p.m., Sydney,
James McConnell Memorial Library, Falmouth Street
“Sydney and its Railways,”
a public presentation by Herb MacDonald,
author of Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History (CBU Press). Refreshments.
Friday, September 28, 6:30 p.m., Louisbourg
S&L Railway Museum, Main Street, Louisbourg
“Hunting the History of the S&L,
a public presentation by Herb MacDonald,
author of Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History (CBU Press)
Saturday, September 29, 1-3 p.m., North Sydney
North Sydney Historical Museum
Book launch and presentation
by Herb MacDonald, author of Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History (CBU Press)
Saturday, September 29, 4-6 p.m., Sydney NEW TIME!
Allegro Deli and Grill, 222 Charlotte Street, Sydney
Book launch: Thomas: A Secret Life, A Novel, by A.J.B. Johnston (CBU Press)
Monday, October 1, 7pm
“Antigonish: Town and County in the Railway Age,”
a public presentation by Herb MacDonald, author of Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History (CBU Press)
Refreshments will follow.
Saturday, October 13,
Truro Model Railroaders’ Annual Train Show,
NSCC, 36 Arthur Street, Truro, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Herb MacDonald, author of Cape Breton Railways: An Illustrated History
Saturday, October 20, 2-4 p.m.
Colchester Historical Society Museum and Archives, 29 Young St., Truro.
Meet & greet book signing
with A.J.B. (John) Johnston, author of Thomas: A Secret Life (CBU Press)
Watch for future anouncements about French Taste in Atlantic Canada 1604-1758: A Gastronomic History by Anne Marie Lane Jonah and Chantal Véchambre and Trapper Boy, by Hugh R. MacDonald