Authr Johnston to visit CBU and book pub
A.J.B. Johnston, author of the Thomas Pichon novels (#pichonnovels) will be giving readings in Sydney later this month, part of a series of appearances in the Maritimes following release of his second novel The Maze, A Thomas Pichon Novel.
On Monday, January 19, Johnston will make a public presentation on “History as Fiction” in the CBU Library (4 p.m., everyone welcome), part of an “Off the Page” series sponsored by the Department of Languages and Letters at Cape Breton University.
Earlier in the day, he will meet with students in the Dept. of History and Culture at CBU.
On Tuesday evening, Johnston will read from The Maze, A Thomas Pichon Novel, as a featured writer at the popular Governors Book Pub, Authors with Glasses, at Governors Pub and Eatery in Sydney (7 p.m., January 20).
The Port Hawkesbury Library is hosting Mr. Johnston on Wednesday, January 21, at 1 p.m.
A historian at the Fortress of Louisbourg for 23 years, and the author of more than a dozen books, Johnston’s work focuses on French Colonial history in Atlantic Canada. His book Endgame 1758, won the Canadian Historical Association’s Clio Award.
Johnston has published two novels fictionalizing the life of Thomas Pichon (1700-1781), the French colonial official who betrayed his French masters by spying for the British, and was in many ways responsible for the 1755 fall of Fort Beausejour.
Thomas, A Secret Life (2012) and The Maze, A Thomas Pichon Novel (2014) are both published by CBU Press. A third and fourth novel in the series are nearing completion.
Last fall, Mr. Johnston appeared at a number of Maritime venues, visiting Liverpool, Fredericton and Sackville, NB. His travels have been partially covered by an Author Promotion Tour Grant provided by the Canada Council for the Arts.