We are looking forward to the launch of Trapper Boy by Hugh R. MacDonald tonight (Oct. 17) in his hometown of Sydney Mines. 6:30 p.m. at the Cape Breton Fossil Centre. Everyone welcome!
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Big doings in Hugh R. MacDonald’s hometown this Wednesday, when CBU Press hosts the launch of his novel for young readers” Trapper Boy.
Join us (Oct. 17) at the Cape Breton Fossil Centre, Legatto Street, Sydney Mines – 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Refreshments. Everyone is welcome.
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CBC Radio One Canada Reads annual lit-fest has launched and it’s back to fiction for the jury.
CBC has announced that the latest edition of Canada Reads pits region against region – “Five panelists. Five books. Five regions. Which novel will represent the place you call home? Have your say in this year’s ‘battle of the books’.”
Listeners and bibliophiles can nominate and vote for the novels they would like to see represent our region, Atlantic Canada.
It’s time a Cape Breton novel was nominated. How about A Forest for Calum – Frank Macdonald’s world class novel, or Frank’s timely environmentally-themed A Possible Madness – and why not Susan Biagi’s wonderful novel Cibou?
Sure, they’re all CBU Press books, what would you expect us to nominate? While it’s not likely a new release woul get the nod, what about Thomas, A Secret Life by A.J.B. Johnston?
Click and nominate a Cape Breton story for Canada Reads.
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Nova Scotian author A.J.B. Johnston will be on television this Sunday (Oct. 14), on an episode of Land and Sea, 12 noon on CBC. The episode “Saving Louisbourg” will afterward be archived for viewing from the Land and Sea website.
Johnston enjoyed a 30-plus-year career as a historian, most of that time at Louisbourg. He has more than a dozen books to his credit and hundreds of articles, most focusing on 18th-century French colonial history, for which he was invested as a Chevalier of Academic Palms by the government of France.
John recently turned his hand to fiction. CBU Press this fall published his first novel Thomas, A Secret Life, a historical fiction.
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It’s official – CBC Radio One Canada Reads annual lit-fest has launched for its umpteenth season. And, it’s back to fiction for the jury.
Yesterday on Q, host Jian Ghomeshi announced that the latest edition of Canada Reads pit region against region – “Five panelists. Five books. Five regions. Which novel will represent the place you call home? Have your say in this year’s ‘battle of the books’.”
Listeners and bibliophiles can nominate and vote for the novels they would like to see represent our region, Atlantic Canada.
It’s time a Cape Breton novel was nominated. How about A Forest for Calum – Frank Macdonald’s world class novel, or Frank’s timely environmentally-themed A Possible Madness – and why not Susan Biagi’s wonderful novel Cibou?
Sure, they’re all CBU Press books, what would you expect us to nominate? While it’s not likely a new release woul get the nod, what about Thomas, A Secret Life by A.J.B. Johnston?
Click, vote, support a Cape Breton story for Canada Reads.
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New novel for young readers chronicles 1920s mining family
Sydney Mines native and first-time novelist Hugh R. MacDonald will launch his book to an appreciative home audience on October 17.
Set in a 1920s coal-mining town, Trapper Boy is the story of 13-year-old JW Donaldson, a good student with a bright future. While there is a lot of talk in JW’s family, and around the town, about the mines, JW is in no hurry to know the details.
It turns out that his father’s hours at the mine have been reduced and the family face difficult decisions to try to make ends meet. One such decision has a previously unimagined impact on the young man’s life.
Hugh MacDonald, a human services professional, has been writing for many years, but this is his first published novel.
Trapper Boy is making its way into area stores and will be launched in Sydney Mines on Wednesday, October 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Cape Breton Fossil Centre, Legatto Street in Sydney Mines. Everyone is welcome.
New novel for young readers chronicles 1920s mining family Sydney Mines native and first-time novelist Hugh R. MacDonald will launch… Continue»
Governor’s Book Pub, a literary reading series that takes place the 3rd Tuesday of every month, kicks off again this coming Tuesday, October 16, from 7-9pm upstairs at Governor’s, and CBU Press will be there!
This week features authors Stewart Donovan, poet and novelist, author of Maritime Union: A Political Tale, a social and political satire, and Joyce Rankin, contributor to the story collection The Men’s Breakfast: 19 stories from Cape Breton Island published by Breton Books.
More info here. Hope to see you there!
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Keen Readers has looked favourably upon Blood Brothers in Louisbourg. Their review of this work of Young Adult historical fiction that came out just last month calls the book “exceptional historical fiction.”
It also has some nice things to say about the author Philip Roy: he “delves deeply into the time period, making it come to life for readers,” and his “writing is intricate and beautifully-crafted.”
Read the full review here.
Keen Readers has looked favourably upon Blood Brothers in Louisbourg. Their review of this work of Young Adult historical fiction that came… Continue»
Link here to an interview with Anne Marie Lane Jonah on CBC Radio One Cape Breton’s Information Morning.
Friday evening, October 5, Parks Canada hosted an outstanding launch of French Taste in Atlantic Canada / Le goût Français au Canada Atlantique
A public launch was held at the Cape Breton Farmers’ Market in Sydney Rover on Saturday morning (Oct. 6). Response was overwhelming. Thanks to Anne Marie Lane Jonah, chef Chantal Véchambre and chef Alain Bossé who were on hand to sign copies of the book and hand out samples of classic hot cholocate – delicious!
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Be sure to tune in to CBC Radio One Cape Breton’s Mainstreet with Wendy Bergfeldt this afternoon (Oct. 5). Sydney Mines author Hugh MacDonald will be in the studio taking about his novel: Trapper Boy, which will be working its way into stores next week. The interview is scheduled for after the 4:30 news.
Be sure to tune in to CBC Radio One Cape Breton’s Mainstreet with Wendy Bergfeldt this afternoon (Oct. 5). Sydney… Continue»