Book Signing: Steve Pitt, Nov. 18
Steve Pitt is a magazine writer, outreach worker, author and editor of Canadian children’s books as well as a stay at home parent.
Running to Extremes is an inspirational book about extreme runner Ray Zahab. Ray was always the last to be picked for team games. Eventually, he quit trying and as he got older, he took up smoking and drinking. But after his grandfather and uncle died, and his father suffered a stroke, Ray realized he had to take charge of his life.
Ray gave up his destructive habits and started looking for new challenges. When he read about the 160-km Yukon ultramarathon, he knew he had to give it a try. Everyone thought he was crazy. Ray had never even run in a regular marathon.
One ultramarathon quickly led to another and Ray now combines his zeal for the race with a passion for fundraising.
Meet Steve Friday, November 18, from 7:30-9:00pm
Book Signing: Julie Colvin, Nov. 11
We had a lovely evening with Julie and Emma. Thank you for your support. Copies of the book are available.
A Cure for Emma chronicles a mother’s quest to heal her child from a nearly invisible disease: type 1 diabetes. Millions of parents around the world will relate to Julie Colvin’s roller coaster of despair, frustration, and hope when her daughter Emma was diagnosed with this life-threatening, incurable nightmare. Overnight, Julie left her medical career to become a full-time surrogate pancreas for her daughter.
A Cure for Emma is also a spiritual look at one woman’s journey from anguish to hope. Writing with humor and honesty, this devoted mother offers a warm, revealing look at the spiritual questions disease forces into one’s life. We follow Julie’s quest to cut a deal with her analytical, scientifically-trained mind and investigate a world that could not be proven in a lab. While seeking a cure for Emma she risks everything, including her marriage, to follow a path of discovery and wonder. Read more at www.acureforemma.com
Meet Julie Friday, November 11, 7:3-9pm
Book Launch: Don Clysdale, Nov. 12
The signing was a great success. Copies are still vaialable in store.
Explore Callander Now & Then. Once famous throughout the world for it’s lumber industry, it is now a beautiful place to live known for it’s sunsets and fishing resorts on Callander Bay and Lake Nipissing. Meet the author, Don Clysdale and have your copy of the book signed and have one signed for a friend as well. A great gift, the book is chock full of history, stories and beautifully illustrated with black & white photo’s.
Saturday, November 12, 1-3pm
Book Signing: Alexander MacLeod, Nov. 4
Thank you to those who attended. Signed copies are available. Great gift idea!
Light Lifting is one of those rare debuts: a breathtakingly good collection of short fiction that heralds the arrival of a significant new talent.
The seven stories each encompass a keenly observed, immersive world, and each carries the weight and impact of a novel. They are reminiscent of the work of Alice Munro at her best: rich and deep, merciless and utterly unflinching.
Despite that underlying sense of sadness, the characters in Light Lifting aren’t adrift. They’re rooted firmly in the real world of work and family. In “Wonder About Parents,” a head-lice infestation serves as the springboard for the history of a relationship and a family, from a drunken dorm-room night to checking each other’s hair for nits, from fertility problems to a child in danger. It’s surprisingly suspenseful – the perilousness of life and love is laid out almost clinically – yet also deeply resonant.
Meet Alexander Friday, November 4, 7:30-9pm
Book Launch: Our War, November 2
Thank you to those who came for the signing. We have a few copies in-store. Perfect gift for the history/military buff in your family.
Meet author David W. Taylor speaking about his experiences as a soldier in the Vietnam War. He will be signing copies of his book Our War: the History and Sacrifices of an Infantry in the Vietnam War 1968-1971.
Wednesday, November 2, 7:30-9:00pm
Book Launch: Oct. 21, Marjorie Meister
Thank you to the folks who attended. Still a few copies available in-store.
Have you ever yearned for more health for yourself, family, friends, your neighbourhood, the environment, the world? Have you ever asked yourself “How can I help make this a kinder more beautiful world?” Sowing Our Dreams will stimulate your imagination to bring hope, joy, life-sustaining solutions and empowerment to help create life-affirming changes. Join us Friday, Oct. 21, 7:30-9:00pm.
Book Launch: Sept. 24, Curtis B. Robinson
Thank you to those who attended. There are still a few copies of the book available in store. Would make a great gift for the history buff in your family!
Local Author Curtis B. Robinson will be signing copies of his history book Caught Red Starred: The Woolwich Spy-Ring and Stalin’s Naval Rearmament on the Eve of War. The book is based on research for his Master’s thesis and lecture series, it narrates, analyses and reconstructs the shadowing and ultimate apprehension of members of the Woolwich Spy Ring in Britain shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Meet Curtis and have your book signed Saturday, Sept. 24, from 1-3pm.
Book Signing: Bette Logan, August 18
Thanks to all who attended. We sold out of copies, but have re-ordered!
Come and hear the story of Bette’s relationship with the notorious Donald James Kelly, who escaped from the North Bay jail in 1975. Follow the month-long manhunt, and the taking of almost two dozen captives. Life Lived Inside Out will intrigue and captivate you as you discover the relationship between author and protagonist.
Thursday, August 18th, from 7:30-8:30
Everyone welcome!
Book Launch: July 14, Ian Hamilton
Thanks to all who attended. Keep an eye out for more in the series!
The Water Rat of Wanchai kicks like Jackie Chan!
In the first of what promises to be a massively successful series, Ian Hamilton introduces readers to one of crime fiction’s most unique and compelling heroines, Ava Lee, and uncovers the dark machinations of the global shadow economy. Thursday, July 14, 7:30-9pm, Ian will be reading from, and later signing copies of The Water Rat of Wanchai and book two in the series The Disciple of Las Vegas. Read more about Ian and the Ava Lee series at ianhamiltonbooks.com
Photos and Memories: June 30, Swaziland with Grandmothers to Grandmothers
Thursday, June 30, 7:00 pm at the North Bay Public Library
Suzanne will be sharing images and stories from her trip to Swaziland with the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
photo courtesy of Peter Bregg
www.stephenlewisfoundation.org
www.grandmotherscampaign.org
