Books
May
6. Solstice Books & Music
opening
in Wakefield
at 721 Riverside Drive, Wakefield. Under the direction of
Roberta Bouchard, it will stock fiction, children's books,
travel, reference and non-fiction books, in both French and
English. There will be a music section featuring local
talent, an art wall and cards for sale showing the work of
local artists. The store will take orders for books not in
stock. Bouchard describes the store's mission as providing
"a stimulating atmosphere and cultural meeting place where
people of different backgrounds and age groups can all find
something of interest."
The
History of the Shawville/Clarendon Fire Department
is available at the Pontiac Printshop, 133 Centre Street,
Shawville.
For information call (819) 647-2204.
Simon
Teakettle Ink, a patron of Great Canadian Theatre Company
for more than two decades, has arranged a unique
collaboration with the equity theatre company based in
Ottawa. All three books written by Barbara Florio Graham are
now for sale at GCTC, with 30% of the retail price to the
theatre’s building fund.
They are also announcing the the 20th Anniversary
Edition of Five Fast Steps to Better Writing and
online courses available as tutorials. See
www.SimonTeakettle.com for
details.
Bill Mason:
Wilderness Artist from Heart to Hand, by Ken Buck.
The book is the story of one of Canada's foremost canoeing
artists, whose home was in Chelsea. Ken Buck is a
retired secondary school teacher of English literature,
media studies and outdoor education. He worked as Bill
Mason's cinematographer and assistant editor for the
award-winning series of films Path of the Paddle, Song of
the Paddle and Waterwalker. He lives in Chelsea.
'Autumn
Wild',
a new book by
Robin Stone, well-known for her nature column "Wild Tracks"
in the West Quebec Post.
It contains sixteen nature stories from her column, together
with a foreword by the Post's editor Fred Ryan, a
bibliography, maps, and drawings by Pontiac artist Raymond
Sander-Regier. The book is published as a limited edition
in paperback.
Available at $14.95 + $3.00 postage from PB PETRA BOOKS,
170 Edgewood, Gatineau Quebec J9J
3L5. Tel: (613) 294-2205;
E-mail: petra@ncf.ca.
Website: http://petra.ncf.ca
Barbara
Florio Graham launched the 20th anniversary
edition of Five Fast Steps to Better Writing
at the National Library in Ottawa in October. It features a
new section aimed at writers who need to know the basics of
freelancing for magazines, newspapers and the Internet.
Additional chapters cover copyright, handling assignments,
self-publishing and creativity, which is one of
Florio-Graham’s specialties. Details at
www.SimonTeakettle.com.
Barbara’s other books include
Five Fast Steps to Low-Cost
Publicity and MEWSINGS/ MUSINGS.
