Upcoming and Recent Events, and Publicity
Last updated May 14, 2013
Items not previously announced are marked in RED
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AWARDS
- NEW!
Congratulations to Harbour Publishing authors Geoff
Meggs & Rod
Mickleburgh whose book, The
Art of the Impossible: Dave
Barrett and the NDP in Power, 1972-1975 won Hubert Evans Non-fiction Prize at the BC Book Prizes
- NEW! Congratulations
to Harbour Publishing author Rachel
Rose, whose book, Song
and Spectacle won the Audre Lorde Award for
Lesbian Poetry
- NEW! Congratulations
to Nightwood Editions author Bradley
Somer, whose book, Imperfections won the CBC Bookie Award's New Kid on the Block Award for
Best Debut
- NEW! Congratulations to Nightwood Editions author Sandy Pool, whose book, Undark: An Oratorio has been nominated for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
- NEW! Congratulations to Harbour Publishing author Rachel
Rose, whose book, Song
and Spectacle, was selected for the Pushcart Prize Anthology
- Congratulations to Harbour Publishing authors David
Esson Young, author of The Uchuck Years: A West Coast Shipping Saga, and
Dan Francis, author of Trucking in British Columbia: An
Illustrated History, whose books were given an
honourable mention in the BC Historical Federation's Competition for Historical Writing
- Congratulations
to Harbour Publishing author Rachel
Rose, whose book, Song
and Spectacle is a finalist for the Pat Lowther Memorial
Award
BESTSELLERS
BC Bestsellers, week of May 12, 2013
Source: Association of Book Publishers of BC
Adult Titles
Children's Literature
Canadian Bestsellers, week
of May 13, 2013
Source: TBM Bookmanager
Kids Fiction
Home/Leisures
PUBLICITY
FOR NEW TITLES (sorted alphabetically by author)
Jump to:
The
Hottest Summer in Recorded History
978-0-88971-276-8, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Interview on CIUT's Howl (Toronto) on May 21 at 10pm
Print/Online
NEW! Mention in the Town Crier, April 23, 2013NEW! Mention in Book News, Vol. 8, No. 9 (April 11, 2013)NEW! Mention in
Open Book Toronto, April 4, 2013
Feature on
the Literary Press Guild's National Poetry Month Social Media Campaign,
April 4, 2013
Advertising
Subterrain, Spring
2013
Geist, Spring 2013
Maisonneuve, Spring
2013
Selected
Poems
978-0-88971-278-2, $22.95, Hardback, Nightwood Editions
Advertising
Subterrain, Spring
2013 (Selected Poems)
Geist, Spring 2013 (Selected Poems)
Maisonneuve, Spring
2013 (Selected
Poems)
Raven
Brings the Light: A Northwest Coast Legend
978-1-55017-593-6, $19.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing
Bestseller
NEW! #1 BC Bestseller, week of May 12, 2013
NEW! #2 Canadian Bestseller (Kids Fiction), week of May 13, 2013
Events
NEW! Art
Show and Book Launch in Victoria at the Madrona Gallery (606 View
Street) on Friday May 25 and Saturday, May 25 from 10am to 5pm
NEW! Book
Launch and Storytelling in Terrace at Waap Galts'ap , the Longhouse at
Northwest Community College (5331 McConnell Avenue) on Tuesday, May 21
from 5pm to 9pm
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Interview on All Points West on Thursday, May 23 at 4:10pm
NEW! Interview with Frank Stanford on CFAX Radio (Victoria), Monday, May 20 at 1pm
Interview on CBC's North by Northwest, April 6, 2013
Interview on CBC's The Early Edition
between 6am and 9am on Friday, April 5, 2013
Interview on Shaw TV's
Go!Vancouver, April 5, 2013 at
5pm
Interview
on
The
Commentary, April 1
Print/Online
NEW! Article in the Victoria Times Colonist. Date TBANEW! Article in the Terrace Standard, May 15, 2013
Article in Preview: The Gallery Guide,
April 2013
Article on Ariane
C Design (blog), March 31, 2013
Article in the
Globe and Mail,
April 4, 2013
Article in the
Vancouver Sun,
April 2, 2013
Article
in the
Calgary Herald,
April 4, 2013
Article in the
Metro (Vancouver),
April 3, 2013
Mention in
Scout Magazine,
April 2, 2013
Mention on
24Hours
website, week of April 1-6
Advertising
NEW! Nothern Connector, May 10, 2013
NEW! Norhtern Connector, May 17, 2013
NEW! Terrace Standard, May 15, 2013
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Ink
on Paper
978-0-88971-281-2, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Interview on North by Northwest, April 28, 2013
NEW! Interview on CIUT
The Howl (Toronto) on May 7, 2013
Interview on
The
Commentary with Joseph Planta on Monday, April 8, 2013
Print/Online
NEW! Article on Michael Dennis Poet (blog), May 1, 2013
NEW! Article and excerpt on Lemon Hound, April 30, 2013
NEW! Mention in the Town Crier, April 23, 2013
NEW! Mention in Book News, Vol. 8, No. 9 (April 11, 2013)NEW! Mention in
Open Book Toronto, April 4, 2013
Advertising
Subterrain, Spring
2013
Geist, Spring 2013
Maisonneuve, Spring
2013
Law
of the Yukon: A History of the Mounted Police in the Yukon, Revised
Edition
987-1-55017-613-1, $19.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
A
Field Guide to Wildlife of the Rocky Mountains
978-1-55017-500-1, $7.95, Pamphlet, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
A
Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants of Canada
978-1-55017-603-2, $7.95, Pamplet, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
A
Field Guide to Birds of the Pacific Northwest
978-1-55017-605-6, $7.95, Pamphlet, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Now
You're Logging: 35th Anniversary Edition
978-1-55017-602-5, $26.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Saltwater
Summer
978-1-55017-609-4, $14.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Fisherman's
Summer
978-1-55017-611-7, $19.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Free
Magic Secrets Revealed
978-1-55017-607-0, $26.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Interview on Urban Rush, May 9, 2013
Print/Online
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Geist, Spring 2013
Sea
Salt: Recipes from the West Coast Galley
978-1-55017-555-4, $29.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Events
NEW! Book
signing featuring tasty samplers from the book at Munro's Books (1108
Government St, Victoria) on Saturday, May 25 from 2pm to 3pm
NEW! Book signing at Nanaimo Maps and Charts (8 Church Street, Nanaimo) on Saturday, June 1 from 2pm to 3:30pm
NEW! Book
sales and signing at the Van Isle 360 International Yacht Race, on the
city pier in Nanaimo on the morning of the first day of the race -
Saturday, June 8
NEW!Books
signing featuring tasty samplers from the book at Barbara-Jo's Books to
Cooks (1740 West 2nd Ave, Vancouver) on Saturday, June 22 from 2pm to
4pm
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Cooking demo on Shaw TV Victoria, to air at 6pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
NEW! Cooking demo on the Global BC Weekday Morning News, to air at 8:20am on Monday, May 20, 2013
Print/Online
NEW! Interview in the Nanaimo Daily News on Friday, May 17, 2013
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Timely
Irreverence
978-0-88971-277-5, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Interview on CIUT
The Howl (Toronto) on April 23, 2013
Interview
on
The Commentary with
Joseph Planta on Saturday, April 13
Print/Online
NEW! Article on Michael Dennis Poet (blog), May 3, 2013NEW! Mention in the Town Crier, April 23, 2013NEW! Mention in Book News, Vol. 8, No. 9 (April 11, 2013)
NEW! Mention in
Open Book Toronto, April 4, 2013
Advertising
Subterrain, Spring
2013
Geist, Spring 2013
Maisonneuve, Spring
2013
Zeppelin
978-0-88971-279-9, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Interview on CIUT The Howl (Toronto) on May 7, 2013
Print/Online
Advertising
Subterrain, Spring
2013
Geist, Spring 2013
Maisonneuve, Spring
2013
Fishing
the Coast: A Life on the Water
978-1-55017-597-4, $24.95, Paperback
Bestseller
NEW! #8 BC
Bestseller,
week of May 12, 2013
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Interview on CBC Radio One's BC Almanac, May 7, 2013
Print/Online
NEW! Interview in the Richmond News on May 7, 2013
NEW! Interview on Joseph Planta's The Commentary, May 6, 2013
Advertising
BC
Studies, Spring 2013
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Tails
Don't Lie: A Decade of Dog Cartoons (70 in Dog Years)
978-1-55017-599-8, $12.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Bestseller
NEW! #2 BC
Bestseller,
week of May 12, 2013
Media
TV/Radio
Print/Online
NEW! Review in the Fort Nelson News, April 3, 2013
NEW! Article in the Times Colonist on April 7, 2013
NEW! Article in the
Langley Advance on April 4, 2013
Interview in the Pique Newsmagazine on April 4, 2013
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013 (Tails Don't Lie)
Carrying
On Irregardless
978-0-98123-412-0, $24.95, Paperback, The Bill Reid Gallery of
Northwest Coast Art
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
In
Antarctica: An Amundsen Pilgrimage
978-0-88971-282-9, $24.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions
Events
NEW!
Jay will give his slideshow and seminar "In Amundsen's Footsteps," as
well as read from In Antarctica, at the Maritime Museum of BC (28
Bastion Square) in Victoria on Wednesday, May 29 at 7pm
NEW! Jay will read from
In Antarctica in the following locations:
- 10 Old Books in Duncan on Saturday, May 25 at 1pm, with
readings by Carol Matthews
- Laughing Oyster Bookshop in Courtenay on Sunday, June 9 at 2pm
- Mosaic Books in Kelowna on Thursday, June 20 at 7:30pm
Advertising
Subterrain, Spring
2013
Geist, Spring 2013
Maisonneuve, Spring
2013
House
Calls by Float Plane: Stories of a West Coast Doctor
978-1-55017-604-9, $24.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Birds,
Metals, Stones and Rain
978-1-55017-601-8, $16.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Guide
pratique d'identification des cailloux
978-1-55017-566-0, $7.95, Pamphlet, Harbour Publishing
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Just
Ask Wim!: Down-to-Earth Gardening Answers
978-1-55017-587-5, $26.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Bestseller
NEW! #4 BC
Bestseller,
week of May 12, 2013
Events
NEW! Book Signing at Chapters (2505 Granville Street) on May 25, 2013
Media
Print/Online
NEW! Video Blog with
Steve Whysal (Vancouver Sun) on April 17, 2013
NEW! Article in
Snap Magazine (Tri-City area). Date TBA
NEW! Article in the
Tri-City News. Date TBA
NEW! Article in the
Vancouver Sun. Date TBA
TV/Radio
NEW! Article in the
Georgia Straight, May 2, 2013
NEW! Interview on
Mountain FM at 11am on April 30, 2013
NEW! Interview on Global TV's
Noon News on May 2, 2013
NEW! Breakfast Televisionrview on April 26, 2013
NEW! Interview on the
Bill Good Show on April 24 from 11:05am to 11:30am
NEW! Interview on CKNW's
Home Discovery Show. Date TBA
Advertising
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
Legacy
in Wood: The Wahl Family Boat Builders
978-1-55017-598-1, $24.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Media
TV/Radio
NEW! Interview with CBC Daybreak North in Prince George on Wednesday, May 15 at 8:15am.
Advertising
BC
Studies, Spring 2013
BC
Bookworld, Spring 2013
PUBLICITY
FOR RECENT TITLES (sorted alphabetically by author)
Jump to:
John
Clarke: Explorer of the Coast Mountains
978-1-55017-583-7, $29.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing
Media
Print/Online
Mention in
BC Bookworld,
spring 2013
Trucking
in British Columbia: An Illustrated History
978-1-55017-561-5, $49.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing
Awards
Honourable mention in the BC Historical Federation's Competition for Historical Writing
Juan
de Fuca's Strait: Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams
978-1-55017-573-8, $32.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing
Media
Print/Online
Feature
review in BC Bookworld,
spring 2013
The
Book of Kale: The Easy-to-Grow Superfood, 80+ Recipes
978-1-55017-576-9, $26.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Bestseller
NEW! #2 BC
Bestseller,
week of May 12, 2013
NEW!
#10
Canadian Bestseller (Home/Leisures), week of May 13, 2012
Media
Print/Online
Advertising
BC Living
website (ongoing)
The
Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Delicious Homegrown Food
978-1-55017-567-7, $29.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Media
Print/Online
Gubby
Builds A Boat
978-1-55017-591-2, $19.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing
Fishing
With Gubby
978-1-55017-497-7, $19.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing
Media
Print/Online
Article in
Canadian Children's Book
News, spring 2013
Review in Canadian
Teacher Magazine, March/April 2013
Home
Truths: Highlights from BC History
978-1-55017-577-6, $26.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Media
Print/Online
Mention
in BC Bookworld,
spring 2013
The
Art of the Impossible: Dave Barrett and the NDP in Power, 1972-1975
978-1-55017-579-0, $32.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing
Media
Awards
NEW! Winner of the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize
Crawlspace978-1-55017-519-6, $18.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Media
Print/Online
Echoes
Across Seymour A History of North Vancouver's Eastern Communities
Including Dollarton and Deep Cove
978-1-55017-588-2, $39.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing
Media
Print/Online
Mention in BC Bookworld,
spring 2013
Advertising
BC Studies,
Spring 2013
Undark:
An Oratorio
978-0-88971-273-7, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions
Awards
NEW! Shortlisted for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry
Media
Print/Online
Review in
Alberta Views, April 2013
Song
and Spectacle
978-1-55017-585-1, $18.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Awards
NEW! Selected for the Pushcart Prize Anthology
NEW! Winnner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry
Finalist
for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award
Media
Print/Online
Imperfections
978-0-88971-271-3, $21.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions
Awards
NEW! Winner of the CBC Bookie Award's New Kid on the Block Award for Best Debut
Events
NEW! Reading at Pages on Kensington 1135 Kensington Road NW) at 7pm on Thursday, June 6, for the launch of The Devil and the Detective by John Goldbach
Media
TV/Radio
Interview
on HOWL CIUT 89.5FM (Toronto) on Tuesday, April 9 between 10:30pm and
11pm
Sow
Simple: 100+ Green and Easy Projects to Make Your Garden Awesome
978-1-55017-574-5, $29.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Everyday
Eden: 100+ Fun, Green Garden Projects for the Whole Family to Enjoy
978-1-55017-538-7, $29.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Media
Print/Online
Advertising
BC Living website
(ongoing)
The
Uchuck Years: A West Coast Shipping Saga
978-1-55017-582-0, $24.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
Awards
Honourable mention in the BC Historical Federation's Competition for Historical Writing
Events
Talk and
book signing at the Campbell River Museum (470 Island Highway) on
Saturday, May 25 at 1pm
Last
updated: May 14, 2013