Harbour Publishing Promotion News

Harbour Publishing Publicity News

Upcoming and Recent Events, and Publicity

Last updated January 31, 2012
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AWARDS

Congratulations to Nightwood Editions author Stephen Rowe, whose book, Never More There has been shortlisted for a Heritage and History Award.
Congratulations to Harbour Publishing author Michele Genest, whose book, The Boreal Gourmet: Adventures in Northern Cooking has won a silver medal in the Culinary Culture Category (English) of the 2011 Canadian Culinary Book Awards.
Congratulations to Harbour Publishing authors Kim La Fave and Gary Kent, whose book, Fishing with Gubby has received a Governor General's Literary Award nomination in the category of Children’s Literature—Illustration

BESTSELLERS

BC Bestsellers, week of January 29, 2012

Source: Association of Book Publishers of BC

Adult Titles

#3 Chuck Davis: The Chuck Davis History of Metropolitan Vancouver (ISBN 978-1-55017-533-2)
#4 Mike McCardell: Here's Mike: And Junkyard Granny, Whistling Bernie Smith, the Robertson Screwdriver, Pancakes and Eternal Truth (ISBN 978-1-55017-562-2)
#7 Rick James: Raincoast Chronicles 21: West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales (ISBN 978-1-55017-545-5)
#8 Diana Phillips: Beyond the Home Ranch (ISBN 978-1-55017-541-7)

Children's Titles

#4 Eileen Van der Flier-Keller: A Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles (ISBN 978-1-55017-395-6)

Canadian Bestsellers, week of January 30, 2012

Source: Bookmanager

PUBLICITY FOR NEW TITLES (sorted alphabetically by author)

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Darren Bifford

Wedding in Fire Country
978-0-88971-267-6, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Events

Reading at the Atwater Poetry Project (1200 Atwater Avenue, Westmount, Montreal) on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 7:00pm

Tim Bowling

Tenderman
978-0-88971-259-1, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Events

Reading at VERSeFest at the Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa) on Saturday, March 3 at 5pm

Media

Print/Online

Mention in the Ottawa Citizen, January 23, 2012
Article in the Ottawa Citizen, December 29, 2011

Advertising

CV2, Winter 2011-12
Prairie Fire, Winter 2011
BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
Maisonneuve, Winter 2011
Geist, Fall 2011
SubTerrain, Fall 2011
Malahat Review, Winter 2011
Broken Pencil, Fall 2011
Prairie Books Now, Fall 2011

Chuck Davis

Chuck Davis's History of Metropolitan Vancouver
978-1-55017-533-2, $49.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Bestsellers

NEW! #3 BC Bestseller, week of January 29, 2012
NEW! #3 Canadian Bestseller (Hardcover Non-Fiction), week of January 30, 2012
NEW! #2 Canadian Bestseller (Canadiana), week of January 30, 2012

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on News 1130, December 6, 2011
Mention on CBC's BC Almanac, December 12, 2011
Interview on CBC's BC Almanac, December 6 at 12:30pm (with Jim McGraw)
Interview on Studio 4 with Fanny Keifer, December 6 between 9am and 10am
Interview on Global TV Morning News, December 2 at 8:15am
Interview on CKNW's Bill Good Show, December 1 at 11am

Print/Online

NEW! Article in Where Vancouver, January 27, 2012
Review on the Spacing Vancouver blog, January 10, 2012
Regular excerpts in the Horoscope section of WE magazine
Review on Vancouver is Awesome Blog, posted December 16, 2011
Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011
Review on the City of Vancouver website, December 22, 2011
Article in Canada's History Magazine Newsletter, December 22, 2011
Article in The Tyee, December 21, 2011
Article in the Vancouver Courier, December 19, 2011
Mention in the Star Phoenix, December 17, 2011
Mention in Quill and Quire, December 15, 2011
Review in The Vancouver Sun, December 10, 2011
Mention in the Nanaimo News Bulletin, December 6, 2011
Mention in The Province, December 5, 2011
Mention in The Georgia Straight, December 1, 2011
Article in The Province, December 1, 2011
Article in Ubyssey, December 1, 2011
Interview in the Vancouver Sun, December 3, 2011
Cover Story in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Advertising

Independent Times, Winter/December-January, 2012
BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
BC BFE, Fall 2011
SubTerrain, Fall 2011

Jamella Hagen

Kerosene
978-0-88971-263-8, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

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Heather Harbord

Texada Tapestry: A History
978-1-55017-537-0, $32.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Review in Powell River Living, December 2011
Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011
Article in the Comox Valley Echo, December 2, 2011
Article in the Comox Record, December 1, 2011

Advertising

Powell River Living, December 2011
BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Chris Hutchinson

A Brief History of the Short-Lived
971-1-88971-266-9, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Media

Print/Online

Mention in Quill and Quire, January/February 2012

Rick James

Raincoast Chronicles 21: West Coast Wrecks and Other Maritime Tales
978-1-55017-545-5, $24.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Bestseller

NEW! #6 BC Bestseller, week of January 29, 2012

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on CBC's BC Almanac, December 12, 2011

Print/Online

Article in the Sointula Ripple, December 12, 2011
Article in Wooden Boat #224, January/February 2012
Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011
Article in Monday Magazine, December 28, 2011
Review in Surrey Now, December 15, 2011
Article in the Nanaimo News Bulletin, December 7, 2011
Article in The Westerly News, December 8, 2011
Article in The Sea Chest: Journal of the Puget Sound Maritime Society, Winter 2011
Article on the Paperjam blog
Review in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

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BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
BC BFE, Fall 2011

Grant Kerr

A Season to Remember: The Vancouver Canucks' Incredible 40th Year
978-1-55017-564-6, $19.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Mention in Where Vancouver, December 2011

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Patrick Lane

with Russell Morton Brown & Donna Bennett, editors

The Collected Poems of Patrick Lane
978-1-55017-547-9, $44.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Mention in the Globe and Mail, January 2, 2012
Review in the Victoria Times Colonist, December 18, 2011
Article in the Victoria Times Colonist, December 18, 2011

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
Geist, Fall 2011
Books for Everybody, National Edition 2011

Mike McCardell

Here's Mike: And Junkyard Granny, Whistling Bernie Smith, the Robertson Screwdriver, Pancakes and Eternal Truth
978-1-55017-562-2, $32.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Bestsellers

NEW! #4 BC Bestseller, week of January 29, 2012
NEW! #7 Canadian Bestseller (Hardcover Non-Fiction), week of January 30, 2012
NEW! #7 Canadian Bestseller (Canadiana), week of January 30, 2012

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on The Commentary, December 21, 2011

Print/Online

Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011
Mention in Surrey Now, December 13, 2011

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
BC BFE, Fall 2011

Eric J. Paetkau, MD, FRCS

The Doc's Side: Tales of a Sunshine Coast Doctor
978-1-55017-554-7, $19.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Events

Reading at the Gibsons Public Library at 6:00pm on Wedenesday, February 1

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on Mountain FM, December 14, 2011

Print/Online

Mention in the Coast Reporter, December 30, 2011
Review in the Coast Reporter, December 16, 2011
Review in the Harbour Spiel, December 2011
Review in the Coast Reporter, December 17, 2011
Article in the Coast Reporter, December 3, 2011

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Diana Phillips

Beyond the Home Ranch
978-1-55017-541-7, $34.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Events

Signing at Caryall Books (329 Reid Street, Quesnel) at 2:00pm on Saturday, February 4

Bestseller

NEW! #8 BC Bestseller, week of January 29, 2012

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on The Wolf (Quesnel/Williams Lake), week of January 30, 2012

Print/Online

NEW! Article in the Quesnel Observer, January 27, 2012
Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
BC BFE, Fall 2011

Ray Phillips

The Little Green Valley: The Kleindale Story
978-1-44017-483-0, $24.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Events

Author reading at the Pender Harbour Music School in Madeira Park at 6:30pm on Monday, February 6, 2012

Advertising

NEW! Harbour Spiel, February 2012

Martine J. Reid

Bill Reid and the Haida Canoe
978-1-55017-558-5, $29.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on Studio 4 with Fanny Keifer, 9am on January 12, 2012
Interview on CFAX Radio with Dave Dickson, 1:10pm on December 20, 2011

Print/Online

Review on Vancouver is Awesome Blog, posted December 16, 2011
Review in Surrey Now, December 15, 2011

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
BC BFE, Fall 2011

Kathy Sager and Eliska Liska

Suzie's Sourdough Circus
978-1-55017-556-1, $9.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Review in Small Measures (blog), December 14, 2011
Review in the Georgia Straight, December 1, 2011

Article in CM: Canadian Review of Materials, vol.18, no.11

Advertising

Coast Reporter, week of January 23, 2011
BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
BC BFE, Fall 2011

Gregory Scofield

Louis: The Heretic Poems
978-0-88971-262-1, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions
kipocihkan
978-0-88971-228-7, $17.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Events

Reading at the Manitoba Writer's Guild Reading Series at the Winnipeg Free Press Cafe (237 McDermot Ave., Winnipeg) on Monday, February 6 at 7:30pm
Reading at VERSeFest at the Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa) on Wednesday, February 29 at 9:00pm

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on UMFM's At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research (University of Manitoba) on Friday, December 9, 2011
Interview on CBC Radio's The Next Chapter to air February 20 at 1:00pm

Print/Online

Mention in the Ottawa Citizen, January 23, 2012
Article in Prairie Books NOW, Spring, 2012
Mention on Jonathan Ball (blog), January 5, 2012
Review on Christine's Blog, January 2, 2012
Review in Windspeaker, December 2011
Review in the Winnipeg Free Press, December 24, 2011
Review in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Advertising

Sharron J. Simpson

The Kelowna Story: An Okanagan History
978-1-55017-539-4, $36.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011
Article in the Kelowna Capital News, December 15, 2011
Review in The Vanouver Sun, December 10, 2011

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Gwen Sjogren

O Canada Crosswords Book 12
978-0-88971-257-7, $11.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on CBC's Alberta @ Noon at 12:30pm on December 13, 2011 (MST)

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
Prairie Books Now, Fall 2011

Darlene Southwell

Caring and Compassion: A History of the Sisters of St. Ann in Health Care in British Columbia
978-1-55017-560-8, $29.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Events

Talk and signing at the University of Victoria's School of Nursing on February 7, 2012, time TBA

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on CBC's All Points West on Monday, December 5, 2011
Interview on CFAX 1070 with Frank Stanford at 11:00am on Tuesday, November 7, 2011

Print/Online

Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011
Article in the Nelson Star, December 7, 2011

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Jim Taylor and Bob Lenarduzzi

Bob Lenarduzzi: A Canadian Soccer Story
978-1-55017-546-2, $28.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on Breakfast Televison between 6am and 9am on Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Print/Online

Article on the Voyageurs: The Canadian Soccer Supporters website, January 7, 2012
Article in the Calgary Herald, December 26, 2011 (re-run of Ottawa Citizen article)
Article in the Ottawa Citizen, December 23, 2011
Article in The 11, December 22, 2011
Mention in The Province, December 16, 2011
Article in the Delta Optimist, December 7, 2011
Article in the South Delta Leader, December 2, 2011
Mention in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Advertising

Inside Soccer, December/January 2012
BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
BC BFE, Fall 2011

Howard White

A Hard Man to Beat: The Story of Bill White: Labour Leader, Historian Shipyard Worker, Raconteur
978-1-55017-551-6, $21.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
The Sunshine Coast: From Gibsons to Powell River, 2nd Edition
978-1-55017-552-3, $34.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on CFAX with Frank Stanford, December 6, 2011 (Hard Man to Beat)
Interview on The Commentary, December 6, 2011 (Hard Man to Beat)

Print/Online

Article in the Vancouver Sun, January 12, 2012 (Hard Man to Beat)
Article in the North Shore News, January 13, 2012 (Hard Man to Beat)
Review in Powell River Living, December 2011 (The Sunshine Coast)
Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011 (Hard Man to Beat)
Mention in the Coast Reporter, December 30, 2011 (The Sunshine Coast)
Review in FYI, December 2011 (The Sunshine Coast)
Review in the Harbour Spiel, December 2011 (The Sunshine Coast)
Mention in the Star Phoenix, December 17, 2011 (The Sunshine Coast)
Mention in the Coast Reporter, December 3, 2011 (The Sunshine Coast)

Advertising

NEW! Harbour Spiel, February 2012
BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
Powell River Living, December 2011 (The Sunshine Coast)

Carleton Wilson

The Material Sublime
978-0-88971-261-4, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Events

Reading at the Rower's Pub Reading Series (150 Harbord Street, Toronto) on Monday, February 6 at 7:30pm

Advertising

CV2, Winter 2011-12
Prairie Fire, Winter 2011
BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
Maisonneuve, Winter 2011
Geist, Fall 2011
SubTerrain, Fall, 2011
Malahat Review, Winter 2011
Broken Pencil, Fall 2011
Prairie Books Now, Fall 2011

Daniel Winkler

A Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest
978-1-55017-542-4, $7.95, Pamphlet, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Article in the Everett Herald, January 23, 2012

Advertising

BC Bookworld, Winter 2011

PUBLICITY FOR RECENT TITLES (sorted alphabetically by author)

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James D. Anderson

British Columbia's Magnificent Parks: The First 100 Years
978-1-55017-507-3,$24.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online:

Review in New Trail--University of Alberta Alumni Magazine, December 2011
Review in the NeoPopRealism Journal, December 2011
Review in the Boat Journal, December 2011
Article in the Kelowna Capital News, December 15, 2011
Article in the BC Federation of Mountain Club's Cloudburst, Fall/Winter 2011
Mention in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Advertising

BC Studies, Fall 2011
BC BFE, Fall 2011

Andrew Binks

The Summer Between
978-0-88971-232-4, $17.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Media

Print/Online

Mention in Countrylive.ca (blog), January 19, 2012

Carolyn Black

The Odious Child and Other Stories
978-0-88971-254-6, $21.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Media

Print/Online

Review in Herizons, Winter 2012

Advertising

Broken Pencil, Fall 2011
Prairie Books Now, Fall 2011

Joe Denham

The Year of Broken Glass
978-0-88971-252-2, $24.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Media

Print/ Online:

Mention in the Coast Reporter, December 30, 2011

Advertising

Maisonneuve, Winter 2011
Broken Pencil, Fall 2011
Prairie Books Now, Fall 2011

Claire Festel and Valerie Hodgson

Remarkable Yukon Women
978-1-55017-523-3, $29.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011
Review in the Midwest Book Review, December 2011
Mention in the Star Phoenix, December 17, 2011

Michele Genest

The Boreal Gourmet: Adventures in Northern Cooking
978-1-55017-475-5, $26.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing (A Lost Moose Book)

Awards

Silver medal winner in the Culinary Culture Category of the 2011 Canadian Culinary Book Awards

Media

Print/Online

Article in the Edmonton Journal, January 3, 2012
Mention in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Carolyn Herriot

A Year on the Garden Path: A 52-Week Gardening Guide
978-1-55017-515-8, $24.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing
The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food
978-1-55017-481-6, $32.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online:

Mention in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Advertising

GardenWise Newsletter
GardenWise Website

Phillipa Hudson

A Field Guide to Coastal Flowers of the Pacific Northwest
978-1-55017-473-1, $7.95, Pamphlet, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Review in Pacific Yachting, December, 2011

Kim La Fave and Gary Kent

Fishing with Gubby
978-1-55017-497-7, $19.95, Hardback, Harbour Publishing

Awards

Nomination for the 2011 Governor General's Award in the category of Children’s Literature—Illustration.

Grant Lawrence

Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound
978-1-55017-514-1, $26.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Bestseller

NEW! #14 Canadian Bestseller (Paperback Non-Fiction), week of January 30, 2012

Events

NEW! Reading at the Galiano Literary Festival at the Oceanfront Inn & Spa (134 Madrona Drive, Galiano Island) on Saturday, February 25 at 12:30pm
Reading, slide show and book signing at the Murial Arnason Library (Langley, BC) on February 15 at 7:00pm

Media

TV/Radio

Mention of Telus TV's myVancouver, December 22, 2011

Print/Online:

Review in the Coast Reporter, December 16, 2011
Review in the NeoPopRealism Journal, December 2011
Review in the Coast Reporter, December 17, 2011
Mention in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12

Daphne Marlatt and Carole Itter

Opening Doors: Vancouver's East End
978-1-55017-521-9, $24.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online:

Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011
Mention in the Star Phoenix, December 17, 2011
Mention on the Spacing Vancouver Blog
Mention in BC Bookworld, Fall 2011

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BC BFE, Fall 2011

Susan Mayse

Victoria: Crown Jewel of British Columbia
971-1-55017-503-5, $12.95, Hardcover, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online:

Review in the NeoPopRealism Journal, December 2011

Neil McDaniel

A Field Guide to Sea Stars of the Pacific Northwest
978-1-55017-513-4, $7.95, Pamphlet, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Article in DIVER, Volume 37 Issue 1

Kevin McNeilly

Embouchure
978-0-88971-258-4, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Advertising

Broken Pencil, Fall 2011
Prairie Books Now, Fall 2011

Christian McPherson

The Cube People
978-0-88971-251-5, $21.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Media

Print/Online

Article in the Ottawa Citizen, January 20, 2012
Review on The Literary Blog of Amanda Earl, January 5, 2012
Review on Hot to Trot (blog), December 11, 2011

Shane Rhodes

Err
978-0-88971-256-0, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Events

Reading at VERSeFest at the Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa) on Saturday, March 3 at 5pm

Advertising

Broken Pencil, Fall 2011
Prairie Books Now, Fall 2011

Stephen Rowe

Never More There
978-0-88971-239-3, $17.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Awards

Shortlisted for a Heritage and History Awards

Larry E. Stefanyk with various contributors

Ultimate Trout Fishing in the Pacific Northwest
978-1-55017-548-6, $26.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Mention in the New Westminster Record, December 30, 2011

Christina Symons and John Gillespie

Everyday Eden: 100+ Fun, Green Garden Projects for the Whole Family to Enjoy
978-1-55017-538-7, $29.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Media

TV/Radio

Interview on CFAX Radio's Gardening 101, December 18, 2011
Mention in BC Bookworld, Winter 2011-12
Excerpt in Gardenwise, Fall 2011

Print/Online

Article in the Calgary Herald, January 3, 2012 (re-run from the Victoria Times Colonist)
Mention in the Vancouver Sun, December 23, 2011
Excerpt in Island Parent, December 2011

Advertising

BC BFE, Fall 2011

GardenWise Newsletter
Online advertising on GardenWise magazine website

Nick Thran

Earworm
978-0-88971-260-7, $18.95, Paperback, Nightwood Editions

Events

Reading in Fredericton at the Galleries, Memorial Hall, The University of New Brunswick on Wednesday, February 15, 8pm with Tammy Armstrong
Reading in Halifax at the Atrium Reading Series, Saint Mary’s University, Room 165, Sobey Building (903 Robie Street) on Thursday, February 16 at 7pm with Tammy Armstong

Media

Print/Online

Mention in the Globe and Mail, January 2, 2012
Mention on Paul Vermeersch (blog), January 5, 2012
Review in the Maple Tree Literary Supplement, Issue 10, September to December 2011

Advertising

Broken Pencil, Fall 2011
Prairie Books Now, Fall 2011

Eileen Van der Flier-Keller

A Field Guide to the Identification of Pebbles
978-1-55017-395-6, $7.95, Pamphlet, Harbour Publishing

Bestseller

NEW! #4 BC Bestseller (Children's), week of January 29, 2012

Anne & Lawrence Yeadon-Jones

Dreamspeaker Cruising Guide Series: Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands
978-1-55017-404-5, $49.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Media

Print/Online

Review in Island Fisherman, January-February 2012

David Zieroth

The Fly in Autumn
978-1-55017-468-7, $18.95, Paperback, Harbour Publishing

Advertising

Ellipse, Winter 2011