History in my Backyard: The Town of Bankhead
Well, not quite my backyard, exactly, but very close. The Lamp House, where the miners picked up their lamps every day. A missing lamp at the end of the day meant a missing miner, and a search party...
View ArticleToday is Bastille Day
Or in French: la Fête Nationale. It commemorates the storming of the Bastille in 1789, which you may recall as the beginning of the French Revolution. After the Revolution, France became a republic....
View ArticleCome to the When Words Collide convention!
If you’re in Calgary this coming weekend (August 10-12th, 2012), come check out the When Words Collide convention happening at the Village Park Inn (1804 Crowchild Trail NW). I’ll be on a panel on...
View ArticleBook Review, Giveaway AND Guest Post: In Another Life, by Julie Christine...
Julie Christine Johnson on Tour March 1-10 with In Another Life (Historical Fiction/Contemporary Women’s Fiction/ Fantasy/Romance) Release date: February 2, 2016 at Sourcebooks 368 pages ISBN:...
View ArticleBook review: Finding Fontainbleau, by Thad Carhart
Finding Fontainbleau, by Thad Carhart Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Viking (May 17, 2016) FINDING FONTAINEBLEAU recounts the adventures of Carhart and his family—his NATO officer father, his mother,...
View ArticleReview, excerpt & giveaway: Marie Antoinette’s Darkest Days, by Will Bashor
Will Bashor on Tour March 13-24 with Marie Antoinette’s Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie (history – nonfiction) Release date: December 1, 2016 at Rowman & Littlefield 392 pages...
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