Most writers love autumn--the school supplies alone serve as bewitching reminders that blank pages invite new work. Autumn is also harvest time, when the work of sun and water (and minerals and and and and) bears fruit. We've got some new, fun projects on our calendar for 2019. Stay tuned! #NorthwesternOntario #Canada #Ontario #HistoricalNovel #PortArthur #LakeSuperior

One of the most interesting aspects of publishing books is seeing what resonates with readers. Sometimes books have one or more obvious audiences. SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR has many potential readers: those who are interested in war history, Finnish history, social history, northwestern Ontario, Port Arthur in 1955, and others. When we chose to publish CRADLE OF THE DEEP: MEMOIR OF A LAKE SUPERIOR COTTAGE, we had no idea what others would think of it. We

The Ontario Library Services North announced the winners of the Northern Lit Awards at a banquet last week. The English Fiction award, for which SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR was shortlisted, went to THE LIGHTKEEPER'S DAUGHTERS, by Jean E. Pendziwol. A story of family secrets, identity, sisters, and lighthouses, set on Lake Superior in both the past and present, the novel is an excellent choice to celebrate this part of Ontario. Other winners: A HISTORY OF C

One of the best parts of having written work in the world is connecting with readers. It's been really fun to hear from those who have been kind and generous enough to take the time to read our books. CRADLE OF THE DEEP was very much a family memoir, which we were making available to extended family members, but it has appealed to a broader audience, in Northwestern Ontario and beyond. Readers regale us with their own family stories--summers by various lakes or the ocean, par

This Saturday! From noon until 4! Meet authors from northwestern Ontario, buy books and/or have them signed, and enjoy the air-conditioned comfort of Thunder Bay Chapters on Memorial. Shuniah House author Roy Blomstrom will be there with SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR. We hope to have copies of CRADLE OF THE DEEP: MEMOIR OF A LAKE SUPERIOR COTTAGE there as well. The most up-to-date list of other participating authors: Sandi Boucher, Sam Convey, H. Leighton Di

The Ontario Library Service--North has announced the shortlist for the Northern Lit Awards, and SILENCES is on it! Many congratulations to author Roy Blomstrom. And many thanks to the OLS-N for creating this way to spotlight stories about and from the various part of northern Ontario. SILENCES is in great company on this list, which we highly recommend for additions to your summer reading. #1918FinnishCivilWar #LakeSuperior #HistoricalNovel #NorthwesternOntario #PortArthur #C

We're so pleased that copies of SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR and CRADLE OF THE DEEP: MEMOIR OF A LAKE SUPERIOR COTTAGE are available locally. Check them out at the Thunder Bay Museum and at the Intercity Mall location of Coles. And here's a giant THANK YOU to Thunder Bay for your support of local writers and writing. More about that support later! #1918FinnishCivilWar #LakeSuperior #Memoir #CradleoftheDeep #HistoricalNovel #PortArthur #Canada #Ontario #Finl

“My earliest actual memory has to do with water and the boat....Lights are shimmering in the water, the reflections of the stars and the moon. I am tired but not cross, just happily drugged with sleep and sun and a long weekend of fishing. I am glad to be almost home, but I look forward to other such trips. The Cradle of the Deep is well named. I lie down again and feel its gentle rocking.” After retiring from a fifty-year career as a mathematics teacher and researcher, Jeann