Roy Blomstrom, author of SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR, will be speaking to the Writer's Circle, a Thunder Bay writing...

Most writers love autumn--the school supplies alone serve as bewitching reminders that blank pages invite new work. Autumn is also...

SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR is now available at the Finnish Bookstore! Part of The Kitchen Nook (which has a gift...

One of the most interesting aspects of publishing books is seeing what resonates with readers. Sometimes books have one or more obvious...

Recently, Roy Blomstrom read at an event sponsored by the Northwestern Ontario Writers Workshop (NOWW). Six times a year, NOWW invites...

The Ontario Library Services North announced the winners of the Northern Lit Awards at a banquet last week. The English Fiction award,...

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...

This Saturday! From noon until 4! Meet authors from northwestern Ontario, buy books and/or have them signed, and enjoy the...

Roy Blomstrom, author of SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR, will be signing books at the Coles at the Intercity Mall in...

Thanks to Bookends, a longstanding local book club, and the Thunder Bay Public Library, copies of SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH...

The Ontario Library Service--North has announced the shortlist for the Northern Lit Awards, and SILENCES is on it! Many congratulations...

We're pleased to announce that SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR, by Roy Blomstrom, is longlisted for the Northern Lit...

Thanks once again to LU Professor Emeritus Raija Warkentin, we've had the chance to see the program from the premiere of Veljani Vartija,...

Rabbit's on the run, AWOL from his unit, running for his life from the army he joined as a volunteer. Somewhere heading toward Russia, he...

At 9 a.m. on April 6, 1918, the Red side in Tampere surrendered. White soldiers are supposed to treat the soldiers and civilians as...

Easter fell on similar dates in 1918--March 31 instead of April 1, but the same weekend. Tampere is under artillery bombardment. Jussi...

We're approaching the centenary of the battles that are widely considered to be the turning point of the Finnish Civil War, which...

In SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR, events 100 years ago have embroiled Jussi Mantere and the Solbakken family in...

At his website, author Roy Blomstrom considers the Finnish Civil War, snow, gloves, and conscription. As the divisions between Red...

Roy Blomstrom, author of SILENCES: A NOVEL OF THE 1918 FINNISH CIVIL WAR, has a new website! It's www.royblomstrom.ca. (Left, he's...