I am so excited to announce that my latest book is now available via Amazon. In Canada, if you have Amazon Prime you can receive your copy with free shipping. Find it on Amazon Canada It will be available through Amazon USA in April and it can be preordered now using this link: Preorder from […]
Comments Off on Now available from Amazon Continue Reading...This year marks the SS Moyie’s 125 anniversary. This wonderful sternwheeler was launched on October 22, 1898, at Nelson for service on Kootenay Lake. I’ve been helping out with the Moyie since 1988 as Project Historian, and it is wonderful to see this National Historic Site of Canada each time I visit Kaslo where she has been preserved […]
Comments Off on SS Moyie News Continue Reading...Dear Friends, Times have been busy in the book world. In September 2022, my latest book came out, published by Harbour Publishing here in British Columbia. It is the first of a three-volume series of book on the World’s last working steam railways. It will be released in the US and other countries in 2023. […]
Comments Off on The first of a three-volume series of book on the World’s last working steam railways. Continue Reading...This year, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of my first book, Vancouver Island Railroads. The first edition was published by the late Donald Duke of Golden West Books in California. In those days, BC’s publishing industry was far less developed than it is today, and there wasn’t a local publisher who could […]
Comments Off on 50th Anniversary of the publication of my first book Continue Reading...Harbour Publishing, a long established and highly-respected British Columbia book publisher, has rereleased my book, The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers, after most of the stock was lost in the fire at Sono Nis Press. The book was available in fall 2019, in hard cover, and in nice time for Christmas. It is still $50.00 CDN plus […]
Comments Off on New Publishing Arrangements and Good News: Continue Reading...SEE IMPORTANT UPDATE IN MY MORE RECENT POST On August 4, 2016 there was a serious fire at the office and warehouse of my publisher, Sono Nis Press in Winlaw, BC. Diane Morriss was away at the time, as was Jim Brennan who was returning home to see the smoke from the fire in the […]
Comments Off on Fire at Sono Nis Press, Winlaw, BC Continue Reading...I had the great pleasure of doing an interview with Feliks Banel, of KIRO Radio, 97.3 FM Seattle this week. He aired his show today. Here is the link if you would like to hear it. http://mynorthwest.com/386854/memories-sailed-away-marguerite/
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