Riverbones Photo Journal – Opening Night
This Thursday, December 4th at 7pm, join me at Tinto Coffee House (89 Roncesvalles Ave) to celebrate the opening of The Riverbones Photo Journal, a gallery exhibit of Jason Rothe’s remarkable...
View ArticleGlowing Review in the Globe and Mail
Finally! Last weekend, The Riverbones was reviewed in the Globe and Mail. I think it went pretty well. Charles Wilkins called the book “a freewheeling and vividly written essay on the mysteries and...
View ArticleSURINAM released in the UK
The Riverbones goes on sale today in the UK, under the alternate title SURINAM (buy it here). I just received my copies last week and they look hot! Yes, Jason’s cover photo has been replaced by a...
View ArticleLive on BBC4′s Excess Baggage
Click here to listen to my conversation about all things “Surinam” on BBC Radio4′s “Excess Baggage,” with venerable host John McCarthy.
View ArticleLive on Aussie national radio
To promote the recent launch of “The Riverbones” in Australia, esteemed radio host Phillip Adams (who is, by the way, a terribly smooth and intelligent conversationalist) recently had me on his...
View ArticleMelbourne Writer’s Festival
I will be appearing next week at the 2009 Melbourne Writer’s Festival in Australia. Click below for info about each event and to order tickets: 1. Suriname, In Words and Pictures – Friday, August 28th...
View ArticleAnd not to be outdone… Brisbane
Ten days after the festivities in Melbourne, The Riverbones will once again be on-stage Down Under, this time at the 2009 Brisbane Writers Festival. Click here for info about all three events: 1....
View ArticleRiverbones in paperback
For all those who’ve been waiting for The Riverbones to appear in a tight little package that’ll slip nicely into your backpack, you may all exhale. The paperback! It lives! On sale today.
View ArticleRiverbones shortlisted for the Edna Staebler
The Riverbones has been shortlisted for the 2009 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction. Affectionately known as the “Edna” among those in the know, the $10,000 award focuses on literary, as...
View ArticleA Nod from The Australian
Susan Kurosawa at The Australian newspaper has chosen The Riverbones as the best travel memoir of 2009!
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