Tag Archives: Canadian authors

Spirit River in Print

Posted on December 17, 2013 by townspirit

This post was originally published in October, but there is an update: Lori Knutson has released a sequel to Ghosts of Northumberland Straight.  Charly Pederson is back and ready for more adventure in Where There’s a Will. Author Lori Knutson … Continue reading →

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Author Pearl Luke

Posted on October 8, 2013 by townspirit

October is Library Month, so here’s another post about a local author (it’s amazing how many there are: check the archives in the Authors and Writers category for more!). Pearl Luke is originally from Peace River.  She is the author … Continue reading →

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Once Local Author Wins Lionel Gelber Prize

Posted on April 11, 2013 by townspirit

Chrystia Freeland, born in Peace River, has won the 2012 Lionel Gelber Prize for her book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else. Read all about it here. Know a local talent?  Tell … Continue reading →

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Julia’s Violinist – A New Book By Anneli Purchase

Posted on March 7, 2013 by townspirit

Anneli Purchase, a British Columbia author who once lived in Dawson Creek, has just published her third book, Julia’s Violinist. Can you imagine the horror of having your home taken away? You’re told to pack 50 pounds of necessities and … Continue reading →

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A New Book by Anneli Purchase

Posted on November 5, 2012 by townspirit

Submitted by the author, Anneli Purchase (formerly of Dawson Creek) You may remember last January’s publication of my novel, The Wind Weeps, set on the West Coast. It is the story of Andrea, a pretty young woman who is new … Continue reading →

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Pierrette Requier: Peace Country Bilingual Poet

Posted on October 24, 2012 by townspirit

October is Canadian Library Month!  You can find Pierrette Requier’s book at Spirit River Municipal Library. Pierrette Requier was the fourth of eleven siblings: third-generation Peace Country farm people.  Raised in Donnelly, she speaks Northern Alberta dialects of both French … Continue reading →

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A.M. Bezanson: Promotor of the Peace

Posted on October 22, 2012 by townspirit

October is Canadian Library Month!  You can find A.M. Bezanson’s work through your local library.   Over to the Calverley archives once again today, to an article about another Peace Country author.  A.M. Bezanson was a rancher and sawmill operator … Continue reading →

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D.M. McGowan: Dawson Creek Author

Posted on October 10, 2012 by townspirit

October is Canadian Library Month!  Homesteader: Finding Sharon by D.M. McGowan is available through the Spirit River Municipal Library. D.M. McGowan is a man of many ventures, one of the more recent of which is writing historical fiction.  He writes … Continue reading →

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Manning Author Released Fifth Book

Posted on July 6, 2012 by townspirit

Beverly Lein, a born and raised Peace Country writer, has her fifth book available for purchase.  Thriller Evil on the Peace River may be a new genre for Lein, but so was every book she wrote after the first. Many … Continue reading →

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Sci Fi Author from D.C.

Posted on June 14, 2012 by townspirit

The sky is big and bright out here in the Peace Country – especially at night when the stars twinkle with the beckoning light of distant galaxies, each with its own myriad of stories and wonders.  Somehow, those stories got … Continue reading →

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