Meeting Our Historic Destinies

My aim with The Paris Game is to give readers a dramatic and intimate accounting of how an obscure general saved the honour of France in the Second World War, and how a restored France went on to reinvent itself as a leader in the modern world.The sub-title tells the story: Charles de Gaulle, the Li

Knowing Our History

If I have learned one thing in over four decades as a student, teacher, and diplomat, it is that it is vitally important for Canadians to know their history, to understand who we are and why our experience matters in the world.So why don’t we?

Interview with Richard Feltoe, author of A Crucible of Fire

Caitlyn: Tell us about your book?Richard: A Crucible of Fire is the fifth part of my Upper Canada Preserved, War of 1812, series of books and deals with the Battle of Lundy’s Lane.

DUNDURN PRESS ANNOUNCES U.K. DISTRIBUTION CHANGE

Effective September 1st, Dundurn Press will be transferring its U.K. sales and distribution to Ingram Publisher Services, which already manages Dundurn’s distribution in the United States.

Top 10 Obscure Facts From Inside the Museums

1. The Orange Order began as an Irish Protestant fraternity sometimes referred to as the Loyal Order of Lodgemen, or LOL. 2.

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Today is your last chance to get #TheBuildingofJalna for free off of iBooks! In The Building of Jalna, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their new home. #historicalfiction

Dead Ends

#DeadEnds by Don Easton is on Audible! Now you can listen to this awesome author and his fantastic #Mountie Jack Taggart! Intrepid detective Jack Taggart is hurled into a world where morality, justice, and the legal system are pitted against one another. Taggart and his partner go undercover to join one of a coalition of gangs at war in B.C., and find themselves immersed in drive-by shootings, meth labs, retaliatory murders, and date rapes. #mystery

For this week only you can get a copy of #TheBuildingofJalna for free on iBooks! In The Building of Jalna, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their new home. If you like Downton Abbey then this is a book for you! #historicalfiction

"My aim with The Paris Game is to give readers a dramatic and intimate accounting of how an obscure general saved the honour of France in the Second World War, and how a restored France went on to reinvent itself as a leader in the modern world." Ray Argyle guest blogs for us today about his new book #TheParisGame, and about "what drives men, women, and nations to their historic destinies." #history #WWII

Yum! #StratfordFood by @localcomelately explores food & agriculture in Stratford, ON. Newly released this week! http://t.co/EIrSdIauGb

Today's the last day to get @iBooks Book of the Week, #TheBuildingofJalna. It's #free! http://t.co/JjQWewMF1Q #historicalfiction

What are your kids reading this fall? Inspire them to read with our upcoming new releases: http://t.co/4mjyXxvPu8 @BNCCataList #YA

.@lucyleid's newest book in the #SevenWanderers triology is on @Netgalley. You can now request #LivesofKings. http://t.co/HjNzMXYIJK #ARC

On this day in 1930, Agnes MacPhail is the only woman elected in the 17th Canadian election. #HistoryHero