When the Good News Hits

It was February, 2011. I was sitting at my desk (writing, what else?), and noticed a new email message with the subject line: Congratulations, Philippa!I almost dismissed it as junk mail, until I noticed the “from” address. Since it was from my publisher, I opened it.

The Golden Age of Publishing

My fifth novel, THE HUNDRED HEARTS, has been nominated for the 2014 Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, and I couldn't be happier.  It's not just because of the warm, fuzzy feeling an award nomination gives a writer in his tummy.

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.

Philippa Dowding, author of The Lost Gargoyle series (among others) tells us on the blog what happened when she found out she was nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers Choice #Awards "Eventually though, I did catch on. I got out of my chair and danced around my office, then through the house. Keeping the news quiet until the shortlist was officially announced was like trying not to let anyone see me breathe, or blink." #kids #fiction Read it all here:

Our Winter Adult 2015 catalogue is here! Check out the awesome books that are coming your way in January 2015!

New Release! The Truth About Brave by Karen Hood-Caddy, is book two in the The Wild Place Adventure Series! Is Robin brave enough to do what’s right when everyone thinks she’s wrong? #kids #fiction

#TheHundredHearts has been nominated for the 2014 Thomas H. Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award, and author William Kowalwki talks about it on our blog today!

"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 about his new book #TheParisGame, and about "what drives men, women, and nations to their historic destinies." #history #WWII

RT @BLSJHFerguson: Two reviews for #ThroughaCdnPeriscope on Goodreads. #submarines #RCN Woot! https://t.co/VIoyiB8lF7 @dundurnpress http://…

What do you do when you get nominated for your first #award? @phdowding tells us what she did on the blog today! http://t.co/IQwdrxoykZ

Prospector #KateRice made her home in @townofsnowlake. Read about this amazing Canadian woman in Helen Duncan's book: http://t.co/GyKF8aPrwh

You can listen to the award-winning #TheSecretoftheBlueTrunk by @LiseDion with the #audiobook from @audible_com! #YA http://t.co/A4cb78chiE

RT @orillialibrary: Ann Birch, Settlement author (our Big Read) dropped in this afternoon! #surprise #orillia @dundurnpress #starstruck htt…