Wow, it’s Hallo-week already, and tomorrow the streets will be filled with ghosts and goblins galore. There’s nothing spooky about our media highlights though, so take a break from carving pumpkins and practicing your zombie walk to hear about what our authors have been up to this week!

Steve Paikin has been busy with two festival appearances this past week, including last night at IFOA where he was interviewed by former Ontario Premier Bob Rae.The best (and funniest!) interview of the week, however, may be this one where he interviews himself. If that doesn't give you enough insight into the man behind Paikin and the Premiers, click here to find out where he writes in Ontario.

Metal on Ice was reviewed in the San Antonio Express News, which stated that "if this book were a song, it would be a lighter-waving power ballad to Canadian bands such as Helix, Coney Hatch, Honeymoon Suite, Killer Dwarfs and more." 

Ron Brown was featured in the Cochrane Times-Post, which remarked that "Rails Across Ontario will take the reader back to a time when the railway ruled the economy and the landscape, exploring rail across the province including the town of Cochrane."

The Great Canadian Bucket List is continuing its cross-country expedition/speaking tour, and receiving some great media attention along the way. Highlights include this feature in the National Post, and this interview from a Moosejaw radio station. Don't forget to check out canadianbucketlist.com to build your own bucket list and to see when Robin Esrock will be in your city!

Ted Barris is also on tour this month, talking about his book The Great Escape and the role of Canada in the nearly mythical escape operation of 1944. For a snippet, check out this article from the Calgary Herald. Intrigued? Watch for lots of media attention closer to Remembrance Day, or better yet get your copy now and get the whole fascinating story.

Another great Remembrance Day read, Guerrilla Nation, received a great review from Blacklock's Reporter, which exclaimed that "To read Guerrilla Nation is to recall in a flash this angry era, and then marvel at how it is so completely forgotten."

Corporate Asset was reviewed by bookgasm.com, "Easton sets up the plot perfectly, even giving this loyal reader a bit of a surprise."

Lots of authors gave great interviews this week, including Brian Daly, author of Canada's Other Game, who appeared on Global Morning News in Montreal to discuss the explosion of basketball in Canada. Check out the full interview here. Rick Revelle talked I am Algonquin with Kingston This Week, that interview can be found here, while Douglas L. Bland spoke about Uprising with Georgia Straight, here, and Combat Doctor Marc Dauphin was interviewed (in French) on 107.7 Sherbrooke, available here. 

And last, but certainly not least, Michael Petrou’s Ottawa Book Award win for Is This Your First War? was featured in the Ottawa Citizen. 

From all of us here at DundurnHQ, have a safe and happy Halloween!