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A local author is uncovering the story behind one of Canada’s most famous Opera singers from the 20th century
Listen here for my interview with Giacomo Panico on CBC’s Ottawa drive home program, All in a Day, January 17, 2018. We had a great time talking about the upcoming book launch for The Canadian Nightingale.
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A Canadian Nightingale gets to sing again in new book by Ottawa author
Thanks to Peter Robb for writing about upcoming launch of The Canadian Nightingale on the Artsfile site.
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Thanks to the Winchester Press for Covering the Story of Our Book About Local Hockey History
https://winchesterpress.on.ca/local-museum-tells-the-tale-of-areas-centennial-hockey/
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Telling a Tale of Real Classic Hockey in Rural Ottawa
December 8, 2017, 9:00 pm. The Osgoode Township Museum will launch its latest publication, 1907: Metcalfe Wins the Cup! during the first period intermission of the Metcalfe Jets game, at the Larry Robinson Arena, 2785 8th Line Road, Metcalfe. Released to coincide with the NHL Classic game in Ottawa, this Canada 150 project is an…
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Hour 2 of THE NEWSFEED, CFRA 580
Thanks again to Kristy Cameron at CFRA for a great on-air discussion this morning about the Osgoode Township Museum’s latest book about hockey history in Metcalfe – 1907: Metcalfe Wins the Cup! (Listen here from minute 18:53 to 30:32.)
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Thanks to Kristy Cameron, on CFRA 580’s Newsfeed, for the chance to talk this morning about Metcalfe’s Private Sully, and his experiences in World War I, on this Remembrance Day. Click here, and listen from 5:43 – 14:18)
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Our Soldier’s Stories
I was honoured to be asked to read from my book , Private Sully Goes to War, at an event commemorating our soldiers for Remembrance Day. Excellent analysis from Tim Cook, author of The Necessary War and Fight to the Finish, about Canadian soldiers fighting in WWII. Big thanks to host Ann Archer, and the…
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Our Soldiers’ Stories
Join me for an Ottawa Public Library event, November 9, 2017, to talk about understanding war history through soldiers’ letters.
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The Canadian Nightingale Sings Again! Celebrating the life of a forgotten Canadian opera star
October 6, 2017—Local singers to recapture a lost Canadian voice in concert. Announcing a concert to launch a new Canadian historical biography, The Canadian Nightingale: Bertha Crawford and the Dream of the Prima Donna, to be held January 21, 2018, 2:00 pm at the Church of St John the Evangelist, 154 Somerset Street West, Ottawa.…
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Crowdfunding Campaign Proves Canadians Will Invest In Their Cultural History
The Canadian Nightingale Will Be Published Through FriesenPress For Canada150 July 23, 2017—A new Canadian historical biography will be released this fall, thanks to the commitment of 90 Canadians to invest over $5,000 in the publication. More than 100 copies of the book have been pre-sold, with new orders coming in daily. Ambition. Fame. Betrayal.…