I am incredibly honoured to be included in Avenue Edmonton Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2012! This past Thursday, they hosted an event at MKT on Whyte Avenue to launch the issue. Standing in line waiting for my name to be called, I got chatting with the women on either side of me alphabetically. IContinue reading “Named to Avenue Magazine’s Top 40 Under 40”
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Book on Spartan Air Services in the Works
Author Robert Stitt has written several articles about aircraft operated by Spartan Air Services and has recently had a book published on the history of the Boeing Fortress with RAF Coastal Command. Robert is now working on a book describing all of Spartan’s aircraft and operations in detail and is keen to make contact with former Spartan employees orContinue reading “Book on Spartan Air Services in the Works”
Jim Bruce releases Aviation Art
Jim Bruce is widely known for his award-winning aviation art. This full-colour book traces his lengthy career creating these masterpieces of military, civil, general and bush aviation, and would be an excellent addition to any collection. Book details and ordering info: J.B. Graphics Inc. has published a softcover book (laminated covers, perfect binding) AVIATION ARTContinue reading “Jim Bruce releases Aviation Art”
Hosting Author Promotion Panel at LitFest 2012
Friday, October 19th @ Noon – CBC Centre Stage Gone are the days when a writer could afford to be working away, alone and isolated. Now, each author faces significant pressure to be their own promoter, both online and in real life. This panel examines ways to use digital and analog tools to make theContinue reading “Hosting Author Promotion Panel at LitFest 2012”
CAHS Journal Celebrates Twin Otters!
From editor Terry Higgins (also of www.aviaeology.com): “Journal 49-4 features six articles on the de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, and its ‘reborn’ Viking Air Series 400 Twin Otter, in celebration of the type’s 40th year of Canadian military service. The CF/RCAF centric articles are balanced with a short piece on the type’s origins, another onContinue reading “CAHS Journal Celebrates Twin Otters!”
Interview on Wise Women Network
Wise? Not sure about that. But always happy to chat about history, writing, and aviation! Here’s a link to a short interview I did recently on those subjects…
Travel article about Alaska and Yukon on Beststory.ca
I recently found out about a new journalism site, www.beststory.ca, being set up by Montreal-based reporter and editor Warren Perley. After checking out this new delivery model – readers pay only for the stories they want to read, and there’s no advertising – I was intrigued. Enough so to get in touch and offer to write somethingContinue reading “Travel article about Alaska and Yukon on Beststory.ca”
Commemorating a Prairie Aviation Legend
John Howe, one of the pioneers of crop spraying in Canada and a member of the Saskatchewan Aviation Hall of Fame, passed away March 22, 2012. His family has created a lovely website to commemorate his achievements and those of his company, Praire Flying Service. As his son Marty wrote me, the company was formed byContinue reading “Commemorating a Prairie Aviation Legend”
Historic Wings Online Magazine Relaunches
I just learned that Thomas Van Hare, publisher of Historic Wings Magazine, has relaunched this free online publication. It’s a magazine dedicated to stories about “airplanes, helicopters, jets and all things aloft from the past and present” and includes: Feature Stories: articles that provide intensive, deeply researched aviation history. Photo Features: aviation photo galleries depicting currentContinue reading “Historic Wings Online Magazine Relaunches”
Review of Michael Vlessides’ The Ice Pilots
Since the television series Ice Pilots, NWT debuted in 2008, thousands of devoted fans have tuned in weekly to watch the Buffalo Airways team keep vintage aircraft like Douglas DC-3 Dakotas, DC-4s, and Curtiss C-46 Commandos flying in Canada’s North. Viewers are equally riveted by the show’s “characters”: the McBryan family, headed by no-nonsense “Buffalo”Continue reading “Review of Michael Vlessides’ The Ice Pilots”