Come and taste from among the most spirited stories, paired expertly with storied vintage.
We'll sip the wine matched to each book, as the author weaves their tale.
FREE - and Open to All!

Canmore 2013

Tentatively scheduled for:
Thursday March 21nd, 2013
The Rose and Crown's Dining Room - 7 PM

749 Railway Ave, Canmore



We're currently gathering our slate of authors.

If you have someone you'd like to suggest, drop Jerry Auld a line.



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Essex County 2012

Thursday June 14th, 2012
Pelee Island Winery - 7 PM

455 Seacliff Drive (County Road #20), Kingsville, Ontario
Phone: (519) 733-6551



Bill Sherk
Keep Up If You Can

Confessions of a high school
teacher is a light-hearted and
touching memoir that will
appeal to anyone who’s had a
special teacher impact their life.

Taking the ‘Lectric
Robert Lynch

The story of the Windsor, Essex
and Lake Shore Rapid Railway, an
electric street car system that
ran through Essex County to
Leamington during the first
quarter of the 20th century..

 
Trevor Price
Tecumseh

A vividly detailed biography of Tecumseh,
including in-depth accounts and descriptions
of Tecumseh’s early life, Indian customs, his
relationship with his brother “The Prophet”
and events during the War of 1812.

Tom Omstead
The Red Wing Sings

The US Armed Forces invade Canada
for `security`. Discovering the
lost diary of Sir Isaac Brock,
strategist of the War of 1812,
our hero learns the strategies
to drive out the invaders.

Butler’s Rangers
Music by Dale Butler, David Light & Tim Logsdon

Performing original War of 1812 songs written by Peter Boyer and Dale Butler.




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Canmore 2012

Thursday March 22nd, 2012
The Rose and Crown's Dining Room - 7 PM

749 Railway Ave, Canmore



In our third year, we toated six exceptional writers in one of our strongest line-ups, to a packed dining room at the Rose and Crown.
Wine, food, books, and readings - a fine evening.


Bernadette Macdonald
Freedom Climbers

A group of extraordinary
Polish adventurers emerge
from under the blanket of oppression
following the Second World War
to become the world's leading Himalayan climbers.

Surrender
Peter Learn

A defunct school mascot,
Chester the Beaver, comes back
to haunt the school principal
responsible for his demise.

Susan Toy
Islands in the Clouds

An ex-pat property manager
on the Caribbean island of Bequia,
with a secret past left behind in Canada,
is now the suspect in a brutal murder.

 
Margo Talbot
All That Glitters

A world-renowned ice climber rises
from the brink of suicidal depression
in a jail cell to being envied by a client
in Antarctica for having a “dream life”.

Tom Omstead
The Red Wing Sings

The US Armed Forces invade Canada
for `security`. Discovering the
lost diary of Sir Isaac Brock,
strategist of the War of 1812,
our hero learns the strategies
to drive out the invaders.

Micheal Vlessides
The Ice Pilots

Buffalo Airways operates from a
frontier town perched on the edge
of a wilderness so vast and remote
that only a minute percentage of humankind
ever gets to see it, let alone work in it.




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Canmore 2011

March 20th, 2011
Alpine Club of Canada's Clubhouse - 7 PM




In our Sophomore effort, we held court at the gorgeous Alpine Club of Canada's grand room, standing upon the hearth of the fireplace to tell our tales. Maybe it has always been this way. Luckily, there was no fire lit.
But much wine raised and a few, very good stories, were told.


           
Christine Thorpe
The Fact of Belonging

A story of a mother and daughter,
of redemption and survival
exploring the difficulty of love
and the search of meaning in the
apparently random events of life.

   Rob Alexander
The History of Canmore

Founded by the CPR in 1883, Canmore
has a history of reinventing itself: from
railway divisional point to coal mining to resort town.
Explored in this:
the only book on Canmore’s colourful history.

   Jeremy Kroeker
Motorcycle Therapy

From the Canadian Rockies to the
Panamanian jungle, "Motorcycle Therapy"
rumbles with comic adventure as two men,
fleeing failed relationships, test
the limits of their motorcycles
and their friendship.

   Angie Abdou
The Canterbury Trail

A mishmash of snow-enthusiasts meet
at a backwoods cabin - from the ski bum
to the urbanite – and embark on a
bizarre adventure that walks the line
between comedy and tragedy.

   Stephen Legault
The Darkening Archipelago

Book two in the Cole Blackwater Mystery series.
Now Archie Ravenwing is presumed dead
in the shadowy depths of British Columbia’s
Broughton Archipelago, Cole uncovers a conspiracy
that sweeps us along on a race to
salvage human souls and wild ecosystems.





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Canmore 2010

March 19th, 2010
Café Books, Canmore - 7 PM


This was our first big showing, and we packed the room. With a warm night in March, we had 150 people come to taste and hear the passionate vines of Canmore storytellers.
Standing room only, and some standing outside, this one made us realize:
we have to do this again!


Robert Sandford
Restoring the Flow

The solutions to break the vicious
circle that threatens our water sources
We can do it with humour.
We can do it with style.
And we can do it with grace.

Stephen Bown
Merchant Kings

Through the Age of Heroic Commerce,
from the 17th to the 19th centuries,
a rogue’s gallery of larger-than-life
merchant kings ruled vast tracts of the globe.

Jocey Asnong
Nuptse and Lhotse

The fantastic story of Nuptse
and Lhotse, two cats who find
themselves on their way to the
highest mountain in the world.

Helen Rose
53 Grove Road

Based on the true story of a
woman's search for understanding
and belonging, portraying her struggle
to survive her adoption into an
abusive and alcoholic home.

 
Karsten Heuer
Finding Farley

Work in Progress
Finding Farley is a young family’s
cross-Canada adventure to visit
Canadian literary legend,
Farley Mowat,
in a most unusual way.

Samantha Warwick
Sage Island

Nineteen-year-old Savanna Mason
finds release and security in
swimming, believing it has the
power to change her world.

Lynn Martel
Expedition to the Edge

60 compelling stories that uniquely
capture the exploits, hardships,
fears and personal insights of
contemporary adventurers as they
explore remote wilderness landscapes.

Jerry Auld
Hooker & Brown

Part adventure story, part historical
mystery, Hooker & Brown is a fictional
narrative based on a true story of the
Canadian Rockies.




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