Marian Ritchie, author of The Long Way Home, A Journey Through Alzheimer’s, will appear at Chapters, 76 Barrie View Drive, Barrie, Ontario, this coming Saturday, October 17, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Marian’s book offers a very honest, human insight into dealing with Alzheimer’s, and has been endorsed by the Mayo Clinic, as well as care-givers and medical practitioners across North America. If you have been touched by this devastating disease, this presentation at Chapters…

Until October 31, in celebration of the release of Lorina Stephens’ latest novel, Five Rivers offers a book giveaway. Win a free copy of either And the Angels Sang, or Shadow Song. Rules as follows. email a copy of your proof of purchase for From Mountain of Ice, [email protected]. type Giveaway in the subject line. include your name and complete mailing address. contest open until midnight, October 31, 2009. a suitable substitute giveaway will be…

Saturday, October 10, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. I’ll be in Owen Sound, Ontario at Smith Books, Heritage Place, 1350 16th Street East, signing copies of my new fantasy novel, From Mountains of Ice. Blurb: Sylvio spent the past decade banished from Simare’s court, stripped of land, ancestral home and title – from Minister of National Security to back-country bowyer. But not any bowyer; Sylvio creates bows from laminations of wood and human bone, bows…