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Spring 2010. Harriet works in local radio in London, England. Her husband, Michael, stuck in New York, travels to Toronto to stay with an old flame.

"Both familiar and strange, this story of a large Canadian city seen through the wide eyes of a naive and inexperienced young immigrant - wise in the culture of comic books - is both hilarious

September, 1983.

"From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the Nile to rescue Khartoum; from the author's family roots deep

Henry Hayward is a drowning man.

Bernice Meetoos, a Cree woman, leaves her home in Northern Alberta following tragedy and travels to Gibsons, BC.

"The Right to Be Cold is a human story of resilience, commitment, and survival told from the unique vantage point of an Inuk woman who, in spite of many obstacles, rose from humble beginnings

The story begins on St. Stephen's Day, 2010, in St. John's, NL, when the author gives birth to a baby girl named Sadie Jane who has a shock of snow-white hair.

The authoritative biography of Stephen Harper, to be published on the eve of the next election.

Are Shakespeares lost manuscripts buried deep in the notorious Money Pit? Do booby traps conceal the Holy Grail of the Knights Templar or Blackbeards pirate loot?

"Thirteen year-old Ailish, a feisty Irish fortune-teller, is about to become part of history.