Broken Keys Publishing's Blog, page 13

Jewel 98.5 FM - August 8th

This Wednesday, August 8th, local horror-author, dark poet and 2018 Faces of Ottawa Awards Finalist for Best Male Author, Michel Weatherall, will be on Jewel 98.5 FM with Codi & Nida, Breakfast with the Girls!Tune in at 8am-ish.Michel will be speaking about the Byward Authors' Market and what an incredible opportunity it is for local authors.Excited? Michel Weatherall will be- on the Byward Market this Saturday, August 11th!!Don't miss it!

Oh, the People You'll Meet!

Codi Jeffreysof Jewel 98.5 fmDylan Blackof Boom 99.7 fmTicof CKCU 93.1 fmCatherine Marionof Daytime Ottawa TVThe elusive Ottawa Book Fairy(their fairy dust messes up camera lenses!)Fellow local indie-authorsBrigitte Lord and Robert SmithKeith RogersCommunity Builderof East Coast LimosJeff Larocque of Farm Radio andCKCU 93.1 fmMayor of OttawaJim WatsonGipsy GhoshCommunity BuilderLaura DudasCouncillor Condidate, Innes WardDanielle AllardCommunity Builder,Singer/SongwriterSarah ScriverSinger/SongwriterMichael Lifshitz, ComedianDanielle Allards, Singer/SongwriterCrystalena, MusicianAlan HubleyCouncillorTonya PriceCKCU 93.1 fmMarianne WilkinsonCouncillor....will you be next?

Autumn Tour Schedule

August 11thAugust 31stSeptember 15thSeptember 29thOctober 12th - 14thOctober (date tba)

Interviews

RadioTelevision

Farm Radio African Harvest Fundraiser

The incredible Jeff Larocque and I at Farm Radio International - Radios Rurales Internationales fundraiser! African HarvestHappy to have donated autographed books for the silent auction!

Mr. and Ms. Multicultural Canada

Photos from Mr. & Ms. Multicultural Canada gala event!Some of the pageant's judgesMyself with fellow judge, the beautiful Copal El Affie (representing Lebanon) and the incredible Dylan Black (MC)And, lucky me, getting a photo op with 2018's Mr. & Ms. Multicultural Canada, the handson Adnan Hajar and the gorgeous and glamoruurs Doroty Davis-Payne!Mr. & Ms. Multicultural Canada with first and second runner ups!Once again, lucky me, posing with Ms. Canada United Nations, Mrs. Eastern Canada, and Ms. Ottawa Erin ChapmanIt has truly been my great pleasure and honour to have participated in this Canadian-spirited community-building event as a pageant judge!

Mr. & Ms. Multicultural Canada

Today is the day!So excited for this event! If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, please do! You can purchase your tickets here!Doors open at 5:30 pm, and the event begins at 6:00 pm.Algonquin Commons Theatre, 1385 Woodroffe Ave., Building E)There will be an amazing collection of singers and dancers performing as well the the beauty contestants for both Mr. and Ms. Multicultural Canada!Emcees will include Nirmala (Nira) Dookeran, Sarah Onyango and Dylan Black!Beneficiaries of this charity event include Bruyere, Aha and Humans for Peace Institution!Want to see some TV spots leading up to today?Check them out!Rogers Daytime Ottawa:CTV:So excited and honored to have been invited to be a pageant judge and part of what I see as a celebration of being Canadian!

Ngaro's Sojourney

Making his first appearance in The Refuse Chronicles' novelette, "Das Ghul", now the Maori chieftain's full story is told! Follow the 1850 Maori warrior in his nautical adventure across the South Pacific to forbidden and lost islands, cannibalistic tribes, volcanic isles, sleeping tiki-gods, and discover the Secret of the Lost Library City itself! From the wastes of the Australian Great Sandy Desert to the desolate tundra of Greenland. From his homeland of Aoetearoa (New Zealand) to the nightmaric oceanic point of inaccessibility, this adventure is a white knuckled ride! Home to a world doomed to destruction, Ngaro is its light!One Ocean. One Tribe. One People. One World.Hope rises

Yuk-Yuks Promotional Tickets!

Want a great night out?Love comedy? Wanna go to Yuk-Yuk's Ottawa?Love Lovecraftian Cosmic-horror?This Saturday's your lucky day!!I have 5 special packages of 4 tickets each to Yuk-Yuk's Ottawa, for the June 28th show!Pick up the entire The Symbiot-Series (four titles: The Symbiot, The Hunt: Symbiosys, Necropolis & The Refuse Chronicles) at over 35% off final retail prices, and not only will you get a copy of A Dark Corner of My Soul for FREE, but the first 5 purchases will also receive a package of 4 FREE tickets to Yuk-Yuks! (Valued at nearly $50.00)Swing by this Saturday, June 23rd at the ByWard Market!All thanks to the incredible Dylan BlackAnnouncer/Assistant Music Director Ottawa-Gatineau's ONLY Station for 70's, 80's, 90's - boom 99.7! Host - Daytime Ottawa on Cable 22! Weekdays at 1pmYuk-Yuks Fundraising co-ordinator

Live TV Interview

Host Dylan Black of Rogers Daytime Ottawa interviews local indie-authors Michel Weatherall & Michele SabadInterview is now available on YouTube!https://youtu.be/WNn-3gBRbu0