Alan Bowker's Blog
September 22, 2015
Book nominated for Ottawa Book Awards
My Book, A Time Such As There Never Was Before, is one of five finalists in the non-fiction category of the Ottawa Book Awards.
http://ottawa.ca/en/liveculture/ottaw...
http://ottawa.ca/en/liveculture/ottaw...
January 28, 2015
Tim Cook reviews A Time Such as There Never Was Before
Tim Cook, one of Canada's pre-eminent young historians, has reviewed my book favourably in Canada's History Magazine. See link to this review: http://www.canadashistory.ca/Books/Li...
September 2, 2014
National Post publishes excerpt
On September 2 the National Post, a leading Canadian newspaper, published an excerpt from the opening pages of A Time Such As There Never Was Before: Canada After the Great War. Here is a link: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2...
August 3, 2014
New book in September
I am looking forward to the publication of my new book, A Time Such as There Never Was Before: Canada After the Great War, in September.
There is currently a lot of interest in World War I, what caused it, what its consequences were, and the viewpoints of different countries that participated.
This book looks at the aftermath of the war on one country, Canada, making the point that not only the war, but what happened after the war, was crucial to creating the modern society we know today.
First and foremost it tells a story of an exciting time through the eyes of interesting people. It explores a broad range of issues, from returning soldiers to Canada's taking its place on the world stage, to influenza, to religion, labour and agrarian unrest, the creation of a Canadian identity, and much more, as a young country recovering from the stress of war tried to define itself and reshape its society in a world turned upside down.
I hope general readers will find much to interest them, and to comment on. I look forward to hearing from you.
There is currently a lot of interest in World War I, what caused it, what its consequences were, and the viewpoints of different countries that participated.
This book looks at the aftermath of the war on one country, Canada, making the point that not only the war, but what happened after the war, was crucial to creating the modern society we know today.
First and foremost it tells a story of an exciting time through the eyes of interesting people. It explores a broad range of issues, from returning soldiers to Canada's taking its place on the world stage, to influenza, to religion, labour and agrarian unrest, the creation of a Canadian identity, and much more, as a young country recovering from the stress of war tried to define itself and reshape its society in a world turned upside down.
I hope general readers will find much to interest them, and to comment on. I look forward to hearing from you.
