Debra Komar's Blog: National Post, page 3

CBC's most anticipated books of 2015

My third book - "The Bastard of Fort Stikine" - has just been named one of the 15 most anticipated non-fictions books for 2015 by the CBC.

You can see the listing here and read an excerpt from the book, which will be released in April -

http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/01/the-b...

Fog Lit and Saskatchewan

I will be appearing at the Fog Lit Festival in Saint John NB on Wednesday October 1 at noon at the public library in Market Square. All are welcome.

I was also the lucky recipient of this year's Wallace Stegner Award for the Arts, which includes a residency in Stegner's house (a national historical site) in Eastend Saskatchewan for the month of October. I will be giving a free public talk at the T-Rex Discovery Center on Wednesday October 8 at 7:30. All are welcome to attend.

FESTIVAL TIME

I will be appearing at a number of writers festivals in the coming months:

--Bonnechere Authors Festival (near Ottawa),
Wednesday July 16, 2014 at 7:30 pm
information at www.bonnechereupl.com/baf.html or on Facebook www.facebook.com/BonnAuthorsFest

--Halifax's Word on the Street Festival,
Sunday September 21, 2014

--and the Saint John Fog Lit Festival
October 1, 2014
details at www.foglitfestival.wordpress.com

Please come out and celebrate the written word.

The final National Post piece

The final National Post piece, "Why DNA has never solved a crime" is now on line,http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/04/...

Third National Post article

The third of the National Post articles is on line, "The CSI Effect" - http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/04/...
Have a look.

Second National Post piece

Hi- The second of four National Post pieces is now on line - "The myth of a single objective reality" http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/04/...
Please check it out.

The National Post

All this week I am guest-editor of Afterwords at the National Post. My first article, "The Trouble with Truthiness in History" is now on line,
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/03/...

There will be new articles Tuesday through Thursday at the same website. Please check them out.

WHEELER HAS HIT THE SHELVES

Just a quick note to say that my second book, "The Lynching of Peter Wheeler" has been released and is on book shelves now. I have heard from several friends that they have already received their copies from Amazon and even my little book store here in NS has it. Please check it out.