A big shout out to accomplished writer Patti-Kay Hamilton whose "In the Wild: Pi Kennedy Stories of a Lifetime on the Trapline" was published in 2023 and is already a wonderfully successful Canadian best seller!
Patti-Kay worked for CBC for 30 years and is an award winning and nominated writer. Her subject is 97 year old life long trapper, Pi Kennedy, from Fort Smith, NWT. We are happy that Métis Arts Supply (www.metisartsupplys.com) of Red Deer will be offering A Métis Man's Dream; From Traplines to Tugboats in Canada's North for sale. For more information on this amazing entrepreneurial, heritage retailer, online supplier and training business, check Jenelle's website above or Métis Art Supply on Facebook.
Thanks to Larry Ring and the good folks at Ring's Pharmacy in Hay River, NT for taking 8 copies of A Métis Man's Dream for sale in their store!
Many, many thanks for purchasing A Métis Man's Dream! The Story of Gordon Gill has, in its first year, sold well over 1000 copies! "A Métis Man's Dream" is clearly a Canadian Best Seller in the self-published area and Gordon and I couldn't be more proud!
Fresh deluxe, colour supplies of this oral and biographical history of an amazing man and his life and times in the Hub of the North, #Hay River, have just been shipped to Ring's Drugs in Hay River, and the Hay River Tourism and Visitor's Centre. Copies have recently been sent to The Book Cellar in Yellowknife, Indigo at South Edmonton Common, West Edmonton Chapters, and Audreys in downtown Edmonton. More copies are also on the way to Rocky Mountain House Museum. Remember, the proceeds of sale (net of book store commissions) go to non-profits supporting Literacy and Métis education! Thank you for your great reviews, kind words and very valued support. Neil Gower Check out this Reel from @metisartsupply regarding receiving A Métis Man's Dream.
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One year ago today, A Métis Man's Dream was released into the world. Purchase your own copy here:
A friend asked me yesterday how I liked being a writer.
I said that in the self-publishing realm, at least, I felt that I was a writer about 3 years ago but in the last two I was not so sure. In 2022, I was a producer and publisher, making decisions about everything from font size and type to colours to pricing. This past year - 2023 - I feel most like a travelling salesman, and delivery driver. For all that, I learned a lot about producing a book, and also about Indigenous matters, the wonders of Alberta, and the NWT, and myself. Today, another friend suggested that writing A Métis Man's Dream was a personal act of reconciliation on my part, which I had not considered before. I will need to think about this further, and more deeply. My main concern in writing about Gordon Gill's life was with appropriating Gordon's story. That's why Gordon's oral history From Traplines to Tugboats component was such a crucial element of the book for me. Cabin Radio's Aastha Sethi interviewed me at Christmas time and posted this interview online. It is great to meet nice people interested in the story of Gordon Gill and the northern boom times.
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