Michael Gates (Member at Large) celebrated the launch of his seventh book, Hollywood in the Klondike (Harbour Publishing), with about 100 attendees on October 4 in Whitehorse, YT. After a short reading, there was a musical performance by Danchic Duo, and the screening of silent films accompanied by Whitehorse musician Annie Avery on piano.
Deborah Cannon’s (Toronto Branch) story “Tang’s Christmas Miracle”, first published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas in Canada (2014), was selected for a new title in the series called Chicken Soup for the Soul: Me and My Dog. Released on February 6, it is now available in bookstores and online. Proceeds go to American Humane.
One Arctic Night by D.F. Whibley (Member at Large) of Montreal, QC, has won The Canadian Book Club Award for Best Novel: Children’s Early Reader Category. This award will be added to The Global Book Awards, Bronze Medal: Teen Social and Family Issues, which he received December 2022.