Coming soon to a bookstore or a Bunkhouse bookshelf near you:
Jack' Journal 1943-1961
by Jack Robertson
Crack open any entry in the engaging eighteen year, daily journal of Jack Robertson, a proud and hard working farmer from Didsbury, Alberta and prepare to reframe your exhausted point of reference.
Wondering just how much day to day life has changed for the average Canadian in the last 60 years? Or how deep the great Canadian obsession with weather watching really runs? Yearn for simpler times? Or perhaps you have a grudging admiration for the value of sheer persistence and wry observation. Regardless it is all here. You will be amazed how quickly and compellingly these simple, parochial observations, wrought from their times in the not so very distant past, will draw you in.
A Very Special House (Children's Literature)
by Erin Bell & Uncle Kenzo
illustrations by Barry Bradfield
This unique kid's book is both a compelling short story and lesson in the basics of the political process for kids ages 6+
How to explain that place on Parliament Hill to your kids? What goes on up there and why? Join us as we follow the storey of Casey, our wide eyed, six year old heroine, as she learns just what that crazy, special house in Ottawa, known as the House of Commons, is really all about.
Drivin': Musings on cars and the people inside them
by Chris Robinson
"The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete."
Marshall McLuhan
Taking us on a journey as only he can, renowned local author Chris Robinson spirits us through a series of frank, freewheeling essays, memoirs, haikus, and rants about the car's impact on people and society.
Bio:
Chris Robinson is an Ottawa-based writer and the Artistic Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). A noted animation commentator, curator, and historian, Robinson has become a leading expert on Canadian and international independent animation. In May 2004, Robinson was the recipient of the President's Award given by the New York chapter of animators for contributions to the promotion of independent animation.
He is also a frequent contributor to The Ottawa Citizen and The Ottawa Xpress. His writings on animation, hockey, and all facets of culture have appeared in many international publications including Salon.com, Ottawa Magazine, Stop Smiling, Take One, and Cinemascope.
Robinson's books include: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy: A Story of Estonian Animation(2003/republished in 2006), Ottawa Senators: Great Stories from the NHL's First Dynasty (2004), Unsung Heroes of Animation (2005), Stole This From a Hockey Card: A Philosophy of Hockey, Doug Harvey, Identity & Booze (2005), Great Left Wingers of Hockey's Golden Era (2006) and The Animation Pimp (2007).
To You, In Exile
by Kenneth Anthony Sproule
A first book from the ne'er do well publisher! He takes us on a series of poignant, often hilarious, reflections tracing the complications and core truths in his most basic relationships.
Mapped out in a series of long hand written letters to his best friend, who has suddenly and inexplicably exiled herself, unreachable and incommunicado. The story traces the attempts by the author to unfold the mystery of her disappearance. The reader will quickly be absorbed by his series of correspondences, the liberal use of memory, anecdote, confession and humour as he seeks to build a compelling case for her safe return.