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Category Archives: contemporary culture
More Virtual Travel: London, England
Here is an excerpt from the novel All The Way, offering more vicarious travel as Covid lingers, casting a damper over travelling abroad. It’s from the chapter where the principal characters in the book, Susie and her husband, Jack, are … Continue reading
Another Virtual Travel Story: Indonesia “Trudeaumania”
Here is another true tale from the collection, Missing The Bus. The book is divided into five sections, each of which explores a different type of connection with other countries that adventurous and perceptive travellers often make. While this story … Continue reading
Posted in Bangkok, Bangkok;, Banglok, biography, books, contemporary culture, family literature, food, food literature, recipes, Thailand, travel books
Tagged biography, contemporary culture, food literature, human behaviour, humour, Pierre Trudeau Trudeau, recipes, Thailand, travel literature, Trudeaumania
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Covid Capers
Impatient to be travelling but stuck at home? Try some virtual travelling with the entertaining and informative stories from many countries included in these books. You don’t have to get up off the couch to have unique adventures in other … Continue reading
Author Signing, August 16
T.A. Keenleyside will be at the Rosseau Market in Rosseau, Ontario on Friday, August 16, from 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m., autographing copies of his latest novel, All The Way, nominated for the 2019 Governor General’s fiction prize. He will … Continue reading
“All The Way” on the Toronto Waterfront
The Toronto waterfront features prominently in the novel, “All The Way” and there is a video about this aspect of the book posted at http://www.facebook.com/terry.keenleyside and at http://LinkedIn.com/terry-keenleyside. Here is a brief quotation from one chapter of the book dealing with the … Continue reading
Posted in adult fiction, books, contemporary culture, friendship, humour, Toronto
Tagged Toronto waterfront
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“All The Way” Through College
This is the campus of the University of Toronto where the characters in the novel, “All The Way” consolidate the friendships they made in the summer of 1958 and form relations that, in most cases lead to marriage. … Continue reading
Posted in adult fiction, Aging, books, contemporary culture, Toronto, university life
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Video about “All The Way”
A new, short video about the novel, “All The Way” is online at: http://www.facebook.ca/terry.keenleyside, and at http://www.Linkedin.ca. Set in Toronto, Ontario cottage country, and the coast of Maine, “All The Way” is a good summer read. Available from http://www.borealispress.com and … Continue reading
Posted in adult fiction, Aging, books, contemporary culture, cottage life, friendship, Georgian Bay, humour, Toronto
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The Novel, “All The Way” Coming Soon!
All The Way, a new novel by T.A. Keenleyside, will be released in March by Borealis Press of Ottawa. Six teenagers meet at a summer hotel in 1958. It is at a time in life when they are full of … Continue reading
Posted in adult fiction, Aging, books, contemporary culture, friendship, Georgian Bay, humour, Muskoka, sexual behaviour, Toronto
Tagged Aging, friendship
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New Novel Coming Soon
Borealis Press of Ottawa will soon be releasing a dramatic, new novel by T.A. Keenleyside, entitled All The Way. The book follows the ups and downs in the lives of eight friends over a sixty-year period. It is set mainly … Continue reading
Posted in adult fiction, books, contemporary culture, Georgian Bay, humour, Maine coast, Muskoka, Toronto
Tagged contemporary culture, Georgian Bay, human behaviour, Maine coast, Muskoka, Toronto
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The Lake District and Swallows and Amazons
Among the most famous writers of children’s books is the British author, Arthur Ransome. Unlike most contemporary writers of such books, he created adventure stories based on credible real-life incidents even though his youthful characters imagined events occurring that went … Continue reading
Posted in Arthur Ransome, Coniston Water, contemporary culture, family literature, food literature, Georgian Bay, Killarney Provincial Park, Lake District, Swallows and Amazons, travel books, Wild Cat Island
Tagged Arthur Ransome, Coniston Water, Holly Howe Farm, Lake District, Swallows and Amazons, Tarn Hows, Wild Cat Island
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