Category Archives: contemporary culture

Author Signing, August 16

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

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 →

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“All The Way” on the Toronto Waterfront

Posted on July 20, 2019 by

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 →

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“All The Way” Through College

Posted on May 24, 2019 by

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 →

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Video about “All The Way”

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

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 →

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The Novel, “All The Way” Coming Soon!

Posted on February 21, 2019 by

  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 →

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New Novel Coming Soon

Posted on October 12, 2018 by

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 →

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The Lake District and Swallows and Amazons

Posted on March 14, 2018 by

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 →

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