Brief Hiatus
In August and September, I will be working as volunteer in Sikkim. For most of that time, I will not have an Internet connection, so I...
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kenhaigh
- Jun 24
- 1 min
Alberta Book Publishing Awards
I just learned that On Foot to Canterbury is a finalist in the trade non-fiction category for the Alberta Book Publishing Awards. The...
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kenhaigh
- Jun 1
- 1 min
Georgian Bay Reads 2022
Every year, for the past thirteen years, five libraries in the southern Georgian Bay region of Ontario have put on an event called...
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kenhaigh
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Travel Books - The Amur River
In his eightieth year, Colin Thubron decides to travel the length of the Amur River, from its source in the swampy uplands of Mongolia to...
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kenhaigh
- Apr 22
- 1 min
County Reads Debate
Last night, the Prince Edward County Library hosted County Reads, a literary debate inspired by the popular Canada Reads contest. This...
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kenhaigh
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Down Memory Lane...
Back in the late 1980s, I taught for two years at Jigme Sherubling High School in eastern Bhutan. It was the subject of my first book,...
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kenhaigh
- Jan 13
- 3 min
Travel Books - Travel Writing Tribe
When I was young, my father had a subscription to National Geographic magazine, and so, like George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life, this...
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kenhaigh
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
50 Books: 37-48
I almost reached my goal. If you count the two folk song books I received for Christmas (and I did read them cover to cover), then I...
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kenhaigh
- Dec 25, 2021
- 1 min
Merry Christmas
Here is a little Christmas offering, "What Child is This?", played on my grandfather's old banjo (arrangement by Josh Turknett). Merry...
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kenhaigh
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
Merry Christmas
With Christmas just around the corner, here's a sampling of Christmas Carols from around the world to help celebrate (courtesy of the...
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kenhaigh
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
Book News
I've had some exciting news recently. First of all, On Foot to Canterbury has gone into its third print run. Second, CBC Books chose On...
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kenhaigh
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Book Presentation
If you missed my Zoom presentation at the L.E. Shore Memorial Library in Thornbury on December 2, here is the recorded version. It runs...
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kenhaigh
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Winter is here!
I had to get up in the dark this morning to shovel the driveway, and was cursing the snow, when I turned and saw this: Sunrise in a...
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kenhaigh
- Nov 25, 2021
- 1 min
50 Books: 32-36
November has been a slow month for reading, but I did manage to read a few books: First, I tackled Cyril Connolly's Enemies of Promise. ...
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kenhaigh
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
Travel Podcast
Recently, I was invited to be a guest on the "Library Land Loves" podcast to discuss travel books in general and my new book in...
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kenhaigh
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
Writers' Trust Book Trailer
Another benefit of being a finalist in the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize is that the creative folks at the Writers' trust have...
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kenhaigh
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
50 Books: 26-31
One of the nice things about being a finalist in the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize is that the Writers' Trust sends you free copies...
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kenhaigh
- Oct 13, 2021
- 3 min
Travel Books - The Compleat Walker
Colin Fletcher's The Complete Walker, first published in 1968, went through four editions and became the go-to guide for several...
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kenhaigh
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
50 Books: 19-25
Since the Hilary Weston Prize announcement, my life has gotten busier, and I haven't had much time to read, but I haven't forgotten the...
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kenhaigh
- Oct 3, 2021
- 1 min
Second printing
A number of people have written to ask when my book will be published. They are assuming that the book hasn't been published yet, because...
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