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...

Last night, the Prince Edward County Library hosted County Reads, a literary debate inspired by the popular Canada Reads contest. This...

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,...

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...

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...

Here is a little Christmas offering, "What Child is This?", played on my grandfather's old banjo (arrangement by Josh Turknett). Merry...

With Christmas just around the corner, here's a sampling of Christmas Carols from around the world to help celebrate (courtesy of the...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

Another benefit of being a finalist in the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize is that the creative folks at the Writers' trust have...

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...

Colin Fletcher's The Complete Walker, first published in 1968, went through four editions and became the go-to guide for several...

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...

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...

I've received a lot of compliments about the attractive cover on my book, but I'm afraid I can't take any credit for this. The image is...

I just learned that On Foot to Canterbury is a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. I didn't see that...

My book will be published next week. In anticipation, here is a pilgrim song to enjoy with lyrics by Rudyard Kipling. For the lyrics and...