FORWARD is a tribute to Ontario's Grey-Bruce Counties, which contain Owen Sound, Wiarton and Tobermory as well as the unique nature and peoples of "the Bruce," a peninsula napped by Lake Huron and Georgian Bay and tipped by the Bruce Peninsula National Park and Fathom Five Marine Park.

"Susan Gibson's poetry reads as if Neruda had been born a Canadian woman. She arcs over time and space with a passionate, sympathetic eye for everything from lichens and rattlesnakes to friendship and health. I read this book of honest optimism on a cold winter morning, then headed out into the sunlight smiling." Harry Greene, author of Snakes: the Evolution of Mystery in Nature. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University.

"These are recognized friends; clear and precise, but the most delightful surprise is the more recent tempered, bold voice." Judy Lowry, poet, author of Exile No More.

Cabin

Old Men With Good Legs

November Men

Songs of the Alvar

Our 2008 spring season is now officially and fully launched with the publication of our fourth new book this year:

4. Evaluating: The Critique in the Studio Workshop by Stephen Hogbin
Featured in the February 2008 issue of Woodwork magazine, this new book describes the why of making for woodworkers. In his Foreword, Edward Cooke (Professor of Art, Yale University) says, "Evaluating by Stephen Hogbin provides a way to enter into a full examination of an object's meaning, from conception to assessment."
available in a numbered and signed edition - $24.95

3. Forward: Poems and Photographs by Susan Gibson
Susan has been living and working in the Grey-Bruce region for the past twenty years. This lovely collection of poems and photographs explores the wonders her life here.
available in a signed edition - $13.95

2. The Devil's Chautauqua: A DB Murphy Mystery set in 1925 in Owen Sound by Richard Thomas
The history in this fast-paced novel is real and the mystery is fictional. The Devil's Chautauqua is the sixth novel in the series set in the roaring twenties when alcohol was illegal and automobiles were a novelty.
available in a signed edition - $18.95
Other DB Murphy novels available:
Horseshoe to Gumshoe: The DB Murphy Omnibus containing the first three novels
(Gas Head Willy, The Lost Tire Gang and Thimblerig) $24.95
Four Deuces North $18.95
Special to the Star $18.95

1. Owen Sound: The Community View
Black and white photographs from private collections from 1866-1957. This elegant softcover book shows Owen Sound the way it was.
$35.00 (Also available in a signed, limited edition hardcover for $100)