Candlelight Vigil at Port Moody Museum November 10

I feel privileged to have been invited to read from my historical play, Running: The Alex Decoteau Story, at the Port Moody Station Museum.

REMEMBERING THE RUNNING WARRIOR

I’m thrilled that HIVE EMPORIUM on Gabriola Island has included my play, Running: The Alex Decoteau Story, on its bookshelf of local authors. The cover, designed by local Gabriola publisher Morri Mostow of FictivePress.com, shows Alex Decoteau’s portrait overlaid on an Edmonton scene of people gathered to read about the outbreak of WWI.

This play continues the tradition of the friends and family of Alex Decoteau, telling the inspiring story of Canada’s first Aboriginal policeman, also an Olympic runner, killed by a sniper while running a message at the Battle of Passchendaele on October 30, 1917.

EARLY CHILDHOOD OF ALEX DECOTEAU

Gabriola Island of the Arts Festival
Michael Kusugak, far right

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I was thrilled to meet Michael Kusugak at the 2015 Gabriola Isle of the Arts Festival last spring. It was wonderful to see so many of my favourite books and hear Michael’s stories about growing up in Repulse Bay and Rankin Inlet.

I like Bill Pope’s photograph, shown here, as it captured the lovely ambiance of the opening of the festival at the historic Surf Lodge. Michael is on the far right, visiting with the audience before his talk.

THE THRILL OF MY FIRST BOOK LAUNCH – PART II

Planning the launch of Running: The Alex Decoteau Story

Fictive Press Publisher Morri Mostow
& Author Charlotte Cameron

Morri Mostow, Editor/Publisher at Fictive Press, and I carefully considered the best date for the launch before booking a slot at our local library. Of utmost importance was to make sure that the books arrived in time for the launch! Although we were cutting it close, it seemed best to go ahead before Remembrance Day, when the atmosphere would be somber and reflective as people remembered the 100th Anniversary of the start of the Great War. By the end of November, we knew the island would be bustling with craft fairs, and a pantomime. Amy Dawley, the head librarian at the Gabriola library, booked us in from 1 to 2 p.m. on November 8th and her staff put up a poster.