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Olive Dickason – Podcast
By June Coxon
August 15, 2024
Episode 20: Olive Dickason – The Ontario Historical Society. , text is available in PDF format. https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/podcast/in-hindsight-episode-20/
New book by Catina Noble
iris ten Holder
August 11, 2024
New Media Club member Catina Noble has published another book, a young adult trilogy. Three stories are contained in this one book called Teal, Teal Fint. Released July 5, the book is available from Amazon (see link below), where it is on the Best Seller list in the teen category. A book version, available now […]
Ainalem Tebeje Speaker at Abbotsford House
By June Coxon
Ainalem Tebeje Speaks About Her Books Media Club member, author Ainalem Tebeje participated in the speaker series at Abbotsford House on Wednesday, November 8th. About 20 people were on hand to hear her speak, some in person seated in the building’s dining room and others participating via Zoom. She discussed her two books – My […]
Past Newsletters
Olive Dickason – Podcast, August 15, 2024 New book by Catina Noble, August 11, 2024 Ainalem Tebeje Speaker at Abbotsford House, Ontario Historical Society Podcast Features Olive Dickason, Authors’ Evening – April 18, 2023 – available on Skype, Article by Denise Anne Boissoneau, Royal Canadian Mint Honours CWPC Founding Member, February 2023 Invitation to Book Launch, February 2022 Celebration of Life Wayne Locksley Kines, October 25, 2022 Ainalem Tebeje publishes a sequel, 2022Events
Program 2024-2025
2025 SPEAKERS Wednesday, March 19 – SPEAKER: Barry Finlay, author of at least 10 fiction and non-fiction books. TOPIC: How he became an author and his recent book, published in 2023, called Just Keep Climbing. Wednesday, April 23 – SPEAKER: Duncan McCue, former CBC TV and radio journalist, current author of […]
Scheduled Events 2023-2024
September 2023 to June 2024 . This year’s meetings will take place at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa. Prior to the meeting, members and guests will join in Grill 41 at the hotel. The meeting will start at 5.30 in the Mackenzie room. SEPTEMBER – A Meet and Greet evening with members of […]
Authors’ Evening – April 18, 2023 – available on Skype
The meeting took place on Tuesday April 18, 2023 in the MacKenzie Room at the Lord Elgin Hotel in Ottawa The speakers were Daren Prefontaine, Carol Goddard and Ainalem Tebeje, discussing their book published during the pandemic. Changing Canadian History: The Life and Works of Olive Patricia Dickason – by Daren Prefontaine via Skype The Morewood […]
Past Events
Program 2024-2025, Scheduled Events 2023-2024, Authors’ Evening – April 18, 2023 – available on Skype, Previous Event – Alexandra Pope, March 19, 2019 Margaret Graham Award Presentation, February 19, 2019Meeting Reports
Lessons learned through 40 years of publishing
March 20, 2018
At the Media Club of Ottawa meeting of March 20, 2018, Tim Gordon, publisher, Burnstown Publishing, illustrated, through numerous examples, the ups and downs of the publishing business. He left the impression on the one hand, that it’s not for the faint of heart, but on the other that it has led to many great […]
Allan McKercher Discusses Historical Non-Fiction
March 20, 20
McKercher told the audience how the imaginary stories in his novels are woven around actual historical events like the onset of the Second World War and the establishment of the Bank of Canada
Alexandra Pope, digital editor, Canadian Geographic
March 19, 2019
The Media Club Meeting on March 19, 2019 featured Alexandra Pope, digital editor, Canadian Geographic who develops French lesson plans. They develop educational resources to ensure geography is part of the curriculum, advocate for geography education across Canada and host a summer institute for professional development for teachers to learn about the available resources. […]