CSW Book – Cedar, Salmon and Weed

Hailing all Readers!

Admin — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 17:21:50 +0000

We want you to be a part of the next printing of Cedar, Salmon and Weed!

As Louis prepares to do another printing run of the book, he is looking for new testimonials/comments to use on the book. And he would like them to come from you! So, what would you like to say about the book to help those who haven’t read it know if they will like it?

Use the comment form below, or email directly to louis@cedarsalmonandweed.ca

Thanks in advance!!

A New Buying Option

Admin — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:28:19 +0000

For those of you traversing the water ways of BC via BC Ferries, you can now pick up your copy of Cedar, Salmon and Weed on board the ferry!

If you are not lucky enough to be near the BC coast, you can order a copy from this secure website – just click on the link in the menu above and well send it right to you!

CSW in the movies?

Admin — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 19:30:51 +0000

Keep your eyes open during the upcoming Hallmark TV movie, “Marry Me at Christmas.”

The movie is based on the book New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s book (http://www.susanmallery.com/book-marry-me-at-christmas.php) book of the same name. It is a Christmas themed romantic comedy with a happy ending.

Cedar, Salmon and Weed is one of 13 books chosen to have its front cover displayed in the background during a bookstore scene.

Book Preview

Admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 19:02:03 +0000
To brighten your weekend, here at long last is chapter 1 of Cedar, Salmon and Weed for your reading pleasure. Be sure to click the “Buy” button in the menu above if you want to get a copy and read the rest! The image below is one of the preface pages to the novel, with some notes on Bamfield. Enjoy!
Read the first chapter of Cedar, Salmon and Weed here!

Honourable Mention

Admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 02:21:35 +0000

A belated notice that Cedar, Salmon and Weed received an Honourable Mention from the Whistler Independent Book Awards 2016 Selection Committee — 2016 was the inaugural year of these awards established for self-published books by a Canadian author that is professionally edited and in physical book form.

Geist Review

Admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 04:41:37 +0000
More catch-up material on the book!

Geist is a Canadian magazine hailing from Vancouver that is an eclectic mix of literature and culture, published four times a year. The summer 2016 issue had a brief endnote review of Cedar, Salmon and Weed. See it in the attached pdf file below.

Geist book review

Interview on CBC’s North by Northwest

Admin — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 23:59:58 +0000
Last June, Louis did an interview on his novel CBC radio show out of BC called North by Northwest. Click below to hear the interview! https://cedarsalmonandweed.ca/wp-content/uploads/nxnw_11june2016_csw.mp3

Happy Easter!

Admin — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 02:46:12 +0000
We hope you are enjoying a holiday weekend that is filled with pleasant surprises!

Centennial Park, Bamfield – a place that is always hopping on Easter weekend, as the children of Bamfield search for eggs the Easter Bunny has hidden
We LOVE hearing from those who have read CSW!! Erin from Quathiaski Cove (a place that surely has many stories of its own!) let Louis know in an email recently that she had ordered the book “hot off the press” and “It’s been a pleasure to read!”
Thanks for the feedback Erin!

On the Map & Tofino

Admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 13:37:49 +0000
Bamfield is officially on the literary map of BC! http://www.literarymapofbc.ca/ Louis’ BC Booklook entry
Tofino
Louis will be crossing the Sound at the end of the week – Be sure to join him in Tofino if you can!

Reader Memories and Comments

Admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:31:41 +0000
Sylvia Reynolds sent this lovely note to Louis at the end of November (Your webmaster has been rather negligent of late, but promises to be more active in the coming months – stay tuned!) and graciously agreed that we could share it here. So much fun to hear of readers’ experiences of the book!). Here are Sylvia’s words:
I know the expression to never judge a book by its cover, but I really like the atmospheric picture and it does represent the content! [Ed. Note: Kudos go to Hamo Djoboulian for creating the great cover image! (See image to right.)]

With your descriptions, I could visualize the coastline and vegetation around Bamfield, but was never there for long enough to get to know the more permanent residents. I thought Gaz and the other main characters in your book strong and interesting. I have a happy memory of being with the first group of students to stay in the old cable station. We slept together in a large room and I seem to remember ghost stories being told before we settled off – probably by Dan Pace who is still a friend of ours.

Coming from Ireland as a rather innocent and politically ignorant 21 year old Vancouver was an exciting place to be in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Apart from becoming more politically aware (Vietnam was always in the news), I learned about cannabis! My fellow housemates and I tried to grow it at the bottom of the garden of our Burnaby house, but it was a wet year and the plants did not thrive. Years later, it was I who showed our children cannabis grown in our Dublin garden, from bird seed – as part of my work on ‘alien’ plants.