Alpine Book Peddlers
John Blum
140-105 Bow Meadows Crescent
Canmore, AB
T1W 2W8
403-678-2280
alpinebk@aeontech.ca
http://www.alpinebookpeddlers.ca |
Book distributor throughout the Canadian Rockies. Handles books specifically relating to landscape, flora, fauna, history, culture and heritage. Inquiries welcome. |
Canmore Public Library and Art
Gallery
950 - 8th Avenue
Canmore, AB T1W 2T1
403-678-2468
www.canmorelibrary.ab.ca |
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Cafe Books - Canadian Gifts and Gems
100-826 Main Street
Canmore, AB T1W 2B7
403-678-0908
info@cafebooks.ca
www.cafebooks.ca |
Specialties: Fiction, Children's and Young Adults, Canadiana. Nature guides, spiritual/new age, travel, cookbooks. Local Art, Canadian made crafts and jewelry. |
Club alpin du Canada / Alpine Club of Canada
Toby Harper, MA, SPCM
Box 8040, Indian Flats Road,
Canmore, AB
T1W 2T8
403-678-3200, ext. 109
or 403-953-0193
tharper@alpineclubofcanada.ca
www.alpineclubofcanada.ca
twitter.com/alpineclubcan
www.facebook.com/alpineclubofcanada |
The Alpine Club of celebrates Canadian mountain culture through the presentation of literature, art, history and heritage, mountain related science, and the exchange of ideas with other organizations in the mountain community. |
CRMM Services
Lori Nunn
517 River Road,
Canmore, AB
T1W 2E4
403-678-5859
nunn@agt.net |
Canadian Rocky Mountain Merchant Services... writing, creative design layout, editing, desktop publishing, product distribution, bookkeeping. Children's book author and self-publisher, focusing on mountain and other wilderness environments. Titles: In the Path of Great Bear, Magic in the Mountains, Where Wolves Are Wild, First Day of School, Mom, What Can Be Done? |
Echo Speakers Group
Don Peterson
403-609-5118 or 1-888-678-5312
don@echospeakers.com
www.echospeakers.com |
Represents leading edge professional speakers and entertainers for all your speaking and training needs, including Michael Kerr, The Workplace Energizer, Richard Monette, The Chief Performance Officer, Sharon Wood, First North American to Summit Mount Everest and much more. |
Emerson Sanford
145 Carey
Canmore, AB
T1W 2R3
403-609-3164
esanf@shaw.ca
www.lifeofthetrail.com |
Life of the Trail series depicting the early history of hiking trails in the Rockies plus a complete hiking guide for each route. Illustrated with approximately 40 historical and 40 current images and includes a brief biography of historical characters. Emerson is available to give illustrated talks on the history of the routes. |
Eva Kende
403-678-5821
ekende@telusplanet.net
www.telusplanet.net/public/ekende |
Author, Eva's Kitchen Confidence and Eva's Hungarian Kitchen. Her most recent book Snapshots... Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain is autobiographical and is suitable for young adults. |
Hazel Hutchins
403-678-4283
hjhutch@telusplanet.net |
Author of children’s picture books and pre-teen novels published in Canada, the U.S. and Great Britain. R. Ross Annett Award, Mr. Christie Silver and Parenting Magazine Reading Magic Award. Readings, presentations and workshops at schools, libraries and conferences. |
Heather Walter
335 Lady MacDonald Crescent
Canmore, AB T1W 1H5
403-609-0073 or 403-609-3339
heather@mccloskeyproductions.com
www.mccloskeyproductions.com |
Researcher, writer and production manager in video productions, McCloskey Productions Inc. Writer of environmental and science education and interpretive materials. Author of children's book Wind Over Dark Tickle, made into a national television special. Winner of an American Outdoor Writers´ Association Award. |
Helen Rolfe, Writer & Editor
403-609-5570
hyrolfe@telus.net |
Professional writer and editor. Technical documents and manuals, Web-sites, brochures, magazine publications, creative endeavors. |
Helen Rose Publishing
104 -743 Railway Ave., Suite 653
Canmore, AB
T1W 1P2
403-790-9003
info@53groveroad.ca
www.53groveroad.ca |
Based on the true story of a woman's search for understanding and belonging, 53 Grove Road portrays her struggle to survive her adoption into an abusive and alcoholic home. |
Highline Magazine
Kristy Davison, Founding Publisher
Meghan J. Ward, Editor
317 8th Avenue,
Canmore, AB
T1W 2E6
info@highlineonline.ca
www.highlineonline.ca |
Highline Magazine is a mountain culture magazine distributed in the Bow Valley and surrounding area. We celebrate the Canadian Rockies by inspiring others to challenge themselves and enjoy all that these mountains have to offer. Story and photo suggestions and submissions are welcome.
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hikingcamping.com
Kathy and Craig Copeland
Box 8563
Canmore, AB
T1W 2V3
fax (403)678-3343
nomads@hikingcamping.com
www.hikingcamping.com
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Kathy and Craig are a husband and wife team who for the last 14 years have boot-tested all the trails in the 11 hiking guidebooks they've written. Their publications include the bestselling Don't Waste Your Time in the Canadian Rockies - The Opinionated Hiking Guide and their new series: Done in a Day - The Ten Premier Hikes. |
Humour at Work Institute - Michael Kerr
322 Canyon Close,
Canmore, AB
T1W 1H4
403-609-2640
mike@mikekerr.com
www.mikekerr.com |
Humour at Work provides keynote talks, training workshops and resources, including books, CDs and DVDs, on humour in the workplace. We also deliver humorous talks on the Canadian Rockies. |
Jen Groundwater
315 Pioneer Road
Canmore, AB
T1W 1E8
403-688-2784
jen@jengroundwater.com
www.jengroundwater.com |
Freelance editor with plenty of non-fiction experience. As the author of Western Canada SuperGuide, and The Spirit of Invention (Altitude Publishing), among other books, I'm sensitive to the fact that having your work edited is a challenging process – I've been through it! I will ask you a lot of tough questions, but your manuscript, article or report will be greatly improved as a result. I'm also a freelance writer specializing in travel and lifestyle pieces. Check out my website to browse my portfolio. |
Jerry Auld / Mountain Fiction
jerry@otago.ca
www.jerryauld.com
www.hookerandbrown.com |
Author of Hooker & Brown, novel chasing the mystery of the eponymous peaks that were thought to be the highest in the Canadian Rockies for most of the 1800s, and led the early explorers to discover the Columbia Icefield and all the highest peaks. The problem: they did not exist, but their inspiration did. The novel searches instead for that. Jerry is also the author of several published short stories, all regarding the mountains. |
Jerry and Alexandra Kobalenko
462 Grotto Road
Canmore, AB
T1W 1J2
403-609-8260
jkbanff@telusplanet.net
www.kobalenko.com |
Producers of high-quality adventure writing and imagery, specializing in the Arctic but also covering the Rockies and many other wild parts of Canada. One of the only sources combining professional photography and writing in one package. |
Jocey Asnong
203, 512 Bow Valley Trail
Canmore, AB
T1W 1N9
403-678-3648
Cell: 403-763-8284
jocey@cautiousleroy.com
www.cautiousleroy.com |
Author and illustrator of the children’s book Nuptse and Lhotse in Nepal. Readings and presentations available for all ages, specializing in preschool, class room, and special events. Presenter at Alberta Association of Library Technicians Conference, Banff Young Writers Conference, participant at Banff Mountain Book Festival. |
Karsten Heuer
403-609-4173
info@necessaryjourneys.ca
www.necessaryjourneys.ca
www.windingriverpictures.com |
Award winning author of adult and juvenile non-fiction books including Being Caribou and Walking the Big Wild (McClelland and Stewart). Feature articles have appeared in Canadian Geographic, Backpacker, and Alberta Views magazines. Karsten is also a gifted and sought after inspirational speaker. |
Kat Weibe
107 Larch Place
Canmore, AB
T1W 1R5
403-675-3242
katwiebe@shaw.ca
www.katwiebe.ca |
2000 YA novel, Willow Creek Summer, published by Coteau Books, nominated for best first novel in Alberta.
Articles published in Mothering Magazine on-line and the Seal Press anthology Ask Me About My Divorce, as well as Island Parent Magazine. Kat delivers writing workshops to school children, and is available for editing, proofreading, and tutoring. |
Literary Kaleidoscope in the Bow Valley
Vi Sanford
403-678-2370
visandford@hotmail.com |
Literary Kaleidoscope in the Bow Valley follows the program for Calgary’s Literary Kaleidoscope, and presents a condensed program in spring and fall featuring great book discussions in Canmore. Contact Vi Sandford for information and updates via email. |
Lynn Martel
writer of adventure, travel and nature
403-609-4320
lynnmartel@telus.net
www.lynnmartel.ca |
Specializing in mountain adventure, culture, people, nature. Author, Expedition to the Edge: Stories of Worldwide Adventure and Tales and Trails: Adventures for Everyone in the Canadian Rockies. Regular contributor to Rocky Mountain Outlook, Explore, Westworld, Up! magazines, Whistler Pique, Calgary Herald and Travel Alberta. Editor, Alpine Club of Canada Gazette, author of several ACC booklets. |
Mary-Beth Laviolette
917 Larch Place
Canmore, AB
T1W 1F5
403-678-2197
mblcanmore@shaw.ca |
Author of An Alberta Art Chronicle: Adventures in Recent and Contemporary Art and Alberta Art and Artists: An Overview with Patricia Ainslie. Art writer and journalist, with a specialty in Alberta art and history. Guest curator and jurying. |
Nomi Whalen
403-678-6640
nwhalen@telus.net
www.weddingsbynomi.com |
Author. Published works: Winning at Divorce, Who’s Got the Ring? and Before We Say I Do, She Collects Collections, and Art by Nomi Whalen. |
R.W. Sandford Interpreters of Natural and
Human History Ltd.
Bob Sandford
403-678-4488
vibooks@telusplanet.net
www.rwsandford.ca |
Writer, historian, playwright. Published works on the natural and human history of Alberta and the Canadian West, as well as topics relating to water resource management in Alberta. Available as conference speaker, on a variety of topics relating to water, nature, history and culture of the Canadian West. |
Rob Alexander
403-609-8879
rsalexander@shaw.ca |
Journalist, freelance writer and photographer specializing in Western Canadian history. Co-author of three books, Exshaw: Heart of the Valley and The Exshaw Cement Plant: Foundations for the Future and author of The History of Canmore. First place University of Alberta Writing Award, 2008. Also offers desktop publishing. |
Robert R. Janes, PhD
104 Prendergast Place
Canmore, AB T1W 2N5
403-678-2117
r.pjanes@telus.net
youtube.com/watch?v=OSdvEtOxavs
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Museum / heritage consultant - nationally and internationally. Author of Museums in a Troubled World and the Editor in Chief of Museum Management and Curatorship, an international peer-reviewed museum journal. |
Sawback Press - Craig Richards
403-678-2408
crich@telusplanet.net
www.craigrichardsphotography.com |
Fine art photography books. Published works: Canadian Rockies, Italia Alps, and Guatemala. Postcards and photo art prints available. |
Second Story Books
Lower Level, 713 Main Street
Canmore, AB
T1W 2B2
403-609-2368
info@secondstorybooks.ca
www.secondstorybooks.ca |
The Second Story is a general used book store that sells used, out-of-print, and remaindered books. Also operates as Canadian Rockies Books (www.canrockbooks.com) selling new books, maps, videos, etc. about the Rockies. |
Stephen R. Brown
1012 Benchlands Trail,
Canmore, AB
T1W 3B6
403-678-9652
srbown@shaw.ca
www.stephenrbown.net |
Author specializing in the history of exploration and the history of science and ideas. Four published books including Madness, Betrayal and the Lash: The Epic Voyage of Captain George Vancouver (2008) and Merchant Kings (2009). |
Stephen Legault
403-609-2965
stephen@highwatermark.ca
www.stephenlegault.com |
Stephen Legault is a Canmore based writer and photographer. Stephen has published three books since 2006: Carry Tiger to Mountain: The Tao of Activism and Leadership (Arsenal 2006); The Cardinal Divide (NeWest, 2008) and The Darkening Archipeligo (NeWest 2010). These last two titles are part of a series of “environmentally themed murder mysteries” featuring protagonist Cole Blackwater. Stephen has three books slated for publication in the coming 18 months. Stephen takes pictures for fun. |
Wilma G. Rubens
403-609-9938
rubenswg@shaw.ca |
Author. Provides consultations, coaching and workshops in Conflict Resolution, Managing Emotions and Life Writing. Entangled Enchantments is her first collection of poems. |
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