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Martin West (writer)
Martin West (born 1959) is a Canadian writer. He is most noted for his 2017 novel ''Long Ride Yellow'', which won the 2018 ReLit Award for Fiction. He was previously a ReLit nominee in the short fiction category in 2016 for his collection ''Cretacea and Other Stories from the Badlands''. CBC Books, April 9, 2018. The title story "Cretacea" was a shortlisted finalist for the Journey Prize in 2006."Rudy Wiebe tapped for Writer's Trust Awards: Memoir also up for rich Charles Taylor Prize". ''Edmonton Journal'', February 7, 2007. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Victoria, British Columbia, he is a graduate of the University of British Columbia. |
Calgary Herald
The ''Calgary Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publication began in 1883 as ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate, and General Advertiser''. It is owned by the Postmedia Network. History ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate and General Advertiser'' started publication on 31 August 1883 in a tent at the junction of the Bow and Elbow by Thomas Braden, a school teacher, and his friend, Andrew Armour, a printer, and financed by "a five-hundred- dollar interest-free loan from a Toronto milliner, Miss Frances Ann Chandler." It started as a weekly paper with 150 copies of only four pages created on a handpress that arrived 11 days earlier on the first train to Calgary. A year's subscription cost $3. When Hugh St. Quentin Cayley became editor 26 November 1884 the Herald moved out of the tent and into a shack. Cayley quickly became partner and editor. Eventually, the publisher's name was changed to Herald Publishing Comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
