A new award from McMaster to support books about Canadian history will certainly be appreciated by its winners. Equally impressive is the number of publications that the Dundurn Press has helped bring us over the years. Here is the news release from the McMaster website:
McMaster awards Wilson Prize to Dundurn Press
October 27, 2010
The Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University has awarded Dundurn Press its inaugural prize of $10,000 to support the publication of books devoted to Canadian history.
The Wilson Prize will be officially presented on October 27 during an evening reception at the University.
Dundurn Press is being recognized for its long and distinguished career of publishing popular works of Canadian history.
Founded in 1972 by Kirk Howard, the Dundurn Press has published a distinguished collection of biographies, natural histories, art histories, and books about Canadian military, political, and social history. Its list of more than 1,650 titles has reaped numerous awards for its authors such as the Governor General's Award, the Toronto Book Award, the City of Ottawa Award, and the UBC Medal for Canadian Biography.
The Wilson Prize is named after L.R. (Red) Wilson, a major supporter of Canadian history through Historica, which he co-founded. He also funded the Wilson Institute for Canadian History and the L.R. Wilson Chair in Canadian History. Wilson is the Chancellor of McMaster University.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
ST. GEORGE DRAMA CLUB PRESENTS "THE ATTIC"
"The Attic," written and directed by Elizabeth McCallum, features an all-star cast of St. George's finest amateur actors. The play features ghosts, laughs, songs, yuppies, punk rockers and bratty kids.
The details are:
Friday October 22 and Saturday October 23
8:00 PM showtime.
Tickets are a mere $6.00.
The venue: Upstairs at the Memorial Hall, St. George, 34 Main Street South (a few doors down from the St. George Arms English Pub).
The play is set in a town something like St. George - in the attic of an historic home with a magical music-box.
The details are:
Friday October 22 and Saturday October 23
8:00 PM showtime.
Tickets are a mere $6.00.
The venue: Upstairs at the Memorial Hall, St. George, 34 Main Street South (a few doors down from the St. George Arms English Pub).
The play is set in a town something like St. George - in the attic of an historic home with a magical music-box.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
NOVEMBER 13th DINNER REMEMBERS THE KOREAN WAR YEARS
The SOUTH DUMFRIES HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Presents
AN EVENING REMEMBERING The KOREAN WAR YEARS
A Buffet-style Roast Beef dinner featuring:
Memories of the Korean War from ANDY BARBER
A crew member who served on
HMCS HAIDA during her second trip to Korea,
and
MUSICAL GUESTS:
SHARILYN VANDERMOLEN With STEVE McRAE
performing and discussing
songs from the Hit Parade of 1950 - 1953
Saturday, November 13th, 2010 at the St. George Branch, Royal Canadian Legion
(9 Main Street North)
4:30 pm Reception; 5:30 pm Guest Speaker
Tickets $28 advance/ $30 at the door if available (last year sold out)
Tickets at the Museum, 36 Main Street South, and at the Legion,
Or call 519-448-1053 (David) or 519-448-1075 (Cliff).
+ LEST WE FORGET +
Presents
AN EVENING REMEMBERING The KOREAN WAR YEARS
A Buffet-style Roast Beef dinner featuring:
Memories of the Korean War from ANDY BARBER
A crew member who served on
HMCS HAIDA during her second trip to Korea,
and
MUSICAL GUESTS:
SHARILYN VANDERMOLEN With STEVE McRAE
performing and discussing
songs from the Hit Parade of 1950 - 1953
Saturday, November 13th, 2010 at the St. George Branch, Royal Canadian Legion
(9 Main Street North)
4:30 pm Reception; 5:30 pm Guest Speaker
Tickets $28 advance/ $30 at the door if available (last year sold out)
Tickets at the Museum, 36 Main Street South, and at the Legion,
Or call 519-448-1053 (David) or 519-448-1075 (Cliff).
+ LEST WE FORGET +
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