Sun Dogs and Yellowcake, Edmonton launch
Audreys Books 10702 Jasper Avenue , Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaLaunch of non-fiction book about Gunnar Mines, a Cold War uranium mining town in northern Saskatchewan.
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Sun Dogs and Yellowcake, Saskatoon launch
McNally Robinson Booksellers 3130 8th St E, Saskatoon, SaskatchewanBringing Canada’s early uranium history to life.
CFAX Victoria, Canada’s uranium history on radio
CFAX Radio Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaListen to stories of life in one of Canada's uranium mining towns during the Cold War.
Speech to Saskatchewan Geological Society
Speaking engagement at Saskatchewan Geological Society lunch.
New Voices Reading, Vancouver Public Library
Vancouver Public Library 350 W Georgia St, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJoin Patricia and other authors for a reading and discussion of their books at Vancouver Public Library.
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Discussion and Reading, White Rock Library
Join Patricia and other authors for a reading and discussion of their books.
Books & Company, signing in Prince George
Signing copies of Sun Dogs and Yellowcake at Books & Company in Prince George, May 12
Keynote speaker Women in Mining event, Vancouver
Keynote speaker Women in Mining Cocktail Reception
Mining History convention, Fairbanks Alaska
On June 21, I am so pleased to have been asked to give a talk about Canada's history of uranium mining to the Alaska Mining Hall of Fame Foundation museum in Fairbanks. This will be my first trip to Alaska where I will be attending the Mining History convention and visiting an old school friend from Gunnar again - after … Continue reading "Mining History convention, Fairbanks Alaska"
Sun Dogs Visits Nanaimo
Nanaimo Harbourfront Public Library 90 Commercial St, Nanaimo, British ColumbiaCanada’s uranium helped end the second world war and armed the next, the Cold War. An exploration frenzy swept the western world and mining magnate Gilbert LaBine’s new discovery at Gunnar Mines attracted attention across North America and beyond. Gunnar’s 800 residents—immigrants fleeing post-war Europe, job-seeking southerners, and the area’s First Nations and Métis—found adventure, romance, tragedy, and a freedom never again to be equaled. Meanwhile, lamps made of uranium drill core sat in their homes and their children played at the tailings pond. Sun Dogs and Yellowcake is their story.
Part memoir, part oral history, Sun Dogs and Yellowcake is a thoughtful and often humorous account of a recent but largely forgotten era
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