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Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny (Oolichan $18.95)
"I've lived and worked all over B.C.,"; says Caroline Woodward, "from the Peace River and the Kootenays to Lillooet, the Gulf Islands, Vancouver, Haida Gwaii, Powell River, Tofino and all over Vancouver Island. So I can feel at home in lots of places.";
Now a relief assistant lightkeeper based on the Lennard Island Lightstation near Tofino, Caroline Woodward also worked as a sales rep for publishers for Kate Walker & Co. "from Chemainus to Smithers"; for seven years. She's hitting the road again, this time she's promoting two new titles of her own "springing (or glacially proceeding, more like it) from my Peace River roots."; Her novel Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny (Oolichan $18.95) is a contemporary retelling of The Odyssey, an enduring love story between a resolute Peace River ranch wife and her good husband, adrift behind the wheel of his long-haul truck bound for the west coast and southern interior.
Singing Away the Dark (Simply Read $18.95), a children's picture book illustrated by Julie Morstad, is based on Caroline's coping skills learned during midwinter one-mile walks to the Cecil Lake school bus stop in Grade One, through barbwire gates, a scary dark trail, past a cranky bull in a barnyard and finally, enduring a northern blizzard.
Woodward's October book tour included over 25 events in 16 cities, towns and villages. "I love driving,"; she says, "and I welcome the chance to organize my road maps and hit the road again."; Born in Fort St. John and raised on a homestead at Cecil Lake, the former Kootenay bookseller began her writing career with a two-year stint at the Alaska Highway News while she was a high school student.
Penny: 978-088982-267-2; Singing: 978-1-897476-41-3
[BCBW 2010]
Now a relief assistant lightkeeper based on the Lennard Island Lightstation near Tofino, Caroline Woodward also worked as a sales rep for publishers for Kate Walker & Co. "from Chemainus to Smithers"; for seven years. She's hitting the road again, this time she's promoting two new titles of her own "springing (or glacially proceeding, more like it) from my Peace River roots."; Her novel Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny (Oolichan $18.95) is a contemporary retelling of The Odyssey, an enduring love story between a resolute Peace River ranch wife and her good husband, adrift behind the wheel of his long-haul truck bound for the west coast and southern interior.
Singing Away the Dark (Simply Read $18.95), a children's picture book illustrated by Julie Morstad, is based on Caroline's coping skills learned during midwinter one-mile walks to the Cecil Lake school bus stop in Grade One, through barbwire gates, a scary dark trail, past a cranky bull in a barnyard and finally, enduring a northern blizzard.
Woodward's October book tour included over 25 events in 16 cities, towns and villages. "I love driving,"; she says, "and I welcome the chance to organize my road maps and hit the road again."; Born in Fort St. John and raised on a homestead at Cecil Lake, the former Kootenay bookseller began her writing career with a two-year stint at the Alaska Highway News while she was a high school student.
Penny: 978-088982-267-2; Singing: 978-1-897476-41-3
[BCBW 2010]
Submitted on November 10, 2010 in By David.
