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Meet author/ editor/ publisher Deana J. Driver and/or some of other DriverWorks Ink authors or book subjects at these events:
CATHEDRAL HOLIDAY CRAFT MARKET, Regina SK, Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre, 2900 – 13th Ave., Sat. Nov. 16 from 10 am to 4 pm. Author-publisher Deana Driver will be selling DriverWorks Ink books.
AN EVENING WITH REG “CRASH” HARRISON – TALES OF A WWII LANCASTER PILOT, Saskatoon SK, Saskatchewan Aviation Museum. Tues. Nov 19, starting at 6 pm. Author Deana Driver and 102-year-old Reg “Crash” Harrison will talk about the book and Reg’s life during the Second World War. The Crash Harrison book will be available for sale, as will the 3 volumes of Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation. A new documentary featuring Reg Harrison’s story will also be shown, produced by award-winning Saskatchewan filmmaker Thomega Entertainment.
SEPTEMBER 2024: Our updated edition of Mary Harelkin Bishop’s book Tunnels of Tyranny – Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #4 has been selected Runner-Up in the Young Adult category at the 2024 Hollywood Book Festival. Congratulations, Mary! Huge thanks and congrats also to artist Wendi Nordell for the cover art and inside illustrations! All 4 of our updated Tunnels adventures books have now won awards!
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024, Le Touquet, France: A re-enactment of a scene from See You in Le Touquet – A Memoir of War and Destiny by Romie Christie happened in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the town’s liberation during the Second World War. Romie and her sister Alexandra and Alex’s husband Don participated in a special celebration of their father liberating the town in September 1944. Alex played the role of Romie and Alex’s mother Dorothy Borutti and Don played the role of their father, Canadian Army Captain (and later Saskatchewan Queen’s Bench Judge) Sandy MacPherson. The town renamed its museum roundabout in honour of Sandy and Dorothy and their special meeting!
AUGUST 2024: DriverWorks Ink has moved! Our new address is 40 Upland Drive, Regina, SK S4R 0B9.
MAY 2024: Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death by Deana J. Driver, has won 2 awards at the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2024! This inspiring biography of 101-year-old Reg “Crash” Harrison, who grew up in rural Saskatchewan in the Dirty Thirties and survived 4 plane crashes during the Second World War, was named a Finalist (silver medalist) in the Military category and in the Memoirs (Historical/ Legacy) category.
APRIL 2024: We are delighted that Jennifer S. Wallace’s gracious, reflective memoir about her mother’s life – coming from Jamaica and working as a nurse in Western Canada – Miss G and Me, was selected as the prestigious One Book One Province 2024 winning title by the Saskatchewan Library Association! Readers across Saskatchewan had the opportunity to attend events in April at which Jennifer read and presented stories from her book. Congratulations, Jennifer!
MARCH 2024: Our updated edition of Mary Harelkin Bishop’s book Tunnels of Treachery – Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #3 has been awarded Honorable Mention in the Young Adult category at the 2024 London (England) Book Festival. Congratulations, Mary!
MARCH 2024: Our updated edition of Mary Harelkin Bishop’s book Tunnels of Time – Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #1 has been selected Runner-Up in the Young Adult category at the 2024 Great Midwest Book Festival. Congratulations, Mary!
MARCH 2024: We have 11 more DriverWorks Ink books available now as e-books in addition to their softcover formats:
Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death by Deana J. Driver shares the inspiring life story of a 100-year-old Saskatoon man who served in the Canadian Air Force and survived four plane crashes as a bomber pilot during the Second World War.
Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Vol. 3 by Deana J. Driver and Contributors now joins the first 2 volumes of this series in being available as an e-book, sharing more anecdotes of aviation achievements, rescue flights, wartime memories, and other true stories.
Murphy Mondays: The First St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog in a Canadian Emergency Room by Jane Smith is a children’s picture book that tells of an English Springer Spaniel that is the first St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog to visit an emergency room in all of Canada.
Tunnels of Terror: Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #2, Tunnels of Treachery: Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #3, and Tunnels of Tyranny: Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #4 by Mary Harelkin Bishop are bestselling historical fiction books full of exciting adventures of teenage Andrea and her brother Tony in the frightening tunnels below 1920s Moose Jaw.
See You in Le Touquet: A Memoir of War and Destiny by Romie Christie tells the absorbing story of her parents’ lives in France during the Second World War and later in Canada.
Lisa Driver’s four spiritual guidebooks are now available as e-books. In Opening Up: How To Develop Your Intuition And Work With Your Angels, Lisa shares her journey from skeptic to believer to mentor for others.
In Leap: How to Overcome Doubt, Fear, And Grief and Choose The Path of Joy, Lisa shares insights that can help you step through your fears, take a leap of faith, and create the life of your dreams.
In Boundaries and Bucket-Filling: How To Say No to Others and Yes to You, Lisa teaches the importance of taking time for yourself and adding more commitments that bring you joy and contentment instead of those that wear you down.
In You Are Enough: Activate Your Angels and Magnetize a Soul-FULL Life, Lisa shares more spiritual tools such as meditations, Angel Activations, exercises, and journal prompts to help you heal your need to achieve, stop sabotaging yourself, and make room for pockets of rest, reflection, acceptance, and clarity.
All of these titles are now available as e-books from Kobo, Apple, Amazon, and Overdrive. Search the e-book vendor’s site by the book title or author name.
FEBRUARY 2024: Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death by Deana J. Driver is ranked #3 of the Top 100 Bestsellers of 2023 at McNally Robinson Booksellers – Saskatoon!
SEPTEMBER 2023: DriverWorks Ink is pleased to introduce 2 new books:
See You in Le Touquet – A Memoir of War and Destiny by Romie Christie shares the inspiring story of Romie’s parents’ war story turned love story. Canadian Army Captain Sandy MacPherson (who became a Saskatchewan Queen’s Bench judge), is known as the liberator of the town of Le Touquet (too-kay), France, where he met Dorothy Borutti, who had been imprisoned by the German occupiers for listening to English radio. Nonfiction, Biography, Canadian Military History.
Tunnels of Tyranny – Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #4 by Mary Harelkin Bishop finds young Andrea and Tony back in time again in the tunnels below Moose Jaw. On a mission for their grandfather, they soon discover unnerving figures wearing eerie white hoods. Historical fiction, ages 9 and up, updated with illustrations, modern language, and resources.
AUGUST 2023: DriverWorks Ink is pleased to introduce 2 new books:
Crash Harrison – Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death by Deana J. Driver tells the inspiring story of 100-year-old war veteran (and Honorary Snowbird) Reginald “Crash” Harrison of Saskatoon, who survived four plane crashes and became a hero to many. Nonfiction, Biography, Canadian Military History.
Don’t They Kick When You Do That? Vol. 2. More Stories of a Prairie Veterinarian by Dr. Gary Hoium shares more amusing anecdotes of Dr. Hoium’s animal and human encounters, experiences, adventures, and stories from his perspective as an “Animal Doc” for 40 years. Nonfiction, Rural Life Humour.
JUNE 2023: Our updated edition of Mary Harelkin Bishop’s book Tunnels of Treachery – Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #3 has been selected as a Best Books for Kids & Teens 2023, Junior and Intermediate Fiction (for Tweens ages 8 – 14) by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre! Expert committees of educators, booksellers, and school and public librarians across Canada reviewed 433 submissions, looking for excellence in writing, illustration or performance that will appeal to children and young adults. Congratulations to Mary Harelkin Bishop, cover and inside illustrator Wendi Nordell, and editor-publisher DriverWorks Ink!
E-books: These 23 titles published by DriverWorks Ink are available as e-books. Search your favourite e-book store by book title or author title.
Links to news stories and interviews about our books and authors:
- Author Romie Christie celebrated with her book See You in Le Touquet: A Memoir of War and Destiny in Le Touquet, France at the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the town’s liberation by her father Sandy MacPherson! Watch the French video of this extraordinary event.
- Le Touquet’s news article of the celebration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the French town, featuring Canadian Captain Sandy MacPherson and local resident Dorothy Borutti, as chronicled in their daughter Romie Christie’s book See You in Le Touquet.
- Author Jennifer S. Wallace spoke with CBC Radio Morning Edition host Stefani Langenegger about writing her mother’s story in Miss G and Me. Other media interviews with Jennifer as part of Saskatchewan Library Association’s One Book One Province events are:
- Author Romie Christie was interviewed about her new book See You in Le Touquet: A Memoir of War and Destiny by CBC Radio Morning Edition – Sask’s host Stefani Langenegger. Other interveiws with Romie about her See You in Le Touquet book are:
- Reg “Crash” Harrison and author Deana Driver talk with the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix about their new book Crash Harrison – Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death.
- Dr. Roy Lewis, DVM, interviewed Dr. Gary Hoium about his new book, Volume 2 of Don’t They Kick When You Do That? More Stories of a Prairie Veterinarian, for an article in The Western Producer.
- Dr. Gary Hoium is interviewed by Sask Today about his newest book, Volume 2 of Don’t They Kick When You Do That? More Stories of a Prairie Veterinarian.
- Reg “Crash” Harrison talks – not once but twice – with John Gormley NewsTalk Radio, about his story being captured in the new book Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death. Listen to the August 23rd interview. Listen to the September 5th interview.
- Author Deana J. Driver and the book’s subject Reg “Crash” Harrison talk with CTV Saskatoon News at Noon about Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death. The interview begins at 8:06 on this clip.
- Author Deana J. Driver talks about her new book, Crash Harrison: Tales of a Bomber Pilot Who Defied Death, with CBC Radio Saskatchewan Weekend host Shauna Powers.
- Lisa Driver talks about her spiritual coaching and the concepts in her new book You Are Enough: Activate Your Angels & Magnetize a Soul-FULL Life in a CBC Radio Saskatchewan Weekend interview with host Shauna Powers.
- Mary Harelkin Bishop tells Saskatoon Star-Phoenix readers why they should read her updated edition of Tunnels of Treachery – Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #3.
- Dr. Gary Hoium, author of Don’t They Kick When You Do That? Stories of a Prairie Veterinarian, talks about some of his memorable adventures with animals with host Garth Materie and listeners of CBC Radio’s Blue Sky program.
- Mary Harelkin Bishop releases Tunnels of Treachery: Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #3, the third book in her Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure Series, in the Tunnels of Moose Jaw – story by Discover Moose Jaw.
- Jennifer S. Wallace presented excerpts of her book Miss G and Me to an audience during Saskatchewan Book Week 2022.
- John Gormley Show radio interview with Evan Wall and author Susanne Gauthier about Evan’s inspiring story in Rebuilding a Brick Wall. The interview is in the On Demand section, April 14, 2022 – and begins at the 20:48 minute spot.
- Jane Smith chats about her nonfiction children’s picture book Murphy Mondays: The First St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog in a Canadian Emergency Room in an interview on the John Gormley Live talk radio show.
- Saskatoon Star-Phoenix Bridges article – Read My Book: Tunnels of Terror: Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #2 by Mary Harelkin Bishop
- Moose Jaw Today article on Evan Wall of Rebuilding a Brick Wall – ‘Saskatchewan man remakes himself after devastating head injury‘
- A CBC Radio Saskatchewan Weekend interview with author Jennifer S. Wallace – ‘Miss G and Me‘: Saskatoon’s Jennifer Wallace writes a memoir about her mother’s life as a Saskatchewan nurse from Jamaica
- An interview with Dr. Gary Hoium on CBC Radio about his book Don’t They Kick When You Do That?
- An interview with author Mary Harelkin Bishop about her Tunnels of Time: Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #1 book, on John Gormley/ 650 CKOM radio – Look in the “On Demand” section for “GORMLEY – MARY HARELKIN BISHOP – Oct 2 – 12PM”
- CBC Radio Afternoon Edition interview with author Susanne Gauthier and Evan Wall about their new book Rebuilding a Brick Wall
- Moose Jaw Today interview with publisher Deana Driver about republishing the popular Canadian children’s classic, Tunnels of Time: Moose Jaw Time Travel Adventure #1
- John Gormley Live talk radio interview with author-publisher Deana Driver about Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Vol. 1 begins at 1:22 of the clip
- Regina Leader-Post article about Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Vol. 1
- CTV Saskatoon interview with author-publisher Deana Driver about Flight: Stories of Canadian Aviation, Vol. 1
- Saskatoon You Rock TV interview with author Jane Smith about Murphy Mondays: The First St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog in a Canadian Emergency Room
- Saskatoon Global TV interview with Jane Smith about Murphy Mondays: The First St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog in a Canadian Emergency Room
- Regina Leader-Post article on Ron Petrie’s “Thankful” column, one of 70 we included in his book Running of the Buffalo
- CBC Radio interview on the creation of the Fun On The Farm book