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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!

MAY 2023: Dr. Gary Hoium’s book Don’t They Kick When You Do That? Stories of a Prairie Veterinarian, is in the Top 40 of Amazon’s Rural Life Humour books! You can buy a signed copy from our website!

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.

 

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