About the Author

Alan D. Butcher

Alan D. Butcher was born in Vancouver, B.C. and has been writing all his life. He has written advertising materials, worked in the Canadian Arctic, and wrote and produced "The Chase Almanac" for 25 years. His previously published books include "I Remember Haida" (Lancelot Press, 1985), "Ale & Beer" (McClelland & Stewart, 1989), and "Unlikely Paradise: The Life of Francis Gage" (Dundurn Press, 2009). Alan has three additional books in progress: a novel, a memoir, and an urban social history book. He has won the 2010 Donald Grant Creighton Award for Best Biography from the Ontario Historical Society. Alan lives in Cobourg Ontario. He is a member of the Writers Union of Canada.

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Silence of the North, The

by Alan D. Butcher

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"The Silence of the North" is a poetic reflection of Canadian least known and most enigmatic Arctic region. Alan Butcher challenges our notions of landscape and wilderness, culture and perception, the limits of experience, and the nature of being. This is a poetry collection that investigates the human understanding, parting the veil of the mundane …

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Unlikely Paradise

The Life of Frances Gage

by Alan D. Butcher

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Artist Frances Gage, born in 1924 in Windsor, experienced both artistic recognition and acute despair in her life, yet she flourished in her work and as part of the contemporary Toronto art scene. A friend of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, she developed a greater connection with the Group of Seven, working closely with Frederick Varley and produ …

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