In 1998, I published The Living Beach, my most extensive piece of environmental writing -- an account of the fascinating dance of wind, sand and water that makes beaches, live, grow, shrink, die and adapt. The book won a bunch of awards, but when the publishing house was sold to a multinational corporation it instantly went out of print. (The hardcover is still available from my author website, www.silverdonaldcameron.ca.)
Five Favourite Beaches in Cape Breton
It's fun to go online and find your opinions being debated by others. A few years ago, being considered something of an expert on beaches beause of my The Living Beach project (which took the form of a book, a video, a magazine piece, a TV show, etc.) I was asked to name my five favourite Nova Scotia beaches.
The New Silver Donald Cameron Website
We've just finished – well, almost – a major overhaul of my own web site, www.silverdonaldcameron.ca.
A few things are still missing, like some introductory text on the “Books” page, and a bit more detail (plus a photo) on the “Speaker” page, but overall I'm very pleased with it. The site had become very cluttered and lacking in focus, and the new version is far cleaner and simpler.
Visually, the new version is much more clearly related to The Green Interview, and in fact this blog is shared by the two sites. Eventually, a click on “Our Host” on TheGreen Interview.com will take you directly to the homepage at SilverDonaldCameron.ca.
Please go and take a look at the Silver Donald site, and if you're moved to make a comment, I'd be delighted to hear from you.
Blog Posts and Reviews of A Million Futures
I'm happy to see that my recent book is getting some attention. A Million Futures: The Remarkable Legacy of the CAnada Millennium Scholarship Foundation was published last September. Here's a nice little Q&A that Halifax writer Richard Levangie does with recently-published authors: http://seventhestatepr.com/blog/2011/01/26/459/
And here's a short but lovely review by Dale Kirby, a professor of education at Memorial University of Newfoundland: http://post-secondary.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-book-on-canada-millennium...
The book has also been noticed in University Affairs, the house organ of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, here: http://www.universityaffairs.ca/building-a-strong-foundation.aspx
It's not exactly a natural best-seller, but it's pleased a lot of readers and it's good to see it drawing a little attention. More details about the book can be found here: www.amillionfutures.com
