Oct. 3, 2010
“To Take the Northwest Passage: an Arctic evening at ArtSpring”
Please join Michael Byers and Brian Payton for a discussion of the past and present quest for a northern shipping route between Europe and Asia – and the implications for Canada and the Arctic.
Brian Payton is the author of “The Ice Passage: A True Story of Ambition, Disaster, and Endurance in the Arctic Wilderness” that recounts the final voyage of the HMS Investigator, whose wreckage was located only a few months ago in the Northwest Territories.
Michael Byers holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at UBC. In recent trips to the North he has witnessed how quickly climate change is opening the Canadian Arctic to commercial shipping. His book, “Who Owns the Arctic?”, discusses the implications of a newly navigable route through the Arctic, and how to address the danger it poses to Canadian sovereignty and Arctic ecosystems.
A public discussion with these authors will be moderated by Kevin Patterson, an acclaimed island author who has practiced medicine and written about life in the North.
This event is free and open to all. It is being organized by Salt Spring Books and ArtSpring. It will begin at 7:00pm on October 3rd in the Gallery at ArtSpring.
Books by both authors will be available for sale.
Sept. 21, 2010
The Ice Passage will be published in paperback.
Aug. 4, 2010
BREAKING NEWS
A ship not seen for 156 years: Footage of HMS Investigator is now available.
Watch: Canada AM
July 28, 2010
BREAKING NEWS
The ship at the heart of The Ice Passage, HMS Investigator,
has been found where abandoned in Mercy Bay, on Banks Island, in the Arctic Archipelago. Canada’s Environment Minister Jim Prentice credits The Ice Passage
as inspiring his dream to mount a search.
Read: National Post
Watch: CTV
June 7, 2010
Brian’s essay “The Wild Life” (Canadian Geographic) wins silver
at the 2010 National Magazine Awards.
This issue of Canadian Geographic turns out to be the all-time best seller
in the history of the magazine.
May 19, 2010
“Simply put, trees are dying faster than they’re being replaced.
The death rate has doubled in just 17 years
in the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest...”
Read “Last Stand,” Brian’s profile of UBC’s Dr. Lori Daniels
in Vancouver Magazine. Last Stand.pdf
May, 2010
Brian’s essay, “The Wild Life”
from Canadian Geographic’s Dec. 2009 issue
has been nominated for a National Magazine Award.
Spring, 2010
Find a feature excerpt of The Ice Passage
in The Torch, the University of Victoria alumni magazine, pg. 28,
April 18, 2010
North by Northwest
Brian speaks with Sheryl MacKay about the inspiration behind
(interview starts at approx. 7:30 min. into the program)
March 25, 2010
Brian speaks with Geoff D’Auria of The Tyee about death in the Arctic,
why ice is alive, our melting sense of nature, and more.
March 11, 2010
BC Book Prizes - 2010 Finalists Announced
The Ice Passage has been chosen as a finalist for the Hubert Evans Nonfiction Prize
Dec. 2009 - Jan. 2010
“The Wild Life” (cover story)
80th Anniversary issue
Nov. 9, 2009
2010 Longlist Announced - Canada’s largest nonfiction book prize
The Ice Passage has been nominated for BC's National Award for Canadian Nonfiction
Dec. 1, 2009, Burlington/Hamilton, ON:
Hear Brian read and discuss The Ice Passage at
A Different Drummer Books, 10 a.m.
Dec. 3, 2009, Toronto, ON:
Brian will read from The Ice Passage at
the University of Toronto Lecture Series,
Markham Civic Theatre, 12:30 p.m.
Hear Brian Payton’s conversation with Rick MacInnes-Rae
Hear Brian Payton’s conversation with John McCarthy
about Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness
