We're on the cusp of the Labor Day long weekend, which is also the last weekend to visit the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition). One reporter made a video detailing 30 food-on-a-stick items she found at the CNE, so if that's your thing, drop on by. A warning for avid readers: you won't find fried-book-on-a-stick, so better bring your own reading material.
If you're heading back to school, this may also be your last weekend to fit in some non-required reading. Fans of historical fiction should pick up The Hangman in the Mirror by Kate Cayley. Set in 18th century Montreal, this suspenseful book follows a teen maid who is arrested for stealing a pair of gloves. Sentenced to death, her only hope lies in a law that pardons male prisoners if they become the hangman, and female prisoners if they marry the hangman. Luckily for her, the post of hangman is empty... now if she can only convince the young man in the next cell to become the hangman and marry her. But how can she persuade him if they can't even see each other?
Watch the book trailer:
Happy long weekend!
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Meet Kate Cayley!
Yesterday, author Kate Cayley visited the Annick office to sign some copies of her new book The Hangman in the Mirror. Set in 18th-century Montreal, this is the thrilling story of a sixteen-year-old maid who is sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a pair of gloves. The only way she can escape her sentence is to somehow convince the prisoner in the next cell--who she can't even see--to become the hangman and marry her. Believe it or not, this tale is based on a true story.
We're running a giveaway for this book on GoodReads.com; details below!
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