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Up and Down: Chapter 5

Thursday, June 28th, 2012
Up and Down: Chapter 5 read by the author, Terry Fallis [ 33:00 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In Chapter 5, David endures an uncomfortable telephone conversation with Crawford Blake, the head of TK’s Washington office, and the threat of a national postal strike hangs over the Citizen Astronaut contest.

Next week, Chapter 6, as David heads west in search of the Canadian winner of the Citizen Astronaut contest.

The voiceover that opens each episode of the podcast belongs to my friend, Roger Dey.

Your comments on the podcast are invited here on the blog, or via email to tfallis@gmail.com.

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The High Road cracks the top 10

Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

Okay, you know when I wrote in an earlier entry that I would try not to be quite so self-indulgent in my blog posts? Well, I’m still committed to that, but am requesting special dispensation to record the good news that The High Road has for the first time, cracked the BookManager Canadian Fiction Bestseller List, checking in at number eight. Undoubtedly pulled along by The Best Laid Plans, which is still basking in the Canada Reads afterglow. It’s a thrill to see both of my novels in the Top 10.

I promise a humbler writing update on novel number three shortly…

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Congratulations to our podcast contest winners

Friday, July 30th, 2010

The entries for our first ever podcast contest have closed and our  three winners have been randomly drawn. McClelland & Stewart will be contacting the winners soon to arrange delivery of their $50 iTunes gift cards. Congratulations to  Geoffrey, Marlene, and Janet! Many thanks to everyone who participated, and I hope all entrants will continue to listen to the podcast. Chapter 10 will be posted tonight.

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The High Road podcast contest!

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

McClelland & Stewart is launching a contest for listeners of The High Road podcast. But it means you actually have to listen to the podcast, or at least Chapter 1! Here’s how it works:

  • Consider the trivia question below and send your answer to me at tfallis@gmail.com with The High Road in the subject line (I want to make sure I can find your answers amidst the spam my gmail account seems to get). On July 30th, I’ll randomly draw three names from among the correct answers and the three winners will each receive a $50 iTunes gift certificate. (Sorry, but I’m told that the rules governing these contests mean that we can only accept entries from Canadian residents, excluding Quebec).

So here’s the big question:

  • In Chapter 1 of The High Road, what gift does Daniel give to Angus for Christmas?

Settle down everyone. There’s plenty of time to listen and get your answers in. I don’t want to crash my gmail account!

Thanks and good luck.

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