What a thrill it was to watch Jim Cuddy and Ali Velshi square off against NDP MP Pat Martin on Evan Solomon’s show Power & Politics on CBC News Network. You can watch it here (fast forward to start at 1:19:09 into the show). The sometimes heated discussion revolved around my second novel, The High Road. Jim and Ali were very supportive while Pat Martin wasn’t such a big fan. The debate went on for a good 15 minutes or so and actually included a reading from THR by the very Scottish National Post columnist, John Ivison. In the end, I think fair-minded viewers would feel encouraged to pick up the book on the basis of Jim and Ali’s positive reviews. I confess it was a little surreal to watch my second novel being discussed on television by such high fliers who had obviously read the book. Yes, it was quite a thrill…
Jim Cuddy and Ali Velshi plug THR on CBC’s P&P
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[…] of The High Road by Terry Fallis on CBC which I discovered on Terry’s website, having missed it on TV. I was pleased to catch it and, when marvelling at the wonder of the […]
What a fun clip, Terry! How about Pat Martin? You can’t accuse him of being boring.
The High Road is even BETTER than The Best Laid Plans, and the first book was really good.
the hummer ribbon scene is still my favorite.
[…] the Canada Reads as one of the top five books of the DECADE and his second book, The High Road, is being debated on TV! I hope he will read my final draft of The Wicked Problem (and that you will read his novels). […]