Dundurn Group and Ontario Historical Society Book Reading

On December 6 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., The Dundurn Group (in partnership with the Ontario Historical Society) is having a book reading event. This reading focuses on new books dealing with various aspects of Ontario’s culture including the culinary history of early pioneers, the keeping of diaries in Victorian Ontario, Christmas traditions in the military during the Second World War, and Royal traditions.
Cost: $7 admission, $5 for OHS members

Presenters:

• Lance Goddard (Hell & High Water and Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945). Lance Goddard has worked in television for more than 20 years. His previous Second World War history books with Dundurn, D-Day: Juno Beach, Canada's 24 Hours of Destiny and Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945, accompanied TV documentaries, which Lance also produced, and became instant bestsellers.
• Arthur Bousfield (Queen and Consort). Arthur Bousfield, a founding member and vice-chairman of the Monarchist League of Canada, for many years edited and published the periodical Monarchy Canada. He is the co-author of five books on the monarchy.
• Frances Hoffman Much to Be Done and Steeped in Tradition). Frances Hoffman was born and raised in the north of England. Having come to Canada in 1966, Frances lives in a log house on the banks of the Grand River in the heart of Mennonite country near Waterloo, Ontario. It was while entertaining Old Order Mennonite neighbors, and in coming to appreciate the "old world" quality that pervades much of their lives, that the idea of writing Much To Be Done was conceived. She has produced an extensive array of genealogical reference publications and co-authored, with Ryan Taylor, Across the Waters: Ontario Immigrants' Experiences 1820-1850. Her keen interest in culinary history led to the writing of Steeped In Tradition: A Celebration of Tea.