{"id":364,"date":"2025-02-09T06:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/?p=364"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:21:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:21:46","slug":"book-launches-and-signing-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/?p=364","title":{"rendered":"Book Launches and Signing Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">British Columbia Book Launch for <em><strong>Oceans of Fate<\/strong><\/em>, Friday, March 14th, <strong>Maritime Museum of British Columbia<\/strong>, Victoria. The event begins at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Book signing for <em><strong>Oceans of Fate<\/strong><\/em>, Sunday, March 16, <strong>Indigo<\/strong> bookstore, Robson Street, Vancouver. The event begins at 12 noon and runs until 5 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Eastern Ontario Book Launch for <em><strong>Oceans of Fate<\/strong><\/em>, Tuesday, April 22nd, Merrickville, Ontario, <strong>Royal Canadian Legion hall.<\/strong> Starting at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Book signing for <em><strong>Oceans of Fate<\/strong><\/em>, Saturday, May 17, 2025, <strong>Octopus Books<\/strong>, Ottawa, 116 Third Avenue (at Bank Street), 11 a.m. to 1 p.m<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Octopus-Books-logo1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" style=\"width:219px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Octopus-Books-logo1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Octopus-Books-logo1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Octopus-Books-logo1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Octopus-Books-logo1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Octopus-Books-logo1-954x954.png 954w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Octopus-Books-logo1-1354x1354.png 1354w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Octopus-Books-logo1.png 1501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Octopus Books<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"677\" height=\"510\" src=\"http:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/store.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" style=\"width:488px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/store.jpg 677w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/store-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Octopus Books, a proudly independent bookstore in Ottawa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Book signing for <strong><em>Oceans of Fate<\/em><\/strong>, Saturday, May 24, 2025, <strong>Merrickville Book Emporium<\/strong>, 105 Wellington Street East, Merrickville, Ontario, 1-3 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-669x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-408\" style=\"width:444px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-1004x1536.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-1338x2048.jpg 1338w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-954x1460.jpg 954w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-1354x2072.jpg 1354w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Book-Emporium-A-scaled.jpg 1673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The Merrickville Book Emporium, 105 Wellington Street East, Merrickville, is hosting a book signing, Saturday, May 24, 2025, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hope to see you there!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Book Talk for <em><strong>Oceans of Fate<\/strong><\/em>, Monday, June 16, <strong>Brockville Probus<\/strong>, at <strong>Royal Canadian Legion Branch<\/strong>, Park Street, Brockville, 10 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book Signing for <strong><em>Oceans of Fate<\/em><\/strong>, Saturday, September 20, <strong>Lyndhurst Branch, Leeds and Thousands Islands Public Library<\/strong>, Lyndhurst, Ontario, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., during the village&#8217;s popular annual Turkey Fair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Book Talk for <em><strong>Oceans of Fate<\/strong><\/em>, Tuesday, October 7, 2025<strong>, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic<\/strong>, Halifax, N.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book Talk for <strong><em>Oceans of Fate<\/em><\/strong>, 2 p.m., Sunday, April 26, 2026, <strong>Mallorytown Talks<\/strong>, <strong>Mallorytown Community Centre<\/strong>, Mallorytown, Ont.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"http:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OceansofFate_Horizontal-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OceansofFate_Horizontal-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OceansofFate_Horizontal-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OceansofFate_Horizontal-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OceansofFate_Horizontal-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OceansofFate_Horizontal-2048x1024.png 2048w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OceansofFate_Horizontal-954x477.png 954w, https:\/\/danblack.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/OceansofFate_Horizontal-1354x677.png 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Publication date February 18, 2025. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Columbia Book Launch for Oceans of Fate, Friday, March 14th, Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Victoria. The event begins at 3 p.m. Book signing for Oceans of Fate, Sunday, March 16, Indigo bookstore, Robson Street, Vancouver. The event begins at 12 noon and runs until 5 p.m. Eastern Ontario Book Launch for Oceans of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/?p=364\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Book Launches and Signing Events&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empress-of-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364\/revisions\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danblack.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}