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  • Lytton on Hardback by Peter Edwards
  • Lytton on Hardback by Peter Edwards
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Before it made global headlines as the small town that burned down during a record-breaking heat wave in June 2021, while briefly the hottest place on Earth, Lytton, British Columbia, had a curious past. Named for the author of the infamous line, 'It was a dark and stormy night,' Lytton was also where Peter Edwards, organised-crime journalist and author of over a dozen books, spent his childhood. Although only about 500 people lived in Lytton, Peter liked to joke that he was only the second-best writer to come from his tiny hometown. His grade-school classmate's nephew Kevin Loring, a member of the Nlaka'pamux Nation at Lytton First Nation, had grown up to be a Governor General's Award-winning playwright. The Nlaka'pamux called Lytton 'The Centre of the World,' a view Buddhists would share in the late twentieth century, as they set up a temple just outside town. In modern times, many outsiders would seek shelter there, often people who just didn't fit anywhere else and were hoping for

Author Biography:

PETER EDWARDS is the organized-crime beat reporter for the Toronto Star and the bestselling author of seventeen non-fiction books and oneyoung adult novel. His works have been published in four languages. Edwards is a member of Top Left Entertainment, a production development company, and an executive producer for the Citytv series Bad Blood,created by New Metric Media and aired on Netflix. His book One Dead Indian: The Premier, the Police and the Ipperwash Crisis was made into the Gemini Award–winning movie One Dead Indian by Sienna Films that aired on CTV. Edwards was awarded an eagle feather from the Union of Ontario Indians and a gold medal from the Centre for Human Rights. His book Delusion (published in Europe as The Infiltrator) is on the CIA’s recommended reading list for staff and agents. KEVIN LORING is a Governor General’s Award-winning playwright, an actor, a director and the founding Artistic Director of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre of Canada. He is also the Artistic Director of Savage Society, a not-for-profit production company. His three published works are: Where the Blood Mixes, Thanks for Giving and Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer. He comes from the Loring family from Botanie Valley and the Adams of Snake Flat. He is a Nlaka’pamux of Lytton First Nation.
Release date Australia
June 25th, 2024
Pages
320
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
8 Illustrations, unspecified
ISBN-13
9781039006157
Product ID
38431063

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