A Race for Real Readers

With a firsthand knowledge of the sea and the skill of a born storyteller, Keith McLaren will hoist sail and read from his book A Race for Real Sailors on May 7 at 7 pm at Alderney Gate Library, 60 Alderney Drive, Dartmouth, and on May 8 at Cole Harbour Library, 51 Forest Hills Parkway, Cole Harbour. He’ll then jib down the coast and drop anchor on May 9 at 7 pm at Lunenburg Library, 19 Pelham Street, Lunenburg.

A Race for Real Sailors is nominated for the Dartmouth Book Award for Non-fiction. The anticipation, pressure and thrill of each International Fisherman’s Cup race that ran from 1920 to 1938 is as present as sea air in McLaren’s recounting of these exciting races. For more high seas reading adventures, visit: http://www.writers.ns.ca/bookfest07

Keith McLaren was born in Victoria and now lives in North Saanich, BC. He crossed Canada to attend the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, and stayed on to study at the Nova Scotia Nautical Institute when it was located in Pier 21. He’s been at sea for more than 35 years and today is Master of The Spirit of Vancouver Island with BC Ferries. His previous books include Bluenose, Bluenose II and Light on the Water.