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May 30, 2018
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Paul

When I was ten I had two ambitions. I wanted to play shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, following in the footsteps of my then and forevermore hero, two-time National League MVP Ernie Banks. And I wanted to be a novelist. I only played baseball through high school (I did practice for a couple of days with my college team before I decided to play soccer instead) but over a recent fifteen year period I’ve written four novels, had three published, and I’ve written a book on creativity as well. So I guess I’m hitting .500...

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Nov 04, 2015
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Goodbye to my dear friends

It’s been nine years since I began working on what has become The River of Lakes trilogy, and yesterday, on the eve of the second novel being published, I have started working on the last chapter of the third book. And it’s made me rather sad. Over the past nine years I have spent more time with Brian and Maureen Burke, and Joe Loon and Little Stevie Fobister, and This Man and so many others, than I have with anyone outside my immediate—and very understanding—family. I am going to miss them all. They have surprised me, they have delighted me day after day, and I cherish my time with them as they led me on their grand adventures. I didn’t expect...

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Oct 12, 2015
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‘Worlds Between’ gets 5 stars in first review

'Worlds Between', the second novel of The River of Lakes trilogy, will be published on November 6th and Foreword Reviews was the first to review it. They gave it five out of five stars (actually, they gave it five out of five hearts). "At its heart, Worlds Between is an accessible, engaging, and sympathetic tale of families and cultures, and the choices that shape them. It will please fans of historical fiction, family sagas, and stories from around the world." The reception the first novel of the trilogy, 'The 53rd Parallel', received from readers was very gratifying. It's now on sale at the Quiet Man Museum in Cong in the West of Ireland, as well as the Museum of Ojibwe Culture in...

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May 26, 2015
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Anung’s Journey wins another award

The International Book Awards for 2015 were announced last week and Anung's Journey was a Finalist for Book of the Year in Children's Literature. IBA announces the finalists and the winners at the same time and Anung's Journey is one of four finalists, but didn't win. A couple of months ago Foreword Reviews also selected Anung's Journey as a Book of the Year finalist in Children's Literature; they also selected the book as a finalist in Adult Multicultural Fiction. They will announce their winners in late June. ...

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Mar 15, 2015
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Behind Anung’s Journey: Anung’s Journey a Finalist for Book of the Year

What an honor. 'Anung's Journey' is a finalist for the INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award in two categories, Multicultural Fiction and Juvenile Fiction. The book was previously named one of the Top 10 Middle Grade Novels of 2014 by Foreword Reviews. To celebrate, here's the next of the talks I had with Steve Fobister, when he and I were in Winnipeg last November. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN95poP8rQg&w=640&h=480]...

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Oct 21, 2014
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An Excerpt from Novel 3: The Cliffs of Moher

Early in the third novel in 'The River of Lakes Trilogy' Brian travels with his teenage daughter, Grace O'Malley Burke, to Ireland, to visit his home village of Cong. They are traveling with two of Grace O'Malley's girlfriends, two Ojibway girls from Joe Loon's clan, Annie Fobister and Louise Keewatin, who have never been outside their world on the River. Maureen, Grace's mother, was not able to accompany them on this trip. They stood beneath O’Brien’s Tower at the Cliffs of Moher, Brian nearest the edge, Grace next to him, Annie and Louise a step back and holding hands, all standing past the signs that established the safe boundary. The winds were...

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Sep 29, 2014
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Worlds Between submitted

This morning I put on my Ernest Hemingway T-shirt that one of my daughters gave me a few years back, I read the last chapter of Worlds Between one more time, made two changes, and just submitted it to my publisher, Light Messages. I thought it was done a week or so ago, when I shared the first chapter of the book here with you, but then I read it again and understood it needed a new final chapter, one that completes this book and sets up some key plot points in the third. I wore my Hemingway T-shirt eleven months ago when I sent the publisher my first novel, The 53rd Parallel. I have had a life long...

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Sep 07, 2014
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The First Chapter of ‘World’s Between’

You asked for it. Well, sort of. I asked you to ask for it. And someone did, a couple of you did, fans of 'The 53rd Parallel', and I'm easy and quite pleased with what is happening in the first chapter of the second book of The River of Lakes Trilogy, so here. And then I thought, why not share the first half of the second chapter as well. The plan now is to publish 'World's Between' in the Spring of 2015. I hope you enjoy it. ...

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Sep 02, 2014
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Launching Anung at St. Ignace History Week

It was such a great pleasure being able to launch Anung's Journey from the heart of Ojibwa lands, especially during such an exciting time as St. Ignace's History Week. I made drums with an Ojibway elder, learned about the traditional dances, saw traditional regalia, and enjoyed some delicious delicacies like maple candy and roast duck. Judy Bonello from the Museum of Ojibwa Culture was gracious enough to take some pictures of the festivities, and I am excited to share them with you here! Brant and his father Keith Knecht, me, and Francie Wyers and her son Matt. I couldn't make out the name of the shelter style, reed mats and birch bark sheets, very portable, very authentic Matt Wyers, in...

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I want to thank all the folks who have been so important to my writing. My wife, Marie, and my three daughters, Sarah Rose, Brita, and Krista Anne. Steve Fobister. Elizabeth Turnbull. Robin Metz. Kevin Qian. And my father, Loran Nordgren.

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