Turns out Beyond Mile Zero is a finalist in the 2017 Foreward Indies, non-fiction travel book category. Find out how the book does on June 15, 2018, when the winners will be announced.
Beyond Mile Zero receives a silver IPPY award for travel essay
Pleased as punch to announce that Beyond Mile Zero, the Vanishing Alaska Highway Lodge Community (Lost Moose / Harbour Publishing) won a 2018 silver IPPY Award in the Travel Essay category.
An IPPY is ‘The world’s leading book award recognizing quality, independently published books.’
There’s a medal, an award ceremony in New York, you know the unusually fun stuff.
Honoured to be included in this fine list of winners.
Lily Gontard and Mark Kelly Honoured with Heritage Award
Mark and I are honoured to be selected as the recipients of the Yukon Historical Museums Associations’ Innovation, Education and Community Engagement Award for 2017. I accepted the award for us at the Yukon Heritage Awards Ceremony on Monday, February 19, 2018, at the Yukon Archives in Whitehorse. Unfortunately, Mark was travelling and unable to join me at the ceremony. It was a wonderful evening that recognized the work of some exceptional Yukoners dedicated to preserving culture and heritage.
Read about “My Writing Day”
It was fun to write about my writing day for writer, publisher and critic Rob McLellan’s new blog series “My Writing Day”. Have a read here. There’s a special-guest appearance from this guy (aka dog muse).
Thanks Government of Yukon
I’m happy to announce that I received funding from the Government of Yukon which will help with my continued work on the biography of American geologist Helen Foster..
Beyond Mile Zero featured in Maclean’s-Duracell #Explorer150 video series
To watch the short doc about Beyond Mile Zero featured in the Maclean’s-Duracell #Explorer150 video series, follow this link.
Lily Gontard: Media Coverage
Dave White interviews Joanna Lilley and Lily Gontard about Words and Whatnot, Airplay, CBC Radio, June 13, 2016
“The New World of Arctica Magazine,” by Darrell Hookey, What’s Up Yukon, August 19, 2010
“Online Cultural Magazine Will Unite the North,” by Chris Oke, Yukon News, Dec 4th, 2009
“Yukon and Alaska Writers in Northern Review” Yukon College, December 2, 2009
Upcoming Readings
Date: 7 p.m. Monday, June 19, 2017, at Baked Cafe, Main Street, Whitehorse, Yukon
Details: I’ll be reading poetry in support of visiting poet Chrys Salt
Date: 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Atlin Lit Up literary festival (part of the Atlin Arts and Music Festival)
Details: “Level Up With Collabortaion” a presentation with photographer Mark Kelly
Heading to Nevada
Great news! I’ve received funding from Access Copyright through the Marian Hebb Research Grant to support further research for the biography of Helen Foster, American geologist and unstoppable nonagenarian. I’ve been conducting interviews with Helen for the last few months via Skype and thanks to this funding, I’ll be able to travel to Nevada to interview her. It will be wonderful to meet Helen in person and go over her personal archive. This is a fantastic opportunity.
Words and Whatnot Poetry & Conversation Event
Dave White on CBC Radio Airplay recently interviewed Joanna Lilley and me about Words and Whatnot, a poetry reading and conversation event at the Woodcutter’s Blanket in Whitehorse, Yukon, on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, featuring poets Talya Rubin and Erin Brubacher