Latitude 46 Publishing is excited to announce it will publish five titles in the 2017 fall season, one by North Bay author Rod Carley.
Following the success of its first full year of programming featuring a strong lineup of all female writers, the literary press continues to focus on the authors and stories that shape the experience, culture and history of Northern Ontario.
“We’ve been blown away by the quality and quantity of submissions we’ve received to date,” said publisher Laura Stradiotto. “The need for a literary press in the North is clearly evident and there definitely is room for Northern voices in the Canadian literary scene.”
In 2017 the Sudbury-based literary press will publish the works of Rod Carley (North Bay), Roger Nash (Sudbury), Liisa Kovala (Sudbury) and Hap Wilson (Rosseau).
Latitude 46 Publishing will also print a second edition of Suzanne Charron’s biography Wolf Man Joe LaFlamme: Tamer Untamed (originally published by Scrivener Press).
All five titles will be released September 30 in Sudbury, with additional events scheduled across Ontario and particularly in North Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Gogama, and Toronto.
A Matter of Will By Rod Carley
Synopsis: Will Crosswell’s decision to pursue acting shattered his father’s dream of him being a useful adult. When we first meet the young Will he is a wolf in wolf’s clothing. But in the ensuing years, from relationships to the theatre, his life has become one shipwreck after another. Dumped by his fiancée and desperate to pay the rent, he finds himself taking a job on the bottom rung of the Great Chain of Being – a telemarketer. The satire becomes serious when Will hits rock bottom. After a life-altering AA encounter with an unconventional minister, Will enrolls in divinity school and has to survive his most challenging escapade yet - a forty day fast in a Newfoundland outport in the middle of the frozen winter. As he struggles to keep from freezing and starving to death, he is confronted by a series of strange events, not the least of which is an encounter with Billy Blight, a bigger-than-life Newfoundlander headed for perdition. Funny, surprising, outrageous, and moving, A Matter of Will is the tale of a middle-age maybe minister and his journey to find a mighty purpose.
Author: Rod Carley is the Artistic Director of Canadore College’s Acting for Stage and Screen Program in North Bay and a part-time English professor at Nipissing University. He is also an award- winning director, playwright and actor, having directed and produced over 100 theatrical productions to date including fifteen adaptations of Shakespeare. He was the 2009 winner of TVO’s Big Ideas/Best Lecturer competition. A Matter of Will is his first novel.
Advance Praise: "In this fable-like tale, author Rod Carley proves that he has a deft touch with story and character. A Matter of Will takes the reader on a journey that is pure Canadian and thoroughly enjoyable." - Norm Foster, Canada's most produced playwright
Pre-orders will be available in early May at www.latitude46publishing.com.
Books will be available for sale Sept.30 through Latitude 46 Publishing, Chapters/Indigo, Amazon and select Canadian retailers across North America.
