Up The Coast

by Kathryn Willcock

One family’s wild life in the forests of British Columbia.

Kathryn Willcock and her sisters grew up in logging camps on the coast of B.C. in the 1960s when children were set loose to play in the wilderness, women kept rifles next to the wood stove, and loggers risked their lives every single day. The author’s tales of grizzly bears, American tourists, and a couple of terrified gangsters, along with the wisdom of Indigenous elders, pour off the page like warm syrup on a stack of cookhouse hotcakes.

Trade Paperback / May 15, 2022 isbn 10: 1-77439-051-5

isbn 13: 978-177439-051-1

BISAC 1: BIO026000 BISAC 2: BIO022000 BISAC 3: BIO002000 224 pp / 6 x 9 / $24.95 cdn $20.95 usd

“Told with humour, honesty, and charm, the author depicts Orford Bay’s memorable cast of characters as well as experiences both bizarre and everyday.”

~ Meaghan Marie Hackinen, author of South Away

About The Author

Kathryn Willcock was born in Vancouver and spent her early years in float camps on the coast of BC, particularly Bute Inlet where she and her sisters spent their days playing on the banks of the Orford River, an area considered one of the world’s best locations for viewing grizzly bear.

ADDITIONAL SALES POINTS

• Book will appeal to fans of coming of age stories and memoirs set in the North.

MARKETING PLAN

• Early digital ARC and international press release mailout. • Announcement of book’s release by email newsletter and on the NeWest Press Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages. • Podcast reading/interview posted on iTunes, RSS feed, social media, and NeWest website. • Press releases and review mailouts to various CBC outlets across the nation, both radio and television. • Submit to all eligible awards. • Ads in Alberta Views (Read Alberta Books Campaign), BC BookWorld, Glass Paper, Library Bound, Prairie Books NOW,

PRISM international, and the ULS Super Forthcoming Catalogue. • Launch events in Vancouver, Victoria, as well as online.

MARKETS

• National trade: memoir • US and UK trade: memoir • Northern, BC

COMPARISON TITLES

• On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers by Pat Carney (978-1-771512-10-7, TouchWood Editions, 2017) • Cougar Companions: Bute Inlet Country and the Legendary Schnarrs by Judith Williams (978-1-550178-62-3, Harbour Publishing, 2019) • Here on the Coast: Reflections from the Rainbelt by Howard White (978-1-550179-24-8, Harbour Publishing, 2021)