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We all know Allan is an avid hiker, and he was so excited to actually talk with Graeme Pole about his new, or "re-visited" hiking guide book.  Long regarded as the ultimate guide to the 63 best backpacking trips and day-hikes in Banff, Jasper, Yoho, Kootenay, Mt. Robson, Mt. Assiniboine, Waterton, Kananaskis, and Akamina-Kishinena parks, Classic Hikes has been completely revised. Detailed trailhead and route descriptions, and a colour map for each hike help get you to the trailhead and keep you on route. 

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Between 1915 and 1946 some Western Canadian National Parks, including Banff, were home to internment and relief camps that housed workers that made large contributions to our National Parks. Author and member of the department of history at the University of Saskatchewan Bill Waiser has written a book on the subject titled Park Prisoners. Host Allan Buckingham talked with Waiser about the camps, and why he wanted to write this book.

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Salmon fisher and elder in the tiny First Nations community of Port Lostcoast, Archie Ravenwing has gone missing and is presumed drowned in a storm in the Broughton Archipelago. Cole Blackwater  heads to his memorial, and while he’s there they discover Archie’s boat, and suddenly everything isn’t as it seemed. Was Archie murdered? And what does his death have to do with the local fish-farming industry?

Author Stephen Legault talks with Alpine Author’s host Allan Buckingham about ‘The Darkening Archipelago’ and his desire to create mystery books with an environmental theme.

 This is the third book being featured in the run up to En Vino Novellus, March 20th. Find out more about En Vino Novellus at: http://www.vino-novellus.com/

For more on Stephen Legault visit: http://www.stephenlegault.com/

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What happens when some pot smoking ski-bums, some snow-shoeing hippies, a real estate developer and his pregnant wife, plus a few other folks show up in a back country cabin in BC's Rocky Mountains? One pretty exciting story. In this second book being featured in the run up to En Vino Novellus, March 20th, Alpine Authors host Allan Buckingham talks with the author of the Canterbury Trail, Angie Abdou. 

Find out more about En Vino Novellus at: http://www.vino-novellus.com/

Find out more about Angie Abdou: http://www.abdou.ca/

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This week, the first of 3 interviews of authors featured at En Vino Novellus, Christine Thorpe. Host Allan Buckingham talks with Christine about her book 'The Fact of Belonging'. Allan and Christine talk about the importance of story and the varied meanings of love as they talk about Chloe and her mother Mimi, the main characters in the book. 

Find out more about Christine Thorpe and her book 'The Fact of Belonging' by visiting: http://www.tinypinkproductions.com/

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This week, a conversation about some of the amazing day trips available from Calgary with the author of 'Day Trips from Calagary', Bill Corbett. Within 2 hours in every direction from the city of Calgary you can find some fascinating sites to educate and entertain you. Host Allan Buckingham talks with Corbett about some of them, and why he included them in his book. 

Find out more about Bill Corbett and his books by visiting: http://www.billcorbett.ca/

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'The Room: Awakening to a World Without Walls' is a thought provoking novella set in a world comprised solely of a single massive room, that tackles some pretty important social issues. Go a little deaper into 'The Room' with host Allan Buckingham and the author of 'The Room' Sean Krausert. 

Find out more about the book and its author at: http://globalwe.ca/

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Award winning photographer Peter Dettling fell in love with the Canadian Rockies after discovering the untouched wilderness, breathtaking landscapes, diverse flora and abundant animal life, all seemingly free from human intervention and manipulation. Then he moved here and discovered things weren't quite as he had thought. His response was to write 'The Will of the Land'. Host Allan Buckingham explores with Peter some of what he discovered, and what he hopes creating this book will accomplish. 

Find out more about Peter Dettling at: http://www.terramagica.ca/

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This week, host Allan Buckingham talks with the author of 'The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival', John Vaillant. The book takes the reader on a journey starting December 1997 when a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. Hear the author talk about his motivation behind writing the book, and his desire to convey this story to the world. 

http://parkradio.ca This week on Alpine Authors host Allan Buckingham talks with the author of 'The Raven's Gift' Jon Turk. Join them for a conversation about how ones experiences in the outdoors can lead to the exploration of mysticism. 

For more information on Jon Turk check out http://www.jonturk.net/