We’re having a great time on the BC leg of the Adventures in Solitude Book Tour. Thanks to everyone who have come out so far in Parksville, Nanaimo, and Victoria. Both Jill and I have been having a lot of fun and meeting some really amazing people. This weekend we’ll be doing “the show” on Salt Spring Island Friday, Galiano Island Saturday, and at the Vancouver Public Library on Monday Nov 1. In the meantime, please enjoy this amazing feature that the fine folks at AUX TV put together for the book! Thanks AUX! Hugely appreciated!

For those that missed the Victoria event, I signed a bunch of books at both Bolen Books on Hillside, and Munroe’s Books on Government.

As my wife Jill and I crossed a stormy Strait of Georgia on our way to the first date of our Vancouver Island Book Tour, we received one of those exciting emails, saying that Adventures in Solitude had reached #1 on the BC Bestsellers List. Needless to say, I am humbled, honoured and very surprised that such a thing could ever happen… at ALL. So, to the book buyers of BC, THANK YOU for your support, for your passion, and for surprising a whole lot of people, most especially me.

To celebrate, here is the latest Adventures in Solitude Home Movie, #6. In this episode, my best pal Nick (featured prominently in Part Two of the book) threw the remains of a lingcod into our cove in Desolation Sound. He waited five minutes, then dove down twelve feet and found these two red rock crabs munching on the remains, grabbed them, and popped out of the water with them seconds later… and there’s enough power in those pinchers to break a human finger.

Tonight… the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library! Thanks to everyone in Parksville BC last night, and especially Mulberry Books and Lefty’s Restaurant, for a great first night.

Um... "dancing" at the afterparty, hosted by Yukon Music. Photo by the lovely Janine Verreault.

OK… I had a crazy great time at the Western Canadian Music Awards and Breakout West in Kelowna BC this past weekend! Thanks to all who made sure that my time was fantastic and packed to the max with fantastic music.

I loved hosting the awards show last night with my new friend Miche, too. Top highlights included You Say Party and Grand Analog‘s collaborative performance at the awards (they both went on to win their categories), same goes for Aidan Knight with Said the Whale and Maurice, and the legendary Grapes of Wrath paired up with We Are The City (my new band, apparently). Also a huge thanks to Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and Said the Whale for both performing at my Kelowna book launch at Mosaic Books.

Up next for me is a week-long Adventures in Solitude Book Tour of Vancouver Island! Looking forward to it, hope to see you at one of these events! My lovely wife Jill Barber is playing every one.