An Interview with journalist Victor Malarek: on traditional vs self-publishing, human trafficking and his new book Orphanage 41

An Interview with journalist Victor Malarek: on traditional vs self-publishing, human trafficking and his new book Orphanage 41

Victor Malarek is an award-winning journalist with more than forty years of experience. At present, he brings his hard-hitting investigative skills to CTV's current affairs show W5 as Senior Reporter. FriesenPress has taken a page from Victor's body of work and turned the investigation around to learn more about the 5 W’s - Who, What, Where, Why, and When of his first fiction, Orphanage 41.

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Surviving in a Heartless world: Teen author Mya Zemlock talks about her zombie debut novel

Surviving in a Heartless world: Teen author Mya Zemlock talks about her zombie debut novel

Zombies are a much more logical, possible supernatural occurrence. If I told you, in twenty years, that vampires were attacking the Earth and that we were all going to die, you would probably laugh, with no doubt in your mind that I was crazy. Even if I told you it was zombies instead of vampires, you still wouldn't believe me. But there would be that nagging voice in the back of your mind that would say, "But maybe..."

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Chat with Gourmand Award Winning Author Rebecca Klemke

Chat with Gourmand Award Winning Author Rebecca Klemke

Decades Of Decadence, WINNER of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2014 for “Best Culinary History Book”, representing Canada – a prestigious and honourable international achievement. The Gourmand Awards are considered the Oscars in the food and wine world. 

 

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WARRIOR RISING - A Soldier's Journey to PTSD & Back.

WARRIOR RISING - A Soldier's Journey to PTSD & Back.

Lt. Col. Chris Linford of the Canadian Armed Forces has written his first book, “Warrior Rising,” with FriesenPress. After tragic experiences in global war zones, Chris developed posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. “Warrior Rising” is the story of his personal battle, and survival. Watch the following video to learn more about his journey. 

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“I had a vision and I had a plan.” - Michael Walton Shares Insights to his Successful Self-Publishing Strategy.

“I had a vision and I had a plan.” -  Michael Walton Shares Insights to his Successful Self-Publishing Strategy.

Knowing that my book was eventually going to be available, I began thinking about marketing strategies. I’m no expert, but by simply examining the movie, and video game industry, I could see that they start advertising long before the work ever becomes released. I had a vision and I had a plan.

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Chat with Cal Brown, Self-published author of the Sci Fi novel “SIX”:

Chat with Cal Brown, Self-published author of the Sci Fi novel “SIX”:

At its core, "Six" is about the accidental emergence of a conscious mind inside a computer system, and how it matures as it interacts with the world, learns, and develops a personality. But there are other parallel and intersecting story-lines involving one person’s ruthless pursuit of wealth and power using computer viruses as a weapon, and the efforts of a special police force in trying to track the source. 

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