As we enter the month of November, we at Goose Lane Editions lend our thoughts to those who sacrificed so much so that we might have a better future. Amidst the pandemic, Remembrance Day will not look the same, but we are grateful that communities are willing to reshape traditions in order to come together safely to pay their respects. ...
So. Much. Chocolate.
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A Q&A with Jon Tattrie, author of Peace by Chocolate.
Behind the Pages of Unicorn in the Woods
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Unicorn in the Woods, one of this month’s featured titles, tells an astounding story of East Coast geeks and dreamers, but we wanted to hear more from the man behind the pages. Gordon Pitts, former senior writer for the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business, shared his experience writing the book, his knowledge of startups, and more in a Q&A with us.
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New Leaders. New Ideas.
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Hello there!
With our thoughts on future leaders and new ideas, this month’s curated collection features the stories of impactful businesses, the people who built them, and leaders past and present.
The newly released Peace by Chocolate: The Hadhad Family’s Remarkable Journey from Syria to Canada tells the story of one such business, and the family whose experience has become an integral part of it. Peace by Chocolate is a chocolatier based in Antigonish, NS, with a legacy that began in Syria. The author, Jon Tattrie, tells the true story of how the Hadhad family went from refugees to one of Antigonish’s major employers, their chocolates selling across Canada.
“Thank you for being such an extraordinary example of the kind of strength and leadership and engagement that comes with bringing new people to Canada.”
Along with the Hadhad story comes another tale of small-town brilliance. Unicorn in the Woods by award-winning author Gordon Pitts. In his newest book, Pitts journeys back to the origins of Radian6 and Q1 Labs — two New Brunswick companies that sold for a combined $1 billion. In the basements and offices of a group of geeks and dreamers. Pitts tells the story of these two remarkable companies, their continuing legacies, and how these companies charted a direction for innovative thinking outside of large urban centers.
“The behind-the-scenes skinny on one of the most compelling Atlantic Canadian business sagas in recent memory. Gordon Pitts provides entrepreneurs with a roadmap for what is possible when ambition and smarts meet opportunity, regardless of geography.”
— John DeMont, author of The Long Way Home
Also in this month’s collection: Ron Buist’s national bestseller Tales from Under the Rim, how Tim Hortons, a Canadian hockey player’s doughnut shop, became one of Canada's leading franchise operations; Diana Rees and Ronald Rees’s Grace Helen Mowat and the Making of Cottage Craft, the story of how Grace Helen Mowat built Cottage Craft into a burgeoning home-grown business that continues to attract customers the world over 100 years later; and many more tales of life and business.
Flip through our featured titles and pick the stories you want to read. Orders in Canada of $35 or more will receive free shipping! Why not add a couple leaders to your bookshelf?
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Come Wind and High Water
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October — all over, predicts the old mariner’s verse for hurricane season, but as Rebecca Leaman points out in her guide Hurricanes, it is “rather optimistic”. Already this year we have run through the list of Atlantic hurricane names — the newly developed Tropical Storm Wilfred pushing us over the edge — and we still have two months left to go.
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