After a lengthy tour of the Prairies and their eastern fringes, including stops in Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, the second leg of Ken Budd’s Fall Book Tour 2014 landed him on the western edge of the country, as far west as west can go. Chapters stores in downtown Victoria and at Tillicum shopping centre played host to Buddy, Riel and Mokey for a few days in late October.
As a bonus, Budd was also invited to do multiple readings and Q&A sessions with Grade 8 students at the middle school campus of GNS (Glenlyon Norfolk School). Budd read excerpts from each of his four novels in the Buddy Williams series, leaving behind a copy of each in the middle school library for those keen to tag along on the rest of Buddy’s adventures.
