“Former North Battleford resident band retired teacher Kenneth William Budd was in North Battleford last week on a book tour marking the completion of the fourth of a four-book series for young reader readers. The series is written in the juvenile fiction genre, appropriate for Grades 5 through 9, and each book has an accompanying […]

“When B.C. author Ken Budd first began working on The Adventures of Buddy Williams, he took some of his own advice: write what you know. It turns out what he knew transcended cultures and generations. The former teacher will be at the Coles bookstore on Tuesday Sept. 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. signing copies […]

“Writer Ken Budd is an ambitious, if wonderfully nostalgic, author. The British Columbian scribe of more than 30 titles is currently on a whirlwind tour of the western provinces and is set to make his blink-and-you’ll-miss-it afternoon stop in this fair burg Wednesday afternoon. He won’t just be introducing one book to St. Albert audiences. […]

“In the fourth of a four-book series now available, former North Battleford resident Kenneth William Budd will be in the city next week, one stop on a book tour marking the completion of the series. While the series is written in the juvenile fiction genre, appropriate for Grades 5 through 9, it’s also one that […]

“Author Ken Budd is a busy man. In the midst of a full tour promoting a handful of literary efforts, he’s hitting upwards of 60 dates in more than 35 communities between now and November 8. “We’ve got it chopped up into legs to make it a bit more manageable,” he said. Since retiring as […]

“Buddy’s year of adventures is complete! SpringRush, the final chapter in THE ADVENTURES OF BUDDY WILLIAMS series. is now available to readers. And in celebration of this final release, author Ken Budd, a retired teacher, will venture across Western Canada this fall to promote the work. Over a three-month period, Budd will sign books at […]

“Avid readers of the ongoing adventures of Buddy, an energetic 11-year-old redhead, as told by local author Kenneth William Budd, will be happy to see the fourth and last book in the series, SpringRush, now on the shelves. Though Budd’s books are intended for juvenile readers of around Buddy’s age, they are set in the […]

“Ken Budd has done it again. The seasonal adventures continue for Buddy, the protagonist, in a series of novels set on the Prairies during the early 1950. The recent release of “WinterFree” follows the first and second novels in the series, “SummerWild” and “FallGently” having appeared on bookshelves over the past two years. The series’ […]

“1950s North Battleford kids might spend entire days outdoors, even in winter. Not everybody had, or wanted, a car. School principals could still administer the strap. In the third of a four-book series, former North Battleford resident Kenneth William Budd sets the story of an 11-year-old boy in a fictional community only thinly disguised as […]

“Author Ken Budd is on a roll by publishing his third book in two years, titled WinterFree, in his Adventures of Buddy Williams series. Avid readers of the series — and I am one of them — will recall that though these books are intended for a teen audience, they offer huge nostalgic interest to […]

“Ever since the first instalment in Kenneth Budd’s juvenile fiction series, eleven year-old Buddy Williams has proven himself more than capable of finding his way into and out of trouble–flanked by his two accomplices, headstrong Metis lad Riel Belliveau and amiable weakling Mortimer “Mokey” Stackhouse. In this new release, WinterFree, the third of four novels […]

Author Ken Budd describes his connection with Kitscoty Junior Senior High School teacher Dave Dumont as pure serendipity. It all started during a book tour this past summer that saw Budd visiting 34 bookstores in 14 different communities throughout Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. to promote his series, The Adventures of Buddy Williams. Dumont saw an […]

“The second book in the four book series, The Adventures of Buddy Williams, was published in May, 2012 by SummerWild Productions. Book I was SummerWild and Book II is FallGently, with BooK III: WinterFree, to be available May of 2013 and Book IV: Springrush, to follow. The series portrays the life of an 11-year-old Prairie […]

“Several months ago, I had the pleasure of reading Kenneth William Budd’s SummerWild, a slightly fictional memoir about his childhood at the lake – specifically Jackfish Lake. The second of Budd’s books in his “Adventures of Buddy Williams” series FallGently, has just been released. Inspired by Budd’s prairie upbringing and set back in Budd’s fictionalized […]

“There are two groups of readers who should welcome local author Kenneth Budd’s new book, Fall Gently, the latest in The Adventures of Buddy Williams series. The story that the author began in book one, Summerwild, continues. It’s about 11-year-old Buddy, a prairie boy, and his friends, Mokey, the chubby one with the glasses, and […]

“Ken Budd, a teacher-turned-author, will be stopping by Coles at the Lloyd Mall on Aug. 21 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to chat with readers of his series The Adventures of Buddy Williams, and promote the release of the second of four books, Fall Gently. He’ll also be signing copies of books for anyone […]

“Though he worked as a teacher and counsellor for 25 years in a number of schools throughout Alberta and British Columbia, Ken Budd has always had a desire to express his creativity through written word. Well, from Grade 10 onward, at least. “It was (my) English teacher in Grade 10 who said ‘Geez this guy’s […]

“In this first of four books in The Adventures of Buddy Williams series, author Kenneth William Budd takes us back to the lakes of our youths. SummerWild will remind Canadian readers across the country of time spent at their own water wonderlands, whether for brief picnics, weekend stays or annual vacations. For readers on the […]

“Before the Christmas holidays, I received a novel that Saskatchewan-born author, Kenneth William Budd, had sent to the Herald newsroom for our consideration. While l had long been anticipating my time away from work, and the family,food, mountains and hockey that awaited me, I also was looking forward to putting my feet up, with a […]

“I recently had the pleasure of reading Kenneth William Budd’s SummerWild – the first of four books in Budd’s The Adventures of Buddy Williams series. The book is set in a fictionalized Cochin beach on a fictionalized Jackfish Lake (called Pelican Lake in the book) in 1953 and documents the adventures of a child as […]

“The Adventures of Buddy Williams Book 1” is the first in a series written by Kenneth William Budd, a former teacher and resident from Brooks, Alta. “SummerWild” is to be followed by Book 2, “FallGently” in May 2012 Book 3, “WinterFree,” and Book 4, “SpringRush,” will in the not-too-distant future. “SummerWild,” a soft-covered 206-page novel, […]

“Have you been secretly reading your children’s books? You’re not alone. Many of the books aimed at kids, particularly those written for teens and pre-teens, make for great reading for adults too. Author Ken Budd of Gibsons has produced, published or written two dozen books in his career. His Carmanah, Artistic Visions of an Ancient […]