“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 […]
Just in time for winter, The Adventures of Buddy Williams, Book 3: WinterFree is now available in print and eBook format from Chapters / Indigo and Kobo. Readers can read WinterFree in their laps, on their desks, or on a Kobo Vox, computer, tablet, or smart phone. Give this book to someone you love now […]
As part of a fundraising series that includes visits from local authors, Ken Budd will be visiting the Oceanside hospice in Qualicum Beach to read, share and offer advice about writing. Parksville radio caught up with the author of The Adventures of Buddy Williams series before the big day. Listen to the full broadcast by […]
These days schools don’t have to break the bank to have an author visit the school. Ken Budd dials in via Skype to a Grade 8 classroom in Kitscoty, Alberta who are currently studying The Adventures of Buddy Williams, Book III: SummerWild.
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 […]
Medicine Hat, the fourth stop on The Adventures of Buddy Williams book tour, was just what the doctor ordered. All eyes were on the cover of Book II: FallGently as many passers-by stopped to remark on how it reminded them of their own experiences out on the fall prairie. A warm thank you to the […]
“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 […]
By L. Lockeridge (from Chapters online) “Although I first judged it to be a boy’s book, I found that I could relate to so much of it as, on my own, I had many similar experiences. Wading around in a slough near our house in Manitoba. Catching and playing with frogs. Making a teepee with […]
“Sometimes we are lucky enough to experience pure joy! Reunions can be hit or miss affairs—perhaps revisiting old recriminations or hope fully affirming long time friendships. And it’s seldom that those old friends you want to see show up. There was no doubt that it was the wish to get back together again with special […]
