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Cathy Converse

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Cathy Converse is a bestselling author with multiple books featured on the BC Bestseller List. With over forty years of writing experience, she has authored, co-authored, and co-edited seven books, in addition to writing numerous magazine cover stories, academic journal articles, and technical manuals. Her fourth book, Following the Curve of Time: The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet, was a finalist for the 2009 BC Book Prizes' Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award. Her work Against the Current received an Honourable Mention for the Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Historical Writing.

A former chair of social sciences, Cathy was a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at Camosun College and helped establish the women’s studies curriculum a ...more

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Cathy Converse's Blog

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The Courtenay and District Museum presents

Against the Current

an illustrated talk by author
Cathy Converse

Thursday, June 14, 2018
7pm (doors at 6:30)

Rotary Gallery, Courtenay and District Museum,
207 Fourth Street

Admission: $5 per Historical Society member
$6 non-members (plus GST)
Advance tickets strongly recommended

Q&A and signing to follow Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 20, 2018 19:44

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Average rating: 3.76 · 267 ratings · 28 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Following the Curve of Time: The Legendary M. Wylie Blanchet 3.73 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Against the Current: The Remarkable Life of Agnes Deans Cameron 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Remarkable World of Frances Barkley: 1769-1845 by Beth Hill, Cathy Converse (Goodreads Author) 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frances Barkley: Eighteenth-century Seafarer 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auntie Vie: A Life of Pickles and Pearls by Cathy Converse (Goodreads Author), Adam Sawatsky (Foreword by) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mainstays: Women Who Shaped Bc 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Auntie Vie: A Life of Pickles and Pearls by Cathy Converse (Goodreads Author), Adam Sawatsky (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cathy Converse has read Is a River Alive? Workbook: Clear Insights on Robert Macfarlane's Great Thoughts by Wisdom Pure	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Cathy Converse rated a book liked it Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Cathy Converse rated a book it was amazing The Collected Stories by André Maurois	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I savoured each story. A brilliant story teller.
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Cathy Converse rated a book liked it Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C.S. Lewis	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Cathy Converse wants to read The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Held by Anne Michaels left me a bit adrift—the storyline felt elusive and scattered. Yet, her prose is like a finely composed symphony: rich, layered, and resonant. Through her words, she explores love, compassion, chaos, evil, memory, and desire wit ...more
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