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Bad Latitudes
Adventure and danger follow a young woman as she escapes her boring suburban life in Toronto for the late 1970s population boom of Whitehorse.
267 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2004
About the author
Al Pope
3 books1 followerAl Pope was born in Scotland, and emigrated to Canada at the age of 12. Since 1976 he has lived near Whitehorse, Yukon. He has been a janitor, a labourer, a carpenter, a youth worker, a sled-dog racing champion, a woodcutter, an actor, and is now a full-time writer.
Al has written for stage, print, and radio. His work has appeared in newspapers and magazines. His reading series Four Seasons North of 60 aired on CBC's Richardson's Roundup. His novel, Bad Latitudes, was published in 2004. It deals with the rough and ready life of the Yukon in the late 70s. His column, Nordicity, appeared weekly in the Yukon News for 20 years, until 2014.
Al's latest work, The Boreal Curmudgeon, is a selection of his columns, ilustrated by Heidi Marion.
Al has written for stage, print, and radio. His work has appeared in newspapers and magazines. His reading series Four Seasons North of 60 aired on CBC's Richardson's Roundup. His novel, Bad Latitudes, was published in 2004. It deals with the rough and ready life of the Yukon in the late 70s. His column, Nordicity, appeared weekly in the Yukon News for 20 years, until 2014.
Al's latest work, The Boreal Curmudgeon, is a selection of his columns, ilustrated by Heidi Marion.
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