Duels of the Planeswalkers Launch Promotion

Good day folks, we just wanted to let you all know that we are one of the participating stores in the Duels of the Planeswalkers Launch Promotion!

So what is the Promo about? Well I am happy you asked!

Duels of the Planeswalkers is now available for PC Users via Steam! All you have to do to play Duels of the Planeswalkers on your PC is to go to Steam and set up an account.

Not enough of an enticement? Well, what if they were to throw in a foil promo card?!

Yes, that's a foil Nissa Revane. And you want one.

Here's how to get one. Just check out the link on the bottom of the page, follow the directions they give you. Wizards will then send purchasers of the PC version of Duels of the Planeswalkers a code for a voucher which you can then take to your local participating retail store(that is us Chat Noir Books!) to receive a foil Nissa Revane promo card.(while supplies last!)

For more information click here!

Hap Wilson's New Book Grey Owl and Me

Hap Wilson's new book is out and we have it in stock here at the store!!

We are working on a date for a book signing with Hap hopefully some time at the end of June or early July. Local band Headframe will also here for the book signing event!

More to come soon!!

Grey Owl and Me: Stories From the Trail and Beyond (Paperback)
by Hap Wilson Illustrated by Hap Wilson and Ingrid Zschogner
Publisher: Dundurn

Hap Wilson is back for another journey, this time on the lighter side of the adventure trail, where the bizarre melds with the sublime. Nurtured by the writings of Canadian environmentalist and wannabe-Native, Grey Owl, Wilson adopted a lifestyle similar to the 1930s conservationist but with his own twists and turns along a meandering path full of humorous misadventures. Wilson, too, learned many of his nature skills as a youth, paddling in Temagami, working as a wilderness canoe ranger and guide, and following in the footsteps of one of Canada's most revered outdoor icons.

The author recounts early days winter camping, motorcycling the Labrador coast, and teaching actor Pierce Brosnan how to throw knives and paddle a canoe for the Richard Attenborough film about Grey Owl. He also takes us to a few of his favourite places and shares intimate secrets of wilderness living. Here, Grey Owl has returned as an ever-present critic -- a buckskin-clad spectre in a modern world of Gore-Tex, Kevlar canoes, and gear freaks.

Community Drum Circle

There are cool things happening in our Community!! Our friend Amanda Mongeon has organized Community Drum Circle, that meets every Sunday down at the New Liskeard Beach by the bandstand!!

Sunday, June 6, 2010
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Old Beach in New Liskeard (near the bandstand)

Everyone is welcome! Sunday evenings all summer, starting June 6.
No experience needed! Bring a lawn chair or blanket, and your own drum or other percussion instrument. There may be extras to borrow once you get there.

The Guilty Plea

Really, really looking forward to reading this one as one of the main character is from Cobalt!!


Guilty Plea

Robert Rotenberg

On the August morning his headline-grabbing divorce trial is due to begin, multi-millionaire Quentin Wyler is found dead on his kitchen floor. He's been stabbed seven times. But the dead man left a clue: a single word, spelled out in his four-year-old's letter magnets, is fixed to the fridge door.Detective Ari Greene arrives minutes before the international press, who are obsessed by Wyler's torrid affair with a young Hollywood starlet. The city's going through a crime wave and the heat is on Greene. Hours after the funeral, Wyler's ex-wife Tamar is charged with the murder.For veteran defence lawyer Ted DiPaulo, widowed and raising two teenagers, his biggest obstacle is his own client. Tamar Wyler is a strange, enigmatic beauty who comes from an old mining town in Northern Ontario. And DiPaulo's up against a determined prosecutor: Jennifer Raglan has recently stepped down as head crown and she's back with her husband - after an affair with Detective Greene...What should be a straight-forward guilty plea turns into a complex murder trial, and leaves a trail of unanswered questions in its aftermath.

Coffee House with Steve Benoit

All the way from Nashville, TN Steve Benoit Live in Convert at Chat Noir Books in New Liskeard, ON.

Date: Tuesday June 8th

Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

$7 cover limited seating.

Check Steve out on MySpace.

One night only!

So whats in your bottled water?!

Just about finished reading about the The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff Is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and Our Health-and a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard, Ariane Conrad and I am about to start reading Slow Death by Rubber Duck: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects Our Health by Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie.

So I thought I would post this hysterical but quite pointed video created by Penn and Teller for their Showtime special. It shows how potent a brand can be!

The White Pine Flotilla

Thank you Charlie for posting this recording!

The White Pine Flotilla

This is the second in a ten part radio series by Charlie Angus on northern voices. Dave McLaren on the history of the fur trade, white pine and rough timber loggers of Lake Temiskaming. The series was made for CBC Radio in 2000.



William David Ivan McLaren was born on January 9th, 1915 at the village of Notre-Dame-Du-Nord in Northwestern Quebec. He was the third child of six born to his parents Donald and Elizabeth McLaren. David is the author of 6 books The Good Old Days, Turn of the Century, The way it was, Poems from the Heart, Rhymes of a Seniors' Home, and Wonderful Memories From the Valley all published by the Highway Book Shop.

Unfortunately most of David's books are out of print but we do have a few copies of the The way it was and Turn of the Century let in stock.