Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story, has been the number one best-seller at McNally Robinson Booksellers for two straight weeks in their books for young people category. The launch for Sugar Falls contributed. A packed house snatched up all the copies, leaving McNally with a sold-out book that they hopefully re-ordered right away! I cannot [...]

Please join HighWater Press, The Helen Betty Osborne Foundation, and McNally Robinson Booksellers with Author David Alexander Robertson (me!) and Illustrator Scott B. Henderson… A BOOK LAUNCH FOR SUGAR FALLS: A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL STORY DATE: Thursday, January 26, 2012 TIME: Reading at 7:30pm, Reception and Book Signing to follow PLACE: McNally Robinson Booksellers, Prairie Ink [...]

Manitoba Reads wrapped up on Saturday, September 24, 2011. Gabrielle Roy’s ‘Where Nests the Water Hen’ finished first in the competition. A well-deserved win. David Alexander Robertson’s The Life of Helen Betty Osborne finished an amazing 2nd place, and won the audience choice award! A great job was done by Vincent Ho in defending David’s [...]

Opening Night Review Check out the blog post reviewing the opening night of Thin Air, The Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival. Excerpt: “First of five authors is David Alexander Robertson, renowned for his graphic novels: a stand-alone biography of Helen Betty Osborne; and a series about residential schools and their effects, called Seven Generations. He is [...]

We’re in the final round! The Life of Helen Betty Osborne, my first graphic novel, was first selected as one of 16 books for the first ever Manitoba Reads competition. It was then voted into the top 8 by the public. It has now been selected to be in the final 4 by one of [...]

The Life of Helen Betty Osborne has opened up an early lead in the first ever Manitoba Reads Battle of the Books, which is being put on by cbc’s Manitoba Scene and Thin Air. Keep voting!!!! Vote here. Tweet

In the spirit of Canada Reads, Canada’s biggest battle of the books, CBC Manitoba is proud to present Manitoba Reads, in partnership with McNally Robinson Booksellers and the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. The long list of sixteen books by Manitoba authors is up, and one of my books, THE LIFE OF HELEN BETTY OSBORNE, is [...]

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The Pact, the fourth and final book from the 7 Generations series, is on the best-seller list at McNally Robinson’s for the fourth week in a row! Please check out the link and pick up your own copy! Tweet

For the second week in a row, The Pact was the #1 Best-Seller at McNally Robinson Booksellers. But 7 Generations dominated the chart. Ends/Begins moved up from #3 to #2, and Scars moved up from #8 to #4. Scars has been available for 7 months, showing the momentum that the series is gaining. If you [...]