I gave a talk today on Jackson's Wars at the Toronto Arts and Letters Club. A great audience, and an incredible historic space. It's where A.Y. Jackson came for lunch, in the room in which I was speaking, with several fellow future members of the Group of Seven in May 1913.
Kind words from Lorne Huston on “Jackson’s Wars”
Montreal cultural historian Lorne Huston has some nice things to say about Jackson's Wars in the Spring 2023 issue of MCLL News, the newsletter of the McGill School of Continuing Studies. He writes in part: "Hunter has done his homework. He keeps an open but critical mind as he combs through a vast archive of... Continue Reading →
Just published: Repairing the World
I'm delighted to say that Repairing the World: Sheila Kussner and the Power of Empathy, has just been published. This was a work commissioned by a Montreal-based committee, but they gave me free rein to portray the life, character, and achievements of a truly remarkable person I knew nothing about. Famous in Montreal, Sheila Kussner... Continue Reading →