BOOK BASH! CHAMPION Chris Coleman Chris is a former six-term Councillor with the City of Victoria and served a decade on the national board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM). During his years with FCM, Chris spearheaded the organization’s legacy project “Le Canada en Livres – Canada by the Book” which placed Canadian books …
BOOK BASH! CHAMPION Fred and Cathy Haynes Starting out as teachers in opposite parts of the world, Fred and Cathy met in Japan where they both worked for three + years. Later they founded and ran a non-fiction publishing business for decades while raising their three sons and being involved in grass-roots community work. Fred …
BOOK BASH! CHAMPION Dean Murdock I’m a former three-term Saanich Councillor. I’m running for Mayor in the fall election. When my kids were young, I loved reading to them and doing different character voices. Now that they’re older, I love hearing about the books they are reading. It’s amazing to explore the world they are discovering …
BOOK BASH! CHAMPION Steve Newton After a career of teaching, mostly in special education, I started volunteering at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre, commonly known as Wilkinson Road Jail. Since then the program has developed into a full school program supported by a number of school districts, currently the Sooke School District, which enables …
BOOK BASH! CHAMPION Jim Swanson A former journalist, a husband and father to two adults, who likes to be seen as a positive figure and community leader who just happens to have a passion for baseball and sports. Favourite Book: Best novel I’ve ever read was by Allan Folsom, called The Day After Tomorrow — …
BOOK BASH! CHAMPION Harvey the HarbourCat I’m Harvey the HarbourCat, and I have been the special friend of the Victoria HarbourCats since the team started in 2013. I’m a big fan of baseball and fireworks! Favourite Book: Aside from the HarbourCats baseball team program? The devil in me likes stories about mice, the angel in …
