Story Keepers Sneak Peek

Faithful blog readers, you're seeing it here (almost!) first - the cover and inside scoop on Jennifer David's soon-to-be released book, "Original People.  Original Television: the Launching of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network."

Before joining Stonecircle, Jennifer worked as the the Director of Communications at the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.  Over the course of her five years, she witnessed (and helped to manage) some of the most interesting and least known stories in Canadian broadcasting history - the transition from a small, regional broadcaster serving a handful of settlements in the North to Canada's third national network, and the world's first full-spectrum Aboriginal TV service in 1999. 

"This was a story that I thought really needed to be told," said Jennifer.  "There were so many interesting characters, so many twists and turns, so much drama. I realized that no one would ever know what went on behind the scenes unless someone wrote the book.  So that's what I did."

Original People.  Original Television is being published by Debwe Communications Inc. You can find out more about the book - including some excerpts and reviews - at the website. 

You can also join the conversation about the early days of TVNC and APTN on the Facebook page.

Jennifer is planning a book launch in Ottawa (details to be confirmed), as well as a book launch in Winnipeg, which is confirmed for Wed. Sept. 19, at McNally Robinson (Grant Park).  You can find out more details at the McNally Robinson site.

If you want to contact Jennifer regarding the book, you can email her at jdavid@debwe.ca