A Journey Of Days
Relearning Life's Lessons on the Camino de Santiagoby Guy Thatcher

• October 2011
  As a result of their successful bid at the live auction at the IFMA Foundation Gala in Atlanta, GA, the Madison, Wisconsin chapter of IFMA will host Guy Thatcher’s presentation of “A Journey of Days”.
• Thursday 17 March 2011 at 10:30 AM
  Guy will present A Journey of Days: Relearning Life's Lessons on the Camino de Santiago to the Probus Club of Kingston-Frontenac, at Tompkins Funeral Home, 435 Davis Dr, Kingston, ON. Guests are welcome to this event.
• Saturday 2 April 2011 at 1 PM
  Guy will be the keynote speaker at the Victoria BC chapter of the Canadian Company of Pilgrims, at the Salvation Army Victoria Citadel, 4030 Douglas St., Victoria, BC. This event is open to the public. Please pre-register at wendy@santiago.ca
• Sunday 3 April 2011 at 2 PM
  Guy will have a book reading and presentation at the Cadboro Bay Book Company, 3840B Cadboro Bay Road, Victoria BC. There will be a meet and greet beforehand and a question and answer period afterwards. The public is welcome at this event.
• Wednesday 6 April 2011
  Guy will be speaking at noon about A Journey of Days to the Ottawa Newcomers Alumnae Club. Tudor Hall, 3750 North Bowesville Road, Ottawa.
• Monday 28 February 2011 at 3 PM
  Guy will present A Journey of Daysem> to the Armchair Travelers at the Centretown Community Health Centre, 420 Cooper St, Ottawa. The public is invited to this event.
• Wednesday 9 March 2011 at 7 PM
  Guy Thatcher will present “A Journey of Days” at Bushtukah, 203 Richmond Road, Ottawa, ON. The public is invited to this event.
• Friday 14 January 2011 at 2:30 PM
  Guy Thatcher will present A Journey of Days at Walden Village, 27 Weaver Crescent, Kanata, ON K2K 2Z8. The public is invited.
• Monday 15 November 2010, at 10 AM
  Guy Thatcher will present “A Journey of Days: Relearning Life’s Lessons on the Camino de Santiago”, at Carleton Lodge, 55 Lodge Road, Ottawa K2C 3H1.
• Tuesday 16 November 2010 at 3 PM
  Guy Thatcher will present A Journey of Days at the Edinburgh Retirement Residence, 10 Vaughan Street, Ottawa ON K1M 2H6. The public is heartily welcome at this presentation.
• Thursday 18 November 2010 at 7:30 PM
  Guy will be presenting A Journey of Days: Relearning Life’s Lessons on the Camino de Santiago at Gulliver’s Quality Books, 157 Main Street West, North Bay, ON. The public is welcome at this event, just in time for Christmas.
• Wednesday 24 November 2010 at 2 PM
  Guy will be presenting “A Journey of Days” at the Bridlewood Trails Residence, 480 Brigitta St, Kanata, ON. This is not a public event.
• Tuesday 26 October 2010, 6 to 10 PM
  At the IFMA Foundation Gala, Guy Thatcher, IFMA Fellow, will be auctioned off to the highest bidder! Actually, it’s his inspirational presentation, A Journey of Days: Relearning Life’s Lessons on the Camino de Santiago, to be delivered anywhere in the world, that will be auctioned off. The proceeds will go to the IFMA Foundation to promote and support scholarships, educational and research opportunities for the advancement of facility management worldwide. Books will also be available, signed by the author at this event to be held at the World of Coca Cola in Atlanta, Ga.
• Saturday 30 October 2010 at 2 PM
  Guy will present A Journey of Days at REI Buford, 1600 Mall of Georgia Boulevard, Buford, Georgia, 30519, USA. The public is invited to join us.
• Wednesday 15 September 2010
  Guy will be presenting A Journey of Days as the fall kick-off of the Learn and Explore series of lectures at the Abbottsford Senior Centre, 950 Bank Street, Ottawa. The event is open to the public.
• Saturday 18 September 2010 at 2:45 PM
  Guy is pleased to announce that he will be a featured speaker at the Words Alive! Literary Festival, hosted by Sharon Temple near Newmarket, ON. He will be speaking on Saturday 18 September 2010 at 2:45 PM. His topics will be his walk across northern Spain on the historic pilgrimage route of the Camino de Santiago, as well as about the author's perspective in getting his book published. Sharon Temple, a National Historic Site, is at 18974 Leslie Street, East Gwillimbury, ON, L0G 1V0.
• Thursday 9 September 2010 at noon
  Guy will present A Journey of Days at the monthly gathering of Food for Thought, an Ottawa based discussion group. The meeting will be at Robbie's Spaghetti House at 1606 Walkley Road, Ottawa, ON. The public is welcome.
• Thursday 2 September 2010, at 2:30 PM
  Guy will present A Journey of Days at the Rockcliffe Retirement Residence, 100 Island Lodge Road, Ottawa, ON
• Wednesday 25 August 2010, at 7 PM
  At The Cove Country Inn, 2 Bedford-on-the-Water, Westport, ON, Guy presents “An Evening with Guy Thatcher”. The author of A Journey of Days takes you on an entertaining and inspirational journey on the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrimage route through northern Spain. The public is warmly invited.
• Wednesday 25 August 2010 at 10 AM
  Guy will be presenting A Journey of Days to the Probus Club of Ottawa-Alta Vista at the Gloucester Presbyterian Church, 91 Pike Street, Ottawa.
• Monday 12 July 2010 at 1:30 PM
  Guy will present A Journey of Days: Relearning Life's Lessons on the Camino de Santiago at the Colonel By Retirement Residence, 43 Aylmer Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5R4
• Saturday 12 June 2010 at noon
  Guy will be presenting A Journey of Days to the English Speaking Union at Saint Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Kent and Wellington, Ottawa, ON
• Wednesday 7 April 2010 at noon
  Guy Thatcher will deliver the keynote address for the IFMA Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter meeting at the Marriott West Hotel, 9960 Wayzata Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426 USA. His topic will be A Journey of Days: Relearning Life's Lessons on the Camino de Santiago.
• Saturday 9 May 2010 at 9 AM
  Guy will present A Journey of Days to the Men's Group of the Parish of March at St. John's Anglican Church, 325 Sandhill Rd, Kanata, ON K2K 1X7
• Thursday 25 March 2010 at 1 PM
  Guy will present A Journey of Days at the Kanata Seniors' Centre, 2500 Campeau Drive, Kanata, ON. The event will include a reading and a presentation, followed by questions. This is a public presentation and all are welcome.
• Tuesday 23 March
  Guy will present A Journey of Days, at the Kanata United Church Men's Gathering (ladies ARE invited), 33 Leacock Drive, Kanata, ON
• Friday 19 March 2010 at 6 PM
  St. Paul University will present "An Evening on the Camino de Santiago with Guy Thatcher" in the amphitheatre at Saint Paul University - 223 Main Street, Ottawa, Ontario. There will be a book signing after the presentation. The event is open to all.
• Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 12 noon
  Guy will be doing a reading and presentation at the Kingston Seniors' Centre, 56 Francis Street, Kingston, ON
• Tuesday 2 February 2010 at 10:30 AM
  Guy will speak to the Morning Break Group at St. Martin's Anglican Church, 2120 Prince Charles Road, Ottawa.
• Tuesday 19 January 9 February 2010, 7:30 PM
  Guy will be making a presentation to the May Court Club of Ottawa. The May Court Club of Ottawa is the oldest women's service organization in Canada.
• Friday 11 December 2009 at 6:30 PM
  Guy will be doing a reading and book signing at Read's Book Shop, 130 Lansdowne Avenue in Carleton Place, ON
• Saturday & Sunday, 14 and 15 November 2009, Noon to 2 PM each day
  Guy will be chatting up people and signing copies of A Journey of Days as part of the annual Jingle Bell Tour, at Watt's Cooking, 2496 route County Road 29, Pakenham, Ontario. Come and see what's cooking!
• Friday, 20 November 2009 at Noon
  Guy will be reading from his book to the Happy Wanderers hiking club at the Herridge House shelter on the #50 trail in Gatineau Park, Quebec. How's that for authentic? Reading about the Camino in Spain on a Canadian hiking trail!
• Tuesday 24 November 2009 at 12:15 PM
  Guy will be giving a short presentation to the Rotary Club of West Ottawa at the Travelodge West Ottawa, 1376 Carling Avenue, Ottawa
• Thursday 26 November 2009, 7 PM
  Guy will be presenting to a book group in Athens, On. Location to be determined.
• Tuesday 10 November 2009, 7:30 PM
  Presentation to the RCMP Veteran's Association, at the RGM General Mess, Ottawa, Ontario
• Thursday 29 October 2009, from 1 to 2 PM
  Guy will present A Journey of Days at the First Unitarian Church, 30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa
• Saturday 31 October, from noon to 2 PM
  Guy will be signing copies of A Journey of Days at Chapters Markham, 3175 Highway 7 East, Markham, ON
• Sunday 1 November 2009, 1 to 4 PM
  Guy will be meeting readers and signing copies of his book A Journey of Days at the Chapters store at the Oshawa Centre. 419 King Street West, Oshawa, Ontario
• Thursday 5 November 2009, 7 PM
  Guy Thatcher will be reading from his book A Journey of Days, at the Books and Beer event at the Barley Mow, 79 Little Bridge Street in Almonte, Ontario. Bring your friends, bring your questions about the camino and bring your thirst!
• Saturday 7 November 2009
  Guy will sign copies of his book, A Journey of Days, at the fall meeting of the Toronto chapter of the Canadian Company of Pilgrims. Time and location be to determined.
• Saturday 24 October from 2 to 4 PM
  Guy will meet people and sign copies of A Journey of Days at the Indigo Richmond Hill, 8705 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, Ontario
• Thursday 8 October 2009, 8 to 9 A.M
  Guy will be presenting "Is There Life After FM?" a talk about his walk on the Camino de Santiago at IFMA's World Workplace at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida. More details to follow when available.
• Wednesday 21 October 2009 at 7 PM
  Guy will be presenting "A Journey of Days" at the Beaverbrook branch of the Ottawa Public Library, 2500 Campeau Drive, Kanata, ON.
• Friday 2 October 2009, 12 Noon
  Presentation to the Friday Luncheon Discussion Club at the YMCA, 180 Argyle Ave, Ottawa
• Every Tuesday to the end of September from 12:15 to 12:45
  Guy will be reading from A Journey of Days to the day hospice patients at the Hospice at May Court.
• Thursday 24 September 2009 from 3 to 4 PM
  Guy will be a featured writer during WritersFest at the Kingston Public Library Central Branch, 130 Johnson Street, Kingston, ON
• Monday 21 September 2009 at 7:30 PM
  A presentation to the Renfrew and District University Women's Club, location to be determined.
• Wednesday 5 August 2009, 10 AM
  Presentation to the Probus Club of Ottawa-Rideau valley, in the church hall of Saint James' Anglican Church (How appropriate is that!), 1138 Bridge Street, Manotick, ON
• Tuesday June 30, 2009, 7 to 9 PM
  Guy will be speaking to the Orleans Writing Group at the Orleans Public Library, 1706 Orleans Blvd, Orleans
• Tuesday May 5 2009, 2-3 PM
  Presentation to the Carp Book Club, Ottawa Public Library, 3911 Carp Road, Carp
• Saturday 9 May 2009 from 1 to 3 PM
  Guy will be answering questions and signing books at the Book Nook, 56 Gore St E, Perth ON
• Wednesday 20 May 2009 at 7:30 PM
  Guy will deliver a presentation about the Camino de Santiago at Mountain Equipment Coop, 400 King Street West, Toronto
• Saturday 20 June 1 to 3 PM
  A book signing at Chapters Markham, Markville Mall, 3175 Highway 7 East, Markham, Ontario
• Thursdays from 08 January to 16 April 2009, Noon to 12:30
  Reading from A Journey of Days at the Hospice at May Court, Ottawa (114 Cameron Ave)
• Thursday, March 19, 2009, 6:15 PM
  Presentation to the Rotary Club of Nepean Kanata meeting at the Royal Canadian Legion, 4026 Richmond Road, Bells Corners, Ottawa
• Wednesday, March 11 through Tuesday, March, 17, 2009
  Albuquerque, New Mexico, the American National Gathering of Pilgrims. Guy won't be there, but his book will be ... as door prizes!
• Tuesday 10 March 2009, 10 AM
  Presentation to the Kanata Probus meeting, Kanata United Church, 33 Leacock Drive, Kanata
• Saturday 7 March 2009, 1:30 PM
  Guy will be speaking to the Canadian Company of Pilgrims, Toronto chapter, at the Cathedral Church of St. James, Toronto, ON (65 Church Street at King). Books will be available after the presentation.
• Tuesday 17 February, 2009, 7:45 PM
  Presentation to the Rotary Club of Ottawa Bytown, Ottawa, ON
• Tuesday 10 February, 2009, 6:15 to 7:15 PM
  Presentation to Ottawa Voyageurs Walking Club at the Orleans Legion, Orleans, ON (800 Taylor Creek Drive)
• Friday February 6 2009, 7-9pm
  Presentation to the 2nd Annual Travel Tales at Read's Book Shop, Carleton Place (130 Lansdowne Ave), in support of SchoolBox, an Almonte-based charity.
• Saturday 31 January 2009, 1 to 4 PM
  Book signing at Chapters Rideau (47 Rideau Street, Ottawa)
• Thursday 29 January 2009, 7 to 9 PM
  Presentation at the Main Library, Ottawa Public Library (120 Metcalfe)
• Saturday 24 January 2009, 11 AM to 2 PM
  Book signing at Saslove’s Meat Market, 1333 Wellington St, Ottawa
• Tuesday 20 January 2009, 7 AM
  Presentation at the Rotary Stittsville Sunrise meeting at the Stittsville Retirement Community on Main Street
• Wednesday 07 January 2009, 8 AM
  Presentation at the Rotary Kanata Sunrise meeting, Royal Canadian Legion, Kanata (70 Hines Road)
• Thursday 18 December 2008, Noon to 12:30
  Reading from A Journey of Days at the Hospice at May Court, Ottawa (114 Cameron Ave)
• Thursday 18 December 2008, 7 to 8 PM
  Presentation to Prostate Cancer Association Ottawa, St Stephen's Anglican Church, Ottawa (930 Watson St)
• Tuesday 9 December 2008, 11 AM to Noon
  Guy will be a guest on Rogers TV Daytime Show
• Wednesday 10 December 2008, 5:50 to 7 PM
  Book signing at Reads Book Shop, Carleton Place Ontario (130 Lansdowne Avenue)
• Saturday 6 December 2008, 12 to 2 PM
  Book signing at Coles Billings Bridge (Billings Bridge Plaza, 2269 Riverside Drive, Ottawa)
• Saturday 29 November 2008, 3 to 3:30 PM
  Presentation to the Canadian Company of Pilgrims, All Saints Anglican Church, Westboro (347 Richmond Road). All are welcome.
• Saturday 29 November 2008, 5 to 6 PM
  Discussion with private book club
• Saturday 22 November 2008, 1 PM to 3 PM
  Book signing at Chapters Kanata Centrum (400 Earl Grey Dr, Kanata)
• 22 November 2008
  Feature article on Guy by Daniel Reid in the
  Kanata-Kourier Standard
  
• Friday 21 November 2008, 7 to 9 PM
  Book signing at Chapters South Keys (South Keys Shopping Centre, 2210 Bank Street, Ottawa)
• Monday 17 November 2008, 12 Noon
  Presentation to Rotary Club of Ottawa
  $10 from every book sale will be donated to the Ottawa Rotary Club Children's Foundation.
• Saturday 15 November 2008, 12 to 2 PM
  Book signing at Watt's Cooking and Gift Shop in Pakenham, Ontario (2476 County Road 29)
• Saturday 15 November 2008, 3 PM to 5 PM
  Book signing at Coles Bayshore Shopping Centre (100 Bayshore Drive, Ottawa)
• Friday 14 November 2008, 10 AM to 4 PM
  Book signing at the "Home for the Holidays" boutique at the Colonel By retirement residence (43 Aylmer Road, Ottawa)
  $10 from every book sold will be donated to the Hospice at May Court. Come out and support the Hospice!
• 8 November 2008, 12 to 12:45
  Book signing at the Ottawa Independent Writer's Fair
  General Store Publishing House booth
  RA Centre, 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa
• 4 October 2008
  Interview on CTV News
  
• 1 Oct 2008
  Book launch at Nicholas Hoare Books at 419 Sussex Dr, Ottawa
• 28 June 2008
  Book launch in Oslo, Norway
  Coincided with world premiere of Sturla Pilskog's documentary film "In Between", about the camino de Santiago.
  www.caminosantiago.no
  

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