- Large advance copy mailing of printed galleys to relevant/key media, reviewers, librarians.
- Events in the main Canadian cities involved: Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa.
- Digital galleys will be available on NetGalley and Edelweiss. With advertising to support their promotion.
- Ads and promotion with print media, radio, and trade and library publications, as well as coordinated social media.
Karin Wells is best known as a CBC radio documentary maker and is a three time recipient of the Canadian Association of Journalists documentary award. Her work has been heard on radio networks around the world and has been recognized by the United Nations. She is also a lawyer and in 2011 was inducted into the University of Ottawa’s Common Law Honour Society. She lives in Southern Ontario.
May 2020 is the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Caravan.
The abortion debate is still active. Events in US politics have brought it to the fore-front again.
CBC will be re-airing author Karin Wells' radio documentary, The Abortion Caravan, which preceded this book.
Events in the main Canadian cities involved: Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa.
Large advance copy mailing of printed galleys to relevant/key media, reviewers, librarians.
Digital galleys will be available on NetGalley and Edelweiss. With advertising to support their promotion.
Ads and promotion with print media, radio, and trade and library publications, as well as coordinated social media.
Link to radio documentary about The Abortion Caravan: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-june-3-2018-1.4685998/50-years-ago-the-women-of-canada-s-abortion-caravan-stormed-parliament-for-reproductive-rights-1.4687293
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"One irresistible story from the journey towards women owning their own bodies."
- Gloria Steinem
"This lively, engaging tale of the women's uprising—chaotic, spontaneous, ingenious, heartfelt, funny, dramatic, and world-changing—will remind you of all that is possible."
- Michele Landsberg
Wells’s powerful book affirms that such ongoing obstacles to women’s autonomy and reproductive rights are why the Abortion Caravan matters more than ever.
- Kerry Clare, Quill & Quire
Wells’s descriptions of political action in the days before social media and #MeToo are at times witty and always fascinating.
- Charlotte Gray, Canadian Authors Pick Their Favourite Books of 2020