by Andrew Hempstead | Dec 28, 2024 | Alberta, Blog, Canadian Rockies
Seeing firsthand the devastation caused by the July wildfire that destroyed almost a third of the town of Jasper is shocking, and talking with our Jasper friends whose lives have been upended is heartbreaking. But I spent a couple of days in Jasper earlier this fall...
by Andrew Hempstead | Nov 21, 2024 | Atlantic Canada, Blog, Canadian Rockies, New editions, Nova Scotia, Vancouver island
Most of the research I did for guidebooks published in late 2024 was done through the spring and summer of 2024, including trips to all Atlantic Canada provinces. A new edition of Best of Glacier, Banff and Jasper National Parks was published in March 2024 (2nd...
by Andrew Hempstead | Jun 11, 2024 | Blog, Canada, Dorling Kindersley, Guidebooks
I’ve updated and edited multiple editions of DK Eyewitness Canada over the last 15 years. For the most recent edition, I updated the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Newfoundland chapters as well as te front and back section chapter. The new edition...
by Andrew Hempstead | Nov 21, 2023 | Awards, Blog
It was a memorable experience this week in Ottawa to have been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, joining a list of Canada’s most intrepid explorers, geographers, writers, astronauts, actors, and former Prime Ministers as inductees. From...
by Andrew Hempstead | Oct 18, 2023 | Blog, Lodging, Nova Scotia
For my most recent update of the Moon Atlantic Canada guidebook (publication in 2024) it was great to see a new wave of lodgings in the region, especially in Nova Scotia. As recently as a decade ago, choices were limited to familiar city hotels, roadside motels, bed...
