by Andrew Hempstead | May 10, 2026 | Atlantic Canada, Blog, Guidebooks, Newfoundland & Labrador
Moon Travel Guides usually have a three-year cycle for updates and new editions, but the current 2025 edition of my Newfoundland and Labrador book is selling well, and I’ve been asked to update it this year. So I’m all booked for two trips out east, the...
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 | Mar 7, 2021 | Atlantic Canada, Blog, New editions
Although travel to Atlantic Canada remains restricted, Avalon Travel went ahead with their scheduling for my Atlantic Canada updates, with the three books I updated in 2020 going ahead with 2021 publication. The only difference to past years is that rather than being...
by Andrew Hempstead | May 27, 2019 | Atlantic Canada, Blog, Guidebooks
As the proud new owners of a mapping company (gemtrek.com), 2018 was very busy for us. But sales of Moon Atlantic Canada had been very strong over the last year, so I was asked to write an update for spring 2019 publication. It was mostly updating prices and keep...
by Andrew Hempstead | May 27, 2017 | Atlantic Canada, Blog, Guidebooks
Two trips out east in 2016 were dedicated to a new edition of Moon Atlantic Canada. I finally had the time to drive the new Trans-Labrador Highway from end to end, but also spent considerable time in all four capital cities and resort areas such as Cavendish and...
by Andrew Hempstead | May 20, 2015 | Atlantic Canada, Blog, Guidebooks
A spring 2014 trip through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland kicked off the research for new editions of my Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotia books, followed by a family trip to Prince Edward Island in July. After many years of having a blue band with the...