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Gary May
Location: Cobourg, ON, Canada
Member Since: 19 June 2008
Professional Associations
Travelwriters.com
Canadian Association of Journalists
Introduction
I am forever on the hunt for good food, good wine and exciting new adventures. After spending too many years in the editing end of the news business, I have returned to my first love — writing — and strive to convey to readers, through my words and photos, the same sense of excitement I feel when I experience all this world has to offer. From art and architecture, to history, fine scenery and interesting people, it is through my stories and photos that I try to make the reader feel he was along on my trip.
Experience & Expertise
I have seen every corner of my own country, Canada, from St. John's to Dawson City, and much of what lies between. I have watched a bear fishing for salmon in Newfoundland, caught trout in Kluane Lake and canoed to isolated campsites in Algonquin Park. I have driven across both Canada and the United States; spent several months exploring Ireland from my base in a Connemara cottage; and months more in a beachhouse in Grenada where I experienced life as a Grenadian. In Europe I have visited Finland, Poland, France and Italy and have plans for Malta and Greece. I have hiked the trails of England's Lake District and the seacoast villages of Devon and Cornwall. I've toured Madeira and spent time in the Caribbean, including Cuba, Barbados and Bahamas.
Publishing Credentials
Ottawa Citizen, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times-Colonist, The Beaver History Magazine, University Affairs, Watershed Magazine
Awards Received
Petroleum History Society's Book of the Year award, 1998, for Hard Oiler! The Story of Early Canadians' Quest for Oil at Home and Abroad. Petroleum History Society's Feature of the Year award, 2008, for Ontario's Living Dinosaur.
Clips & Samples (View All 5)
Touring Vancouver on a budget, Edmonton Journal
A petroleum pedigree of world significance, Globe and Mail
Matriarchs bond over fishing hole, Ottawa Citizen
