{"product_id":"author-visit-randy-klassen","title":"Author Visit: Randy Klassen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNO NEED TO REGISTER HERE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - Just drop-in from 11:00am to 2:00pm!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGather Bookshop is excited to host local author Randy Klassen for a signing of both of his books on November 14th 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRandy Klassen is an author, dedicated ultra runner, and retired entrepreneur living in Squamish, BC.  A lifelong storyteller, his first published book \u003cem\u003ePerhaps Joy is the Reward\u003c\/em\u003e was released in September 2023.  His newest title, \u003cem\u003eThe Mapmaker's Omission\u003c\/em\u003e, was released in October 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MAPMAKER'S OMISSION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eIn\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e The Mapmaker’s Omission\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e I explore of a fur trader’s map to gold and chase its trails to uncover how British Columbia escaped American annexation in the mid-1800s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal preFade fadeIn\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eA personal encounter with mazelike geography and untold history, this weaving of stories\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ereveals what vanished in cataclysm when today’s Pacific Northwest was charted. It also shows that real gold is mined when we dig down to, and challenge, our foundational beliefs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal preFade fadeIn\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eIf you’ve ever wondered about the genesis of the First Nations unceded land claims in BC or been curious about how a chunk of Canada got wedged between the states of Washington and Alaska, read this book. They are one and the same story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal preFade fadeIn\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePERHAPS JOY IS THE REWARD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerhaps Joy is the Reward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is the fast-paced and humorous story of how I accidentally stumbled into a community of ultra runners in my 50s, the journey of self-discovery those trail runners took me on, and why the pain of pushing myself to do harder and harder things, in concert with others on earthen pathways, felt intuitively right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"preFade fadeIn\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eIt’s a story about how the unimaginable can become the ordinary. It’s a story about discovering what we are rather than who we are, and how that can change us forever.\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gather Drop-In (no tickets)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67601276666098,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0541\/2713\/2865\/files\/TicketProductPage-5.png?v=1791327862","url":"https:\/\/gatherbookshop.com\/products\/author-visit-randy-klassen","provider":"Gather Books \u0026 Lovely Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}