David Sachs

Charles Adler: The Revenge!

davesachs — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:30:08 +0000

Charles Adler is the last honest man! He promised he wouldn’t wait 15 years to have me back on the Charles Adler Tonight radio show, and true to his word, two weeks later, he invited me back to discuss John McCain and re-visit Tragically Hip, Twisted.

Worth listening to for Charles’ incredible voice reading from the stories Scared and Locked in the Trunk of a Car.

Book Launch at Ottawa Downtown Chapters: May 13

davesachs — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:14:52 +0000

Come join me!

RSVP on the FB page here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/426069631095743/

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“Tragically Hip, Twisted: Illustrated stories inspired by Hip songs” is a collection of nine fictional ‘covers’ of classic Hip songs from author David Sachs. The stories were written as a hobby over a fifteen year period, and published as a collection along with pictures of the band and Canadiana as a tribute to the band after their final tour. Sales from the book help the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research.

David is a Chelsea, QC resident, and author of the bestselling thriller, The Flood. He is an award-winning non-fiction writer, and is active with social service, international aid, and political organizations.

Ottawa native Matthew Chaffey will be performing his own Hip interpretations for the event. Matthew fronts neo soul group the Split and has a large presence in the local music scene. Along with his own group, he performs with a number of other acts and is deeply involved with music education through a number of charities throughout the city.

Chapters Launch for Tragically Hip, Twisted

davesachs — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 22:05:17 +0000

Front Cover, Tragically Hip, Twisted

I am very proud to announce that Chapters-Indigo bookstores across Canada have launched Tragically Hip, Twisted. Outside Ontario, it may not be available in every store – just ask, and the store can order for you. It is extremely rare for a self-published book to get picked up by Canada’s pre-eminent book chain. I hope we’ll reach some more readers and raise more funds for the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research.

Tragically Hip, Twisted: a #1 bestseller and fundraiser for cancer research

davesachs — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:16:43 +0000

An exciting week, this, and its only Tuesday. Monday, I connected with the Sunnybrook Foundation to begin a donor-relationship with funds from the sale of Tragically Hip, Twisted, going specifically to the Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research. The whole idea behind putting the book together was as a tribute to the Hip; to be able to fundraise through the book in this way seems to fit together with that. Aside from these donations being in honour of the band, cancer has been a major actor in my life and my family’s story. I imagine a lot of people would say that, but I feel it acutely. I lost my mother to cancer when I was a child. My father, as a lung surgeon, spent his career fighting cancer, and my brothers and I had the opportunity create a visiting professorship at the Ottawa Hospital in his name, to bring cutting edge research in the field to my father’s old department. In addition, one of my brothers is a neurosurgeon, continuing the idea of cancer as a personal family adversary.

On a lighter note, today, Tragically Hip, Twisted became Amazon’s #1 bestselling Canadian short story collection. Anytime you can lead a list containing Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, David Bezmogis and Lucy Maud Montgomery, you’ll take it. (Bestseller-page image below the Sunnybrook letter).