Showcasing Bakka Phoenix

Last night while I was watching the late night edition of news on CBC, a segment started about a new release of posthumous work by J.R.R. Tolkien called CHILDREN OF HURIN. After one shot I recognized a favorite bookstore of my husband's in his hometown of Toronto, the sci-fi/fantasy bookstore Bakka Phoenix. Not only is Bakka a sentimental spot for him, but it's also the store where my sister's former roommate is the manager. She's a very good friend of mine, too, in fact of our whole family, and I last saw her a month ago when she flew here to attend my father's funeral.

So I got rather excited to see that the segment had been taped in the store, and before too many heartbeats went by, there she was in glorious close-up, giving her store-manager opinion on an historic book release.

You can catch it on the link below. It's viewable in the box you'll see on the right under 'video clip.' Chris is the woman with the fantastic array of curls.

Ron Charles reports for CBC

Go, Chris, go!