Author Tim Bouma will be at The Ginger Press to talk about and autograph copies of his new book Tom Thomson: Journal of My Last Spring from noon til 2:00pm on Saturday April 14. Since 2011, Bouma has been the man behind the Twitter account and blog Tom Thomson's Last Spring which speculates on Tom's personal thoughts, feelings and struggles with his art and with life against the darkening backdrop of history.

Tim Bouma grew up in Leith, the village of Tom Thomson's childhood. He has always felt a close connection with the artist. Author Roy MacGregor (who has written two books on Tom Thomson) says: "There is no recording of Tom's voice, yet I have come over the years to feel that Tim Bouma has captured that 'voice' and given us new insights into the person he was and the times in which he lived."

Autographed copies of Tom Thomson: Journal of My Last Spring ($25) can be reserved at (519) 376-4233.

source: media release, The Ginger Press