Lyn Hancock

1. Lyn Hancock Lyn Hancock id Award-Winning Australian Canadian Photojournalist, Wildlife Photographer, Teacher and Book Author. https://lynhancock.com/ Welcome

2. LYN HANCOCK Biography You can find the long version of my life in my twenty books and innumerable articles and pictures because my stories ARE my life. But let me give you the short version. I was born in East Fremantle, Western Australia, the most remote city in the world, and that’s probably one of the reasons why I like to explore other remote regions. As a kid I dreamed of being Christopher Columbus and discovering new worlds. As a Capricornian, I desired to get to the end of the road, to the top of the mountain, to get the most out of every experience, from the South Pole to the North Pole, from the Antarctic to the Arctic.

3. Lyn Hancock TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON At three weeks, Tabasco is a tiny, helpless ball of fluff. Already, the little raccoon’s life is unusual: tucked into Lyn’s pocket or tote bag, Tabasco accompanies Lyn on a cross-country tour, making friends every step of the way. By the time they get home, Tabasco is ready to explore the world—inch by exciting, fragrant, tactile inch. Nothing is safe from Tabasco’s clever paws. Dogs run and horses stand still when Tabasco comes to call. For some, the raccoon’s like her namesake: a little goes a long, long way. But children flock from all around to play with Lyn’s busy, talkative friend.

4. Lyn Hancock THE RING The Ring, formerly published as Tell Me, Grandmother, is the story of Sam and Jane Livingston, Calgary’s first settlers, as told by Grandmother Jane to her grandson, Dennis Dowler. When Dennis asked Grandmother Jane how she got that mysterious ring she kept twisting around her finger, he discovered that Great-grandfather Joseph Howse was the first fur trader for the Hudson’s Bay Company west of the Rockies, and Grandfather Sam was a famous gold prospector, fur trader, buffalo hunter and Fort Calgary’s first farmer. But it was Grandmother Jane’s story Dennis liked best: her life at the Red River Settlement (now Winnipeg), her adventures crossing the prairie in an ox cart and raising her large family in a sod hut. Dennis became proud to be Métis.

5. Lyn Hancock TABASCO The Saucy Raccoon At three weeks, Tabasco is a tiny, helpless ball of fluff. Already, the little raccoon’s life is unusual: tucked into Lyn’s pocket or tote bag, Tabasco accompanies Lyn on a cross-country tour, making friends every step of the way. By the time they get home, Tabasco is ready to explore the world—inch by exciting, fragrant, tactile inch. Nothing is safe from Tabasco’s clever paws. Dogs run and horses stand still when Tabasco comes to call. For some, the raccoon’s like her namesake: a little goes a long, long way. But children flock from all around to play with Lyn’s busy, talkative friend. Much as Lyn loves Tabasco, she knows that raccoons are wild creatures, not house pets.

6. Lyn Hancock How Books Come To Be From The Idea To The Bookshelf Come with me now to one of my most popular live presentations to schools, libraries, book clubs and anybody else interested in how books come to be. My own life as a writer started with studying bald eagles and sea birds on Vancouver Island (read THERE’S A SEAL IN MY SLEEPING BAG) and continued with mothering wild animal orphans like TABASCO THE SAUCY RACCOON. Here is Tabasco’s story in life and print. Below is a slide show that I use when giving talks about what got me into writing and how you could write about what is happening in your life. Come with me now to one of my most popular live presentations to schools, libraries, book clubs and anybody else interested in how books come to be.

7. Lyn Hancock Thank You