Keynote - William Thomas

You may have seen him in the weekly Niagara This Week or as a speaker somewhere.  William Thomas is an author, a scriptwriter, a radio and television commentator and a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. He's been nominated twice for The Gemini Award for writing movies for television.

• His weekly column, From the Land Of the Loony appears in 45 Canadian and U.S. newspapers.
• He's the senior writer for STITCHES - Canada's Journal of Medical Humour as well as our NATIONAL PETS MAGAZINE.
  
• His travel pieces appear in The Globe and Mail, DreamScapes and National Geographic's Traveler Magazine.
  
• He's the author of eight books of humour including the story about his cat Malcolm entitled Life In the Litterbox. He wrote the definitive book on male behavior entitled Guys - Not Real Bright and Damn Proud Of It! And of course, his fine tribute to the great Canadian sport of curling Hey! Is That Guy Dead Or Is He the Skip? The book about his wee Irish mother, Margaret And Me was subtitled All Humour Needs A Victim and Your Mother Should Come First!
• The book about Jake , The Dog Rules Damn Near Everything Damn Near Everything! enjoyed 49 straight weeks atop The National Post's Canadian Bestseller List simultaneously hitting hit Number One in The Post, The Star, The Globe and McLean's Magazine.
• The Dog Rules Damn Near Everything was nominated by the Canadian Book Sellers Association as the People's Choice Award for the Best Book for the year 2001 and the Best Non-Fiction Book in Canada for the year 2001.
  
• Recently his work was included in the great Canadian Anthology Of Humour along with the best 50 humour writers in Canada, from Stephen Leacock to today.
• His last book is a collection of hilarious misadventure and really bad travel tips. The title: Never Hitchhike on the Road Less Travelled. (No cars, eh?)

Please check his webpage at www.williamthomas.ca  for more details.