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Tracey Fockler

Tracey Fockler is a freelance writer who lives in Orangeville.

The Year in Books: 2021

Nov 29, 2021

From mysteries to memoirs, our annual review of new books by local authors and illustrators has you covered for gifts for others – and yourself.

The Year in Books: 2020

Nov 24, 2020

Our annual review of new books by local authors and illustrators.

The Year in Books: 2019

Nov 22, 2019

Our annual review of new books by local authors & illustrators.

Little Green Frog

The Year in Books: 2018

Nov 20, 2018

Our annual review of new books by local authors & illustrators.

The Year in Books: 2017

Nov 22, 2017

Our annual review of the latest works from local authors.

Broken Balloons by Gail Prussky

The Year in Books: 2016

Nov 22, 2016

Our annual review of new books by local authors and illustrators.

The Year in Books: 2015

Nov 25, 2015

Whatever your interests, it’s the perfect season to stock your library, with a range of fascinating books by writers in the hills.

Coming Ashore by Catherine Gildiner

Catherine Gildiner

Nov 17, 2014

She’s 21 and it’s the late 1960s, so…swallow a groovy green pill, write an hallucinatory essay on Milton’s Paradise Lost and get into Oxford.

A Woodpecker’s Tale by Sean Cassidy

The Year in Books: 2014

Nov 17, 2014

On this literary landscape, serious nonfiction works are neighbours with lighthearted children’s fare; heartfelt memoirs rub shoulders with gardening lore.

The Year in Books: 2013

Nov 19, 2013

Our annual review of new books by local authors and illustrators In The Hills.

Stitches in History

Nov 19, 2013

The Quilts of Dufferin County beautifully records the art and lives of women.

Melville White Church

The Year in Books: 2012

Nov 18, 2012

Our annual review of new books by local authors and illustrators In The Hills.

The Year in Books: 2011

Nov 21, 2011

When the weather outside gets frightful, make yourself a cup of hot chocolate, put up your feet and snuggle in for a delightful winter’s read.

The Year in Books: 2009

Nov 15, 2009

Our annual year-end review of new books. A special thanks to BookLore for its support — and a very happy birthday for its 20th anniversary in 2010.

As the page turns

Nov 18, 2008

Our annual review of new books by local authors.

Sisters in Two Worlds

The Year in Books: 2007

Nov 15, 2007

Our annual review of new books by local authors and illustrators In The Hills.

In The Hills

In The Hills is an independent, locally owned print and online magazine that has earned its reputation as the best-read, best-loved magazine in Headwaters.

The magazine is delivered to more than 40,000 homes and farms throughout Caledon, Erin, Dufferin, Orangeville and Creemore – up to double the circulation of any other local publication. And it is available to visitors at local inns, restaurants, specialty retail stores and other tourist locations.