Spotlight: Local author reimagines life of J.R. Booth

Spotlight is a weekly look at some of the people who are part of the Ottawa-area arts community. This week, Bruce Deachman talks with author Jean Van Loon, whose recently released first book of poetry, Building on River, is based on the life of lumber baron J.R. Booth. Visit cormorantbooks.com for more information.
“I always wrote, but I didn’t write literary material until shortly before I retired in 2000. I wrote briefings, memoranda, cabinet documents, position papers, speeches; a