A Book About Canadian Wool and the Shepherds Who Grow It

A project in Vancouver, Canada by Nine Ten Publications, Inc.
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Stories, photographs and learnings about domestic wool in the first book from indie publisher Nine Ten Publications.
Backers: 568
Average Pledge Per Backer: $79 CAD

Funded: $45,080 CAD of $25,000 CAD
Dates: Apr 20th -> May 20th (30 days)
Project By: Nine Ten Publications, Inc.
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Latest News

From Our Team (and All the Lambs), in the Homestretch

May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday we shared a tale of author Anna Hunter and photographer Christel Lanthier outrunning a tornado on the plains of Saskatchewan during their travels interviewing and photographing fibre farmers for the book. Today, with one day left in this... (Read More)

Tale from the Road: A Real Plot Twist

May 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, we're in the final two days of the campaign. It's hard to wrap our minds around it, and we're beginning to maybe just dare to hope we'll reach the $50,000 mark. It's not something we would have even considered in the realm of possibility... (Read More)

Decisions Being Made, & NEW Add-On

May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Dearest backers, In a very pleasant way it feels like this campaign has been going for an age. So much emotion in those first couple of days! Everything felt unexpected during that short stretch, and since then it's been heads-down doing the work.... (Read More)

With every answer, a dozen more questions 🤔

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
How I did not anticipate ending my weekend: in an endless search for info about barcodes. But first! These Romney sheep 🐑 (and a llama 🦙!) at Disdero Ranch in British Columbia. Photo: Christel Lanthier. I think I've mentioned before that the... (Read More)

The Ultimate (Stretch) Goal & More!

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Friends, we have met our stretch goal, so Sheep, Shepherd & Land is going to include 8 more pages of Anna's writings and Christel's photos. Hooray! And thank you! You may have noticed that we didn't set another specific stretch goal. Instead,... (Read More)

Shearing Day Tomorrow

April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We are so close to reaching our stretch goal of being able to add 8 pages to the length of the book, to pay the author and photographer better, to pay us publishers at all, and to afford more eco-friendly paper. Putting it that way, this stretch goal... (Read More)

NEW Rewards & Goals, and a LAMB

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Monday! We all did our best to rest this weekend after the thrill-ride of last week. Whew! So, I have updates for you about some new rewards and goals, but first—we promised you lamb photos. Meet Phillip: Anna snapped this phone pic during a... (Read More)

WE DID IT!!!

April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Our wool-nerdy, book-nerdy community—we did it! We are dazzled by your enthusiasm for Sheep, Shepherd & Land and we are so grateful for your help to get this book made. THANK YOU! Our team have been messaging each other in disbelief and wonder... (Read More)

The First Day: We Are Verklempt!

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
This campaign has been in the works for six months, and at no point during that time of number-crunching, brainstorming, and planning did any of us entertain the possibility that the project would be more than 1/3 funded by the end of the first day.... (Read More)

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