Author, journalist, teacher, and broadcaster Lorna Jackson recently launched her new book, Cold-Cocked: On Hockey (Biblioasis), and received an endorsement from no less respected a figure than Marty the Marmot, mascot for the Victoria Salmon Kings. (Photo courtesy of Biblioasis)

Marty and Jackson at the launch. (Both have clearly agreed not to raise the awkward question of why a marmot is an appropriate mascot for a team named the “Salmon Kings.”)