Peter McMullan has conceived and co-authored a book about sport fishing on the Babine River, its history and challenges: Babine: A 50-Year celebration of a World-renowned Steelhead and Trout River, (Portland: rank AmatoPublications Inc, 2010), with Pierce Clegg of Babine Norlakes Lodge. In addition to writing and editing, McMullan was responsible for the organization and co-ordination of all contents and photography, an assignment that extended over three years. Regular hard cover book is $49.95 US plus the BC tax. The ISBN number is 13: 978-1-57188-462-6. The limited edition (200 copies) price is $195 US plus tax. The ISBN number is 13: 978-1-57188-463-3.


CAREER HISTORY:
January 1955 to August 1971

*Belfast Telegraph, Northern Ireland, trainee reporter for five years then senior writer on rugby, cricket and fishing

September 1971 to August 1974
*Nanaimo Daily Free Press, appointed managing editor after three months in Canada having started as sports editor in a one-person department

September 1974 to August 1981
*Malaspina College, Nanaimo, assistant to the president, communications manager

September 1981 to June 1996
*BC Hydro and Power Authority, Vancouver, manager of corporate communications

July 1986 to July1996
*Hon. communications manager for Canada's national rugby team

August 1996 to April 2000
*International Rugby Board, Dublin, Ireland, (the game's world governing body), manager of media and promotions and editor of quarterly magazine.

May 2000 onward

*Retired and returned to Canada and Nanaimo. Writing on fly fishing and other sports fishing topics for the now dormant website www.ariverneversleeps.com, for Island Fisherman, The Steelhead Review, Fly Fusion, Chasing Silver Magazine (Finland) and Living Rivers.

Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
Uncommon Property: The Fishing and Fish-Processing Industries in British Columbia

BOOKS:

Babine: A 50-Year celebration of a World-renowned Steelhead and Trout River, (Portland: rank AmatoPublications Inc, 2010), with Pierce Clegg of Babine Norlakes Lodge.

Casting Back: Sixty Years of Fishing and Writing (Rocky Mountain Books 2016) $25 978-1-77160-174-0

[BCBW 2016]