As we move firmly out of the midst of the Spring 2026 publishing season and into Summer 2026, I thought I’d post a little media roundup of all of the coverage that COUNTY ROAD SIX received so far.
I was thrilled to get so much ink (actual ink and digital) for the novel, and that all comes down to the very hard work of Steve Myers, my publicist for the novel, and some other PRH publicity staff that dug in as well, including Sabrina Yussuf, Taylor Rice, and Kaitlin Smith. And, of course, they’d have no book to work with if it wasn’t for my editor at Bond Street Books, Janie Yoon, and all of the other Doubleday folks in publisher Amy Black, managing editor Maria Golikova, and proofreaders Melanie Little and Tilman Lewis. Another big shout out to my agents, Dean Cooke and Ron Eckel, and all the folks at Cooke McDermid that have gotten behind the novel.
Some of the highlights there including a print piece in The Toronto Star as part of their Reading Habits series, that I grabbed up from newstands and archived with a piece from Matt Horseman in The Globe and Mail, in which they featured the book around the time of release.
Also, this was a real experience in terms of seeing how some of the years I’ve spent in the literary community might lend a hand in terms of coverage. I’ve been lucky enough to be a guest of Richard Crouse’s show over at iHeartRadio and NewsTalk 1010 a few times in the past, and he very kindly interviewed me for the Richard Crouse Show Podcast this time around. There was a really nice segment on CTV Your Morning as well, where the mighty Vikki VanSickle (a bestselling and amazing author herself) recommended COUNTY ROAD SIX to readers.
You can find the whole whack of it here, so click on the images for more…
There might be a few other things on the way, and perhaps some podcasts and other such coverage now that the dust has settled some. I’ve also got a busy fall on the way, with a number of events and festivals locked in. I’ll be posting about all of those shortly (as you can see by gaps in posts, I’ve had plenty on the go until recent days), so keep an eye out for more information on all of them. I will say that I’m very pumped to be getting back out west again, and to hit up some festivals that I haven’t before, and the first one that I ever found myself invited to…
I’ll also be revisiting some events I didn’t get to cover at length, including TIFA’s MOTIVE festival, which took place at my old stomping grounds of Victoria College in the University of Toronto back in June, and I’ll share more about the Georgian Bay and Muskoka indie bookstore tour I embarked on a few weeks back.
In the meantime, keep the dream alive, and keep reading. For those of you who haven’t picked up my new novel yet, you can grab it here! And, for those readers who have read the book and dug it, you are champions and I’ll high-five you all until our elbows hurt…
Kevin Hardcastle 