WINNER of the WHISTLER INDEPENDENT BOOK AWARDS for Non-Fiction in 2017. This adds to the acclaim received from the NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, by being named a FINALIST in their travel category for 2017.



Praise for Uncorked:

"Cross-cultural endeavors never go out of style. Shore will make readers smile and reminisce over their own youthful sojourns in faraway lands. Uncorked is a well written and diverting book that many readers will treasure."
--Judge's Commentary, 25th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards

"Shore's use of the game of Pétanque as a point of entry to address areas of personal alienation is a great literary and narrative choice.  This memoir made me laugh; especially Paul's foil Hubert, who is a star. And its funny and illuminating stories contain a soul that is touching too!"
--J.J. Lee, CBC radio host, author, and Governor General's Literary Award finalist
 
"Exactly the type of book I crave...only better! Shore's writing immediately feels like you're on a tour with a friend who tells it like it is. His self-deprecating humor and humility make it no wonder that he found a way to ingratiate himself into a tight-knit community in the south of France and enjoy life as a local."
--Sandy Abrams, entrepreneur, author of Your Idea, Inc, and Huffington Post blogger

"Like a wry cross between Bill Bryson and Dave Bidini, Paul Shore's funny, self-deprecating and wholesome recounting of a year spent in Provence is one part travelogue, one part self-help guide, one part memoir. Uncorked is just like a good French wine: light, delicious, and full of flavour."
--Grant Lawrence, CBC broadcaster and author of Adventures in Solitude
 
"A computer geek in the South of France? What could go wrong? With remarkable storytelling skill, Shore brings to life a time and place where community, simplicity and a slower place were revered --- a younger generation's A Year in Provence."
 --Sarah Bancroft, writer of the blog A Year in Paris