Winnipeg journalist and author Bartley Kives has spent decades covering his city for the Winnipeg Free Press and CBC Manitoba. He is the author of the Canadian best-seller A Daytripper’s Guide to Manitoba: Exploring Canada's Undiscovered Province and co-recipient of the 2014 Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award for Stuck In The Middle. Kives' work has also appeared in publications such as The Guardian, explore magazine, enRoute and National Geographic Traveler.

"Instead of just relying on promotional material, Kives appears to have worn out tire rubber and shoe leather getting to know Manitoba's cities, towns, backroads and wilderness areas. And instead of repeating clichés, Kives uses the same idiosyncratic, opinionated style that he employs in his Off-road columns…" —Bob Armstrong, Winnipeg Free Press

"An excellent handbook for pointing out the incredible array of places worth visiting that are all too often overlooked." ­—T. Keith Edmunds, Brandon Sun

"In addition to its being a wonderful resource for planning family outings, Kives makes it a more enjoyable read with his personal insights ("Bartley-isms") into the places he has visited." —Devi Sharma in The Winnipeg Free Press