Editing Dennison Berwick

{{Short description|British sailor}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=October 2009}}
[[Image:DBredshirt.jpg|250px|thumb|Storyteller Dennison Berwick]]
[[Image:Image-KY TO 07.JPG|300px|thumb|Kuan Yin at anchor, Toronto 2007]]
'''Dennison Berwick''' (born 19 May 1956 in [[West Yorkshire]], England) is an author and travel writer. Educated at [[Trinity College, Glenalmond]], he [[emigrate]]d to [[Canada]] in 1980. Since then he has walked the entire length of the river [[Ganges]] in [[India]] ( the 3000&nbsp;km walk is recounted in ''[[A walk along the Ganges]]'') and travelled extensively in the [[Amazon Basin|Amazon]] and (journeys that were described in ''Amazon'' and ''Savages: The Life and Killing of the Yanomami'').  He is also [[editing|editor]] of the ''Canadian Retreat Guide'', a guide to more than 140 [[monastery|monasteries]], retreat centres etc. in Canada.  He spent several weeks helping people in the isolated villages on the west coast of [[Aceh]], [[Sumatra]], following the devastating [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|tsunami in December 2004]] and is now working on a novel inspired by those experiences.  He lived most of the year on his boat "[[Kuan Yin]]" (a Tahitiana 32) which he did 2015.  He continued working on a new book about Labrador.  After many years of practical experience with marine diesel engines he undertook a formal course in Marine mechanics. Most recent book publication is Marine Diesel Basics 1.

==Bibliography==
*2009 ''Staying Home, How to Get Away Without Going Away'' published Voyage Press, Toronto. {{ISBN|978-0-9811233-0-1}}.
*1986 ''A Walk Along the Ganges'' published. {{ISBN|0-8364-5916-4}}
*1990 ''Amazon'' published. Hutchinson, London, 1990 {{ISBN|0-09-173490-8}}
*1992 ''Savages, the Life & Killing of the Yanomami'' published. {{ISBN|0-340-57868-8}}.
*1998 ''Canadian Retreat Guide'', 2nd edition, published. {{ISBN|0-9680541-1-0}}

==Biography==
*2009 qualified RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
*2006 bought "Kuan Yin", a Tahitiana 32, steel ketch.
*2002 to 2004 Bought first boat "Karuna", a South Coast 36, in Langkawi, Malaysia and lived aboard, sailing Andaman Sea.  Sold her shortly before the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
*2000 Learned to sail in Toronto harbour
*1995 to 1999 Built and operated Still Life Retreat in rural Ontario, Canada
*1989 to 1993 Lived in Lisbon, Portugal.
*1986 to 1991 Travelled in the Amazon.
*1983 to 1984 Solo pilgrimage 3,000&nbsp;km along banks of River [[Ganges]], India.
*1980 Emigrated to Canada.
*1976 to 1978 Reporter and columnist on Telegraph & Argus, Bradford, England.
*1976 Overland to Turkey, Iran and Afghanistan.
*1974 to 1975 Hitch-hiked solo, [[Cape Town]] to [[Cairo]].

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.dennisonberwick.info}}
* http://www.dennisonberwick.blogspot.com
* [http://www.canadianauthors.net/b/berwick_dennison/ Canadian Authors]

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