Keiko Honda translated her grandfather's journals for her latest book.
From ruler to refugee
Sent to the Korean peninsula with the Japanese army that occupied the country in the early 1900s, Konosuke Masuda had to escape North Korea in the last days of the Second World War.
“[My grandfather’s intention] was to bear witness to, ‘the dehumanizing nature of conflict.’ His hope for humanity was that by revealing, ‘the universal aspect of the human condition in the face of extreme adversity,’ we might be inspired to transcend ‘the divisions between enemies and allies.’” FULL STORY
“Cell phones carry ten times more bacteria than most toilet seats. Yet, ironically, unlike the bathroom, people rarely clean or… FULL STORY
“When the CBC went searching for the Greatest Canadian two decades ago, with more than one million citizens voting, [David]… FULL STORY
“… during her teen years, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho suffered from an eating disorder. She became so emaciated, her parents returned… FULL STORY
“… this memoir has a much wider audience—all of us. It is a truism that, as we age, our lives… FULL STORY
“I was not afraid of losing a partner. If my parents became distant, I felt I could handle that. However,… FULL STORY
“It is seldom that we hear from an artist’s muse. [Theresa] Kishkan reclaims autonomy by humanizing herself to the viewer… FULL STORY
Book review of author M.A.C. Farrant’s 2026 title, Seventy-Two Seasons: A memoir about noticing.
“It’s easy to forget that up to the 1950s travel by ferries and other passenger vehicles was crucial for the… FULL STORY
“I told her I had a friend back in Canada that had sent some money and wanted me to give… FULL STORY
Having little money for big wage increases, Glen Clark’s government turned to better working environments including long-term disability provisions, health… FULL STORY
“It’s okay if people don’t know my name, or just call me ‘The Sign Guy.’ In the early days, on… FULL STORY
“I [Harry] live with with my grandmother, Elinor. She thinks I cook so much because I’m lonely. Elinor says the… FULL STORY
“They’ll get that we [Canadians] have a great sense of humour, can laugh at ourselves and are polite and reserved… FULL STORY
“In 1944, Rudi Vrba escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau and saved hundreds of thousands of lives by telling the truth about what… FULL STORY
“[After getting elected in 2017, Horgan’s NDP] got busy: no more Medical Services Plan premiums, improved disability assistance rates, tuition… FULL STORY
“Canadian union activists live by the principle that an injury to one is an injury to all. It’s more than… FULL STORY
“Once British Columbians see the bigger picture about the fish community in the Strait of Georgia they will want to… FULL STORY
“In 1906, 100 books were deposited into a second-floor room in the Watts Block, right above Mighton’s Tobacco Store (currently… FULL STORY
“Science is an art, and we are complex human beings and emotional beings. I wrote The Hunger Code to bridge… FULL STORY
