Audacious Gumboot creators

“Kristin Miller (left) shares how two amateurs built a bestselling series, uniting over 120 writers and supporting community causes in BC. FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Kathy Page is the author of eleven acclaimed works of fiction. Photo source: And Other Stories.


The narrowing of the light

Facing a future of diminishing returns, Kathy Page’s beautiful memoir depicts her rage, despair and levity as she struggles with Parkinsons.

“… this memoir has a much wider audience—all of us. It is a truism that, as we age, our lives will change, our capacities diminish, our abilities become less sure. In Page’s telling, however, we find an undiminished beauty in all that we are still able to see ….” FULL STORY

Becoming herself

“I was not afraid of losing a partner. If my parents became distant, I felt I could handle that. However,… FULL STORY

Overwhelmed

“It is seldom that we hear from an artist’s muse. [Theresa] Kishkan reclaims autonomy by humanizing herself to the viewer… FULL STORY

Working class hero

Having little money for big wage increases, Glen Clark’s government turned to better working environments including long-term disability provisions, health… FULL STORY

Very Canadian humour

“They’ll get that we [Canadians] have a great sense of humour, can laugh at ourselves and are polite and reserved… FULL STORY

Exposing the Holocaust

“In 1944, Rudi Vrba escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau and saved hundreds of thousands of lives by telling the truth about what… FULL STORY

Why we really eat

“Science is an art, and we are complex human beings and emotional beings. I wrote The Hunger Code to bridge… FULL STORY

The cool kids

“By 1957, a Maclean’s magazine article on ‘The Scramble for the Teen-Age Dollar’ explained that retailers and advertisers were ‘out-hustling… FULL STORY

No map, just instinct

“When I am in an unusual or uncertain situation, I am supremely present. All other thoughts drop away—only the present… FULL STORY

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