Spanish Civil War commemorated
At the IPPY Independent Publisher awards in Chicago in May, before Book Expo America, Live Souls: Citizens and Volunteers of… FULL STORY
Author Archive
From Mozambique to Victoria
Former Nelson city councillor Donna Macdonald was one of 32 recipients of a BC Community Achievement medallion and certificate in… FULL STORY
Snapshot wins a second time
In 2015, Valerie Hennell published and edited her daughter-in-law Kari Burk’s family memoir about raising her daughter Mielle who was… FULL STORY
Rule Britannia
ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival Vanier Park June 3-Sept. 23 604-739-0559 bardonthebeach.org From… FULL STORY
Cogswell honoured
The long-serving co-founder of the Fiddlehead literary journal and publisher of Fiddlehead Poetry Books (later Goose Lane Editions), Fred Cogswell,… FULL STORY
The Ape and the Peacock
Ralph Hancox’s third novel in two years, The Ape and the Peacock (Fictive Press $17.99), emanates from his social conscience…. FULL STORY
Okanagan leader joins literary pantheon
This award is presented for an outstanding literary career in B.C. Since 1995, the City of Vancouver (Mayor of Vancouver’s… FULL STORY
Canada’s Water, Yours to Protect
In Canada, while we have problems, we can and must protect our precious water resources, a sentiment that inspired Sandra… FULL STORY
Three ships, one name, one world
Most British Columbians know that Greenpeace’s flagship vessel is the green-hulled, rainbow-adorned Rainbow Warrior, first launched from Vancouver to protest… FULL STORY
Some bare facts about self-publishing
All self-publishers are not created equal–but they all face the equally difficult challenge of figuring out how the heck to… FULL STORY
Gay in Iraq wins in New York
God in Pink, the debut novel by Hasan Namir, won the Lambda Literary Award in the category of best gay… FULL STORY
Take your Pick
From ice cream to bootlegging, Emilio Picariello’s life story has the makings of a Bonnie & Clyde movie—if you don’t… FULL STORY
Bamfield 2 voted number one
Judith Phillips’ follow-up to her co-authored book Bamfield Houses is a family history project that serves to illustrate several decades… FULL STORY
Navy Surgeon in Livingstone’s Africa
With a background as a genealogist Julia Turner decided to trace her bloodline back to the 1860s. This was a… FULL STORY
Sam Wiebe’s new private eye series
It can take a surprise award to kick-start an aspiring author’s career. Such was the case for Vancouver’s Sam Wiebe… FULL STORY
Nesling meets Twain
John Nesling was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England in 1930. He emigrated to Canada from Australia, finally arriving in Vancouver… FULL STORY
Dela Wilkins
Dela Wilkins was born in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, in 1949. She moved to Canada in 1953. She moved to British… FULL STORY
The necessity of play
Adelina Gotera’s I Will Play With You (Printorium), written for teachers and parents, centres on child’s play as joy, emphasizing… FULL STORY
What a Catch
As a freelance adventure writer Mary L. Peachin spends her time sport fishing or scuba diving when she isn’t traveling… FULL STORY
An Unlikely Friendship
Annabella (First Choice Books 2015) is the story of the unlikely pair of a clumsy moose and a grumpy possum who are… FULL STORY
