Glinda the good witch
Most people remember the actress Billie Burke, if they remember her at all, for her role as Glinda the Good… FULL STORY
Author Archive
An eloquent voice to darkness
Some say, write what you know. But for Timothy Shay, it’s know who is writing. Timothy Shay is as active… FULL STORY
The Art of Haying
After three trips, he has produced The Art of Haying: A Journey to Iceland. Having first travelled to Iceland in… FULL STORY
Solitudes of the Workplace
As professor emerita of anthropology at UBC, Elvi elvitaker edited Solitudes of the Workplace (McGill-Queen’s University Press $37.95). Publicity touted… FULL STORY
Klaus Ferlow
One of the first to introduce and manufacture herbal products made from the Indian Neem tree, German Canadian Klaus Ferlow… FULL STORY
Mapping the way back home
From 1975 to 2009, Neil Sterritt and his family lived at Temlaham Ranch, the site of a Gitxsan ancestral village… FULL STORY
Sleeping in Tall Grass
Richard Therrien’s chapbook Water Language Faith was published by Alfred Gustav Press (2012) after he co-authored, with Dean Neu, Accounting… FULL STORY
Garage Criticism
An academic with a conscience that compels him to contribute to the poorest neighbourhoods, Peter Babiak worked as an adjunct… FULL STORY
#182 Neil Sterritt
LOCATION: Temlaham Ranch, on Skeena River, near Chicago Creek, 55″ 13.5′ north and 127″ 41.5’ west From 1975 to 2009,… FULL STORY
#53 A skeleton for Ontario
The TV news had images of a gray whale washed ashore, then reports of a baby Orca found dead on… FULL STORY
Trunsfusions of art and medicine
Karen Shklanka is a poet, a family physician and an Argentine Tango dance instructor. Born in Toronto, she practiced rural… FULL STORY
Salmon peoples of The Fraser
As a child Jeannette Armstrong witnessed the large salmon harvests on her people’s lands which later declined to almost nothing…. FULL STORY
From tea set to war canoe
Before he knew about his Haida heritage, Bill Reid turned to carving ship models and miniatures at the age of… FULL STORY
The Native Voice is heard again
She also served as a volunteer advocate for First Nations clients in court even though she did not have a… FULL STORY
The twisty roads of Italy
According to Publishers Weekly, agent Barbara Poelle of the Irene Goodman Agency negotiated a six-figure deal for the North American… FULL STORY
Gitxsan resiliency recorded
Born and raised in Hazelton, Gitxsan leader Neil J. Sterritt will be launching his new book, Mapping My Way Home:… FULL STORY
Kandahar revisited
Physician Kevin Patterson put himself through medical school by enlisting in the Canadian army. He subsequently served as a civilian… FULL STORY
#181 Chris Plant
LOCATION: Moha, closest community to the birthplaces of both New Catalyst and Lived Experience. DIRECTIONS: Moha had a post office… FULL STORY
#180 Rick Antonson
LOCATION: Mohamed Tahar Library, lower south east quadrant of old Timbuktu proper, Mali Part of the royalties from Rick Antonson’s… FULL STORY
Another final volume from Bantock
But the success of Nick Bantock’s ‘cult’ series of art books known as Griffin & Sabine has no equal in… FULL STORY
