African Freedom Series
Lucia Mann is a self-described former slave and a former British journalist who has founded the the North American Modern-Day… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Bollywood boondoggle
A Boston-born, New York forensic scientist named Elanna Forsythe George is hired by the Bollywood starlet, Simryn Gill, to investigate… FULL STORY
#179 Katherine Gordon
LOCATION: Mt. Tarawera, north island of New Zealand, site of an 1886 volcanic eruption that buried many Maori villages. In… FULL STORY
#178 Sheila Munro
LOCATION: Munro’s Books, 1108 Government Street, Victoria In a National Geographic book called Destinations of a Lifetime (2016), Munro’s Books… FULL STORY
Schell food from the Okanagan
Jennifer Schell comes from a multi-generational farming family and was raised on an apple orchard in Kelowna. After eight years… FULL STORY
Seth Rogan as a geezer
G.W. Willis-Brannigan is the pen name for Glenn W. Pearson who was born and raised in Vancouver as the son… FULL STORY
Incandescence on Downtown Eastside
SFU’s Wayde Compton has supplied one of the year’s most original blurbs for a poetry book: “Jennifer Zilm’s Waiting Room… FULL STORY
Dauntless from Seattle
The Reservoir, Douglas Hassan’s debut thriller, is part of a projected trilogy. Several stories are intertwined with bioterrorism as the… FULL STORY
Munro’s Books is world renowned
In a National Geographic book called Destinations of a Lifetime, Munro’s Books of Victoria has been listed third in a… FULL STORY
Not built according to code
Inspired by a discussion she had with her two children after their Grandma Bubbie died, Michelle Gilman wrote What Grandma… FULL STORY
First and foremost, a writer
Alan Twigg named recipient of the 13th annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence The West Coast Book Prize Society… FULL STORY
Drabek returns to Prague for launch
Jan Drabek’s biography of Vladimir Krajina, the World War Czech Resistance hero and founder of B.C.’s Ecological Reserve Program and… FULL STORY
Shortlist for LG’s 2015
Shortlist for Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for historical writing in 2015 announced The Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Historical Writing is the… FULL STORY
From father to son
In the process he bridged the gap between two Trudeaus. While he was in Ottawa for the ceremony, veteran photographer… FULL STORY
#52 A tale of two landscapes
Hi darlin’, Last week I had to appear before the Spanish Inquisition in Campbell River. I won’t bore you with the… FULL STORY
Oscar: a person of between
Dagger Editions, as a new imprint of Caitlin Press, will publish literary fiction, non-fiction and poetry by and about queer… FULL STORY
Computer illiteracy can be beaten
Not every author yearns to win The Giller or the Woodcock Award. Some strive for public eduction–to be useful. Louise… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #14
Unlike most folks, we get to see the majority of books published in B.C. each year. We even get to… FULL STORY
Barefoot pleasures
Walking barefoot on grass. A hand to hold. Bannock baking in the oven. Written to support the wellness of aboriginal… FULL STORY
Raptis revisits Port Essington
For nearly a century, from 1871 until destructive fires in the 1960s, the Tsimshian residents of the Port Essington Indian… FULL STORY
