Inside a Petrostate

“Joanne Leow (left) discusses Exhumations, her new book exploring colonialism, extraction, illness and life between Singapore and Canada in this interview. FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Author Archive

#59 Edith Iglauer

LOCATION: 5192 Claydon Road, Garden Bay, Sunshine Coast In a history-sated, waterfront cottage that was built by her second husband,… FULL STORY

#58 Adolf Hungry Wolf

LOCATION: Skookumchuck, B.C., 54 km (33.5 mi) north of Cranbrook, 80 km (50 mi) south of Invermere. DIRECTIONS: Not really… FULL STORY

#57 F.W. Howay

LOCATION: New Westminster Public Library, main branch, 716 6th Avenue, New Westminster, The most distinguished chairman of the first public… FULL STORY

#56 Arnold Guerin

LOCATION: Musqueam Beach, Point Grey, Vancouver When Bill Reid’s “Lootas” canoe was paddled all the way from Bella Bella to… FULL STORY

#55 George Godwin

LOCATION: 9770 268th Street, Whonnock, Fraser Valley. DIRECTIONS: The north-south street is 268th Street and going off to the west… FULL STORY

#54 Gary Geddes

LOCATION: 1926 Commercial Drive Born in Vancouver in 1940 and raised in the Commercial Drive area, Gary Geddes was once… FULL STORY

#53 Larry Gambone

LOCATION: Comox Air Force Base, Comox Long before Greenpeace was founded to protest the bomb-testing at Amchitka, Larry Gambone was… FULL STORY

#52 Filteau & Wigmore

LOCATION: Stones Bay, Stuart Lake. Directions: Approachable via Stones Bay Road out of Fort St. James, a community this is… FULL STORY

#51 Bill Gallaher

LOCATION: Richfield Courthouse, 14301 Barkerville Hwy 26, Barkerville. Directions: 80 kilometres (50 mi) east of Quesnel along BC Highway 26,… FULL STORY

#50 Mona Fertig

LOCATION: 131 Water Street, Gaslight Square At age 24, Vancouver poet Mona Fertig established her first Literary Storefront operation at… FULL STORY

#49 Louis Druehl

LOCATION: Boardwalk, Bamfield, Vancouver Island “Almost to the person, tourists, when asked, would identify the boardwalk as their favoured impression… FULL STORY

#48 Lorne Dufour

LOCATION: Former schoolhouse, 103 Esket Road, Alkali Lake In 1974, poet Lorne Dufour moved to Alkali Lake Reserve, near Williams… FULL STORY

#47 R.E. Donald

LOCATION: Lone Butte, on Highway 24, twenty minutes southeast of 100 Mile House The little community of Lone Butte is… FULL STORY

#46 Maggie de Vries

LOCATION: Princess Avenue & Hastings Street, Vancouver Maggie de Vries‘s 28-year-old, adopted younger sister Sarah vanished from the corner of… FULL STORY

#45 Sarah de Leeuw

LOCATION: Ferry Island, Terrace In the town of Terrace, after the Skeena River narrows under two bridges, it divides at… FULL STORY

Ellen & Ginger

Laura Ellyn, a writer and editor based in Montreal, has published a graphic novel-styled account about the life and death… FULL STORY

RootWoman in Sandhill

Also known as RootWoman, Kahlee Keane of Vancouver Island is a herbalist who has written on environmental issues and produced… FULL STORY

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