“We don’t catch the smart ones.”
Stats reveal Vancouver is a good place not to be murdered now that the average age of the populace has… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#33 Ronald Wright
LOCATION: Ollantaytambo, near Cusco, Peru “The urge to write about Peru first came to me when I was ill and… FULL STORY
Richards replaces Captain Kirk
Linda L. Richards has been named as the new publisher and senior editor at Self-Counsel Press, replacing newspaperman Kirk LaPointe… FULL STORY
#32 Marilyn Bowering
LOCATION: Tobhta nan Craobh, aka the ruins of Mary MacLeod’s house, at Berneray, Hebrides, Scotland. DIRECTIONS. Berneray is attached to… FULL STORY
Hebridean affinities
The story goes that exiled and silenced seventeeth-century Hebridean poet Mary MacLeod (Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh) was banned from composing any… FULL STORY
Glory, gore and gold
Ronald Wright recalls the murderous triumphs of the Spanish conquistador Pizarro in a new novel, The Gold Eaters. by Cherie… FULL STORY
#31 Terry Glavin
LOCATION: Bell tower, Fraser River Heritage Park, Mission. DIRECTIONS: Drive east for an hour-and-forty minutes from Vancouver. In Mission, ascend… FULL STORY
#47 Strange creatures abound
Hello darlin’, Yahoo, monsoon season on the west coast of the Island! It’s not cold yet. But the wind comes and… FULL STORY
Urquhart in elite quartet
Emily Urquhart has been named as one of four finalists for the 12th annual B.C. National Non-Fiction Award. Her book… FULL STORY
Drama offstage
For ages 10-14, Cristy Watson’s forthcoming On Cue (Orca 2016) will be a young readers’ novel about an aspiring teen… FULL STORY
#30 Susan Musgrave
LOCATION: Copper Beech House, 1590 Delkatla Road, Masset, Haida Gwaii Susan Musgrave has been the guest house proprietor and owner… FULL STORY
A lure of pheromones for anglers
More than a 340-page cookbook, Susan Musgrave’s A Taste of Haida Gwaii has 125 photos of nature and island life,… FULL STORY
Transgender musical long time coming
Ken Smedley grew up in Kamloops in the 1950s, where he co-founded The Western Canada Youtheatre (now the Western Canada… FULL STORY
Coach for hire
Having completed a training program with Erickson International College, former kidlit author Emily Madill of Nanaimo has contributed a blog… FULL STORY
#29 Michelle Barker
LOCATION: Bielkowo (formerly the German village of Beelkow), within Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, north-western Poland, near the Baltic Sea…. FULL STORY
A touch of kindness in Pomerania
Written from the perspective of seven-year-old Gerda, A Year of Borrowed Men (Pajama Press $21.95) by Michelle Barker (at right)… FULL STORY
A Year of Borrowed Men
Michelle Barker’s A Year of Borrowed Men (Pajama Press 2015) arose from her mother’s childhood memories of Germany during World… FULL STORY
Reviving Concrete Poetry era
EVENT: Book Launch and Signing Saturday, December 12 from 2–4 pm (Remarks at 2:30 pm) Kardosh Projects 2423 Granville Street… FULL STORY
Unhanged Arthur Award winner
Nelson-based Rachel M. Greenaway’s first novel Cold Girl (Dundurn $17.99) won the Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime… FULL STORY
Red Star Tattoo
After graduating from the Simon Fraser University Writer’s Studio, Sonja Larsen published Red Star Tattoo: My Life as a Girl… FULL STORY
