#28 John Pass & Theresa Kishkan
LOCATION: Intersection of May and Memorial, adjacent the Ross Bay cemetery, Victoria Before they took up long-term residency as parents… FULL STORY
Author Archive
God’s Dog Day
According to the Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI), 34% of Canadian households owned a dog in 2014. That means about… FULL STORY
Find a book, find yourself
When you are your own marketing manager, you’ve gotta be original. So Nina Shoroplova is hiding 27 copies of her… FULL STORY
The Great Bamfield Novel
Those who have braved the 60-mile gravel road from Port Alberni to Bamfield can easily agree with Simon Winchester’s assessment… FULL STORY
Introverts out of the closet
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England in 1954, Lesley Taylor of Richmond, B.C. was brought to B.C. in 1956 and grew… FULL STORY
Bowen Island remembered
While living in Telkwa, B.C., Joan Haggerty has completed a novel with a long incubation period, The Dancehall Years (Mother… FULL STORY
#27 Jilek-Aall, Louise
LOCATION: Mahenge Epilepsy Clinic, Mahenge, Tanzania; south east of Singida, in the miombo woodland bio-region, Morogoro Region of Tanzania. 8°… FULL STORY
#26 Stella Leventoyannis Harvey
LOCATION: Kalavryta Museum, Peloponnese, Greece DIRECTIONS: Drive from Athens to Diakofto, then up into the mountains. Despite being occupied many… FULL STORY
#25 Harold Rhenisch
LOCATION: Klaustrið (the Monastery), Gunnar Gunnarsson House, 701 Egilsstöðum, Skriðuklaustur, Iceland Harold Rhenisch (at right, at Go∂afoss, Iceland) successfully applied… FULL STORY
Voices from the Valleys
Jodie Renner of Penticton is a fiction editor and blogger who has written three editor’s guides to writing fiction, Fire… FULL STORY
Eve of Constructions
The average lifespan of a house in Vancouver is becoming less than a human lifespan. Spearheaded by Caroline Adderson, Vancouver… FULL STORY
#24 Jay Ruzesky
LOCATION: Hydrurga Rocks, Two Hummock Island, Antarctica Hydrurga Rocks are a collection of rocks just off Two Hummock Island named… FULL STORY
#23 Katharina Rout
LOCATION: Tsengel Khairkhan (“Delight Holy Mountain”), Tsengelkhayrkhan range, near the westernmost inhabited place in Mongolia DIRECTIONS: Approachable via Ölgii, capital… FULL STORY
#22 Sandy Shreve
LOCATION: Vancouver Transit Centre, 9149 Hudson Street, Vancouver In 1995, community activist and poet Sandy Shreve put together a proposal… FULL STORY
Light years and humpback lullabies
She now happily writes on her rocky island “in-between doing weather reports, painting, power-washing and lawn-mowing.” At the outset of… FULL STORY
Great BC Novel, take three
Three Finalists Announced for the 3rd Great BC Novel Contest Established B.C. authors have tended to take a back seat… FULL STORY
Warming up to Iceland
After three trips, he has produced The Art of Haying: A Journey to Iceland. Having first travelled to Iceland in… FULL STORY
From bartender to life coach
Lorrie Forde is a self-designated life coach in Summmerland who has released Really Good F Words: Your Interactive Guide to… FULL STORY
#21 George Bowering
LOCATION: Cecil Hotel, 1336 Granville Street, Vancouver Here stood the Cecil Hotel where TISH poet and UBC student Dan McLeod… FULL STORY
#20 Amanda Bath
LOCATION: Johnsons Landing, northeast shore of Kootenay Lake, 11 km (7 miles) south of Argenta. 50°05’00” N 116°53’00” W When… FULL STORY
