#19 Jon Bartlett
LOCATION: Princeton & District Museum and Archives. 167 Vermilion Avenue, Princeton Pause, if you will, to consider the value of… FULL STORY
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#18 Susan Allison
LOCATION: “Sunnyside,” the original log cabin from Susan Allison’s homestead, restored by the Stewart family of Quails’ Gate Winery, 3303… FULL STORY
#17 Lady Aberdeen
LOCATION: Guisachan House, 1060 Cameron Street, Kelowna Now restored as a high-end restaurant, Guisachan House was built as a summer… FULL STORY
#16 Emily Carr
LOCATION: Emily Carr Memorial Foot Bridge, Beacon Hill Park; a concrete and stone bridge over the stream between Goodacre Lake… FULL STORY
Mighty Mouse & Monkey Guy
While dividing her time between B.C. and Ontario, three-time Olympic medalist Elaine Tanner, holder of five world records in swimming,… FULL STORY
#15 Gwen Curry
LOCATION: Tod Inlet, Brentwood Bay, B.C., Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, behind Butchart Gardens, near Sidney. DIRECTIONS: The Tod Inlet Trail… FULL STORY
Tod Inlet gets its due
Every inlet in B.C. deserves a book. Helen Piddington’s The Inlet: Memoir of a Modern Pioneer (Harbour 2001) recalls life… FULL STORY
#14 Gina McMurchy-Barber
LOCATION: Woodlands Memorial Gardens, former site of Woodlands, on McBride Boulevard, near Blackberry Drive, New Westminster. DIRECTIONS: Proceed to McBride… FULL STORY
Those were the days, my friend
Trevor Carolan ensures acquaintances will not be forgot with The Literary Storefront, The Glory Years, Vancouver’s Literary Centre 1978-1984. In… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #11
Of Windh and rain and desert… Jacqueline Windh gets around. In 2015, at age 51, she has just participated in… FULL STORY
#13 Jacqueline Windh
LOCATION: Navarino Island, Chile. DIRECTIONS: A scenic flight from Punta Arenas, or a 36-hour voyage. Jacqueline Windh gets around. In… FULL STORY
A Greek myth completely different
Winning a Governor General’s award for children’s literature is high acclaim. Having a member of Monty Python read your books… FULL STORY
Brian, Rick & Mary
One of the most enduring B.C. titles has been In Search of a Legend, and Slumach’s Gold: The Search for… FULL STORY
Wolsak wins bpNichol Award
In 2015, Lissa Wolsak of Vancouver became the 30th recipient of the annual bpNichol Chapbook Award given out each year… FULL STORY
Iceland beckons
When Harold and Diane Rhenisch first went to Iceland in 2010, they agreed they both wanted to stay. After their… FULL STORY
Compton wins City of Van Award
After a one-year stint at the Vancouver Public Library’s seventh writer-in-residence in 2011, Wayde Compton took over from Betsy Warland… FULL STORY
The upside of Down
Kari Burk, a landscape gardener and artist in Castlegar, lives with her 25-year-old daughter, Mielle, after moving to the Kootenays… FULL STORY
Eve of Constructions
The average lifespan of a house in Vancouver is becoming less than a human lifespan. Spearheaded by Caroline Adderson,… FULL STORY
The upside of Down
Kari Burk is a landscape gardener and artist who lives with her 25-year-old daughter, search Mielle, in Castlegar, after parting… FULL STORY
Elizabeth Fischer death with Dignitas
Elizabeth Fischer In October of 2015, multi-media artist Elizabeth Fischer, at age 68, decided she ought to end her life… FULL STORY
