B.C. connection to PEN Award
Persecuted Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Wins the PEN Pinter International Writer of Courage Award 2015 Published by Vancouver’s Greystone Books… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Yee at VPL, Victoria, Writers Fest
Governor General Award Winner Paul Yee will launch his first adult novel, A Superior Man (Arsenal $21.95) at the Vancouver… FULL STORY
Kunduz war crime must be addressed
We asked our columnist Anne Cameron to respond. Saturday, October 3rd was a black day for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans… FULL STORY
#11 Don McLellan
LOCATION: 3432 Mons Drive, Renfrew Heights Housing Project for War Veterans, Vancouver Trade magazine journalist and former Vancouver Sun reporter… FULL STORY
From severed to untethered
In 2013, cartoonist Dan Murphy himself became a newsmaker when his video about Enbridge was censored by his brass at… FULL STORY
Not lost in translation
Ronald Wright of Saltspring Island will appear at the Vancouver International Writers Festival, October 21-23 Ronald Wright’s considerable research into… FULL STORY
Wayne Skene (1941-2015)
Born on February 5, 1941, Dennis Wayne Skene died in Surrey after a lengthy illness on July 5, 2015. “Wayne’s… FULL STORY
Ranger Rob blows the whistle
Veteran ranger Rob Kaye has become a bestselling author with Born to the Wild. One wonders how a book by… FULL STORY
Brunch with the Jackals
Don McLellan’s second story collection, Brunch with the Jackals (Thistledown $18.95), echoes the “hard-boiled” style of Raymond Chandler and Mickey… FULL STORY
A richly deserved life sentence
Born in Yellowknife and raised mainly in Vernon, Jenny Story was diagnosed with autism but blessed with a mother who… FULL STORY
You Might Be From British Columbia IF…
Dan Murphy started his West Coast cartooning career doing political cartoons for leftist periodical, The Western Voice. In his 29… FULL STORY
#43 Fishing with Todd
There are some days which nestle comfortably within memory, days which are gems, touched with magic and filled with quiet… FULL STORY
#42 Thou Shalt Not Kill
They’re closing borders in Europe. Hungary has put up the kind of fence the US wants to build between itself and… FULL STORY
Sheryda’s hopeful humanism
Hopeful humanism abounds in Sheryda Warrener’s follow-up to her debut volume of poetry, Hard Feelings (Snare/Invisible 2010). In her collection… FULL STORY
Moral Work of Nursing
Hazel Joan (Schattschneider) Magnussen, a graduate of the University of Alberta, is a retired registered nurse with 35 years experience… FULL STORY
From cattle to Quantum Wisdom
As Nina Woolliams, Nina Shoroplova wrote an important book on ranching in B.C., Cattle Ranch: The Story of the Douglas… FULL STORY
Shaben guides TWUC West
The new B.C. regional representative for the Writers Union of Canada is Carol Shaben. As the daughter of one of… FULL STORY
Death of a Lawyer
Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage Sept 17 – Oct 18 The Pulitzer Prize-winning Disgraced is a… FULL STORY
Bowering stays in the line-up
He has four new books this fall. George Bowering event:Interview with George Bowering to be conducted by Colin Browne Tuesday,… FULL STORY
The blooming of Rachel
In 2014, Rachel Rose was appointed Poet Laureate of Vancouver until 2017 on the strength of her relatively small but… FULL STORY
