Teen lit comes to Big Smoke
With a background in creative writing and publishing at Vancouver Island University, Lori Shwydky is the founder and managing editor… FULL STORY
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Employee Co-Ownership on Gabriola
September 3, 2016 – Fifteen days prior to the death of company co-founder Christopher ‘Kip’ Plant in June, employees of… FULL STORY
#10 Michael Kluckner
LOCATION: The site of Calhoun Farm, on Calhoun Road near Tappen on Shuswap Lake. The Calhoun Farm was first recorded… FULL STORY
#41 A child washed-up like seaweed
One little boy dead on a Turkish beach and we are flattened with rage and grief. I think the last… FULL STORY
Jonathan Swift would approve
At least 70% of local residents are opposed to the scheme. The germ of the idea for K. Linda Kivi’s… FULL STORY
‘Xsan marks the spot, in Terrace
Terrace launch for Sarah de Leeuw’s, Skeena, with SkeenaWild October 16 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm The public is… FULL STORY
Better than breadcrumbs
Theresa Kishkan’s 13th title, Patrin (Mother Tongue $17.95) is a novella that takes its title from an old word–patrin–for the… FULL STORY
War and 27 pieces
Twenty Seven Stings (New Star $18) by Mayne Island’s Julie Emerson is a suite of poems that illuminates aspects of… FULL STORY
Cuba’s history is running out of steam
“Most important to me,” he said, “is that my friends whose pictures are in the book would otherwise never get… FULL STORY
#40 Attack of the attack ads
Hi darlin,’ I am already sick of this looming election. If I had enough money… or any money at all… FULL STORY
Zaccheus remembered
Thursday, August 27 marks the first anniversary of his tragic death. From infancy, Zaccheus Jackson of the Piikani First Nation… FULL STORY
Road hockey warrior
On June 27, 2015 at the Piazza Colombo on Rossland Avenue, as part Trail’s Festa Italiana, retired teacher John D’Arcangelo… FULL STORY
How Léon Theremin gave the world the theremin
One of the big names at the the Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival in Vancouver, Nov. 21-26, will be… FULL STORY
Yukon steamers get their due
With more than 600 photos, Robert D. Turner’s The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers: A History of Yukon River Steam (Sono… FULL STORY
A is for Anctil
Born in 1985, Daniel Anctil was in Grade six at Vancouver’s McKechnie Elementary School in 1997 when he wrote the… FULL STORY
Sun Yet-sen’s Jewish bodyguard goes to Hollywood
The big names from around the world generally get the most attention at the Vancouver Writers Festival, but that doesn’t… FULL STORY
#39 The Hemlocks
Hi darling’, Egad it’s hot! I was out before six this morning drenching the flower containers and the bean patch. I… FULL STORY
Queen of the Godforsaken
The debut young adult novel, Queen of the Godforsaken (Thistledown $14.95) by Mix Hart of Kelowna is a coming-of-age story… FULL STORY
Graphic novel of internment
Artist and heritage expert Michael Kluckner has turned a new page for his first graphic novel, Toshiko (Midtown $19.95). Set… FULL STORY
The Talonbooks author with three hats
Now Jerry Wasserman is getting his due. At the 2015 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards held in Vancouver, Jerry Wasserman received… FULL STORY
