From firm to farm
Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1947, Lawrence Pierce of Hornby Island, B.C, was a trial lawyer in downtown Vancouver… FULL STORY
Author Archive
When a windfall is a downfall
In Diane Daker’s Orca Currents mini-novel for ages 10-14, Bad Business (Orca $9.95), the protagonist Lindy knows she should not… FULL STORY
Compersion, get used to it
If you want to really upset most people, try defending polyamorists. They are the razor thin segment of society that… FULL STORY
Constancy rewarded
Tiffany Potter has won received the Killam Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Faculty of Arts at UBC in… FULL STORY
Z is for Zabliewicz
With a Ph.D from Berkeley, Denise Zabliewicz of the SFU Health Sciences faculty has chiefly examined issues of employment and… FULL STORY
Eight Miles High in Whistler
The protagonist of Dietrich Kalteis’ second crime novel, Grey Stevens, is literally minding his own business, contentedly growing and selling… FULL STORY
She’d rather be in Italy
As an associate professor in History and Humanities at SFU, Emily O’Brien has examined the autobiography of the fifteenth-century humanist… FULL STORY
X is for X.alatsep
Joseph Dandurand is a member of the Kwantlen First Nation for whom he has worked as Heritage/Lands officer for 20… FULL STORY
Simkin’s journey of compassion
Doctor, social activist and feminist, Ruth Simkin first revealed her challenging life journey in The Jagged Years of Ruthie J.,… FULL STORY
Kluckner does Romeo & Juliet
Artist and heritage expert Michael Kluckner has turned a new page for his first graphic novel, Toshiko (Midtown $19.95). Set… FULL STORY
Unflappable but flammable
“We live such flammable lives,” writes Miranda Pearson in the title poem for her fourth collection, The Fire Extinguisher (Oolichan… FULL STORY
Grace in the race
The first book by Vancouver lawyer-turned-writer Judy McFarlane, Writing with Grace (D&M $24.95) has been shortlisted for the $10,000 Edna… FULL STORY
Smiley paces
Formerly a world class skier, Cat Smiley of Whistler, B.C. is a body transformation specialist and owner of a weight-loss… FULL STORY
Feisty at 97
At 97, H. Barry Cotton has gathered almost a century’s worth of wisdom for a collection of mostly political poetry,… FULL STORY
Tip of the iceberg lettuce
When water restrictions were placed at Level 4 on the Sunshine Coast this summer, many citizens were angry because they… FULL STORY
Ten ships that made waves
Former teacher-librarian Gillian Richardson of Shuswap Lake, near Sorrento, B.C., won the 2010 Science Writing Award from the American Institute… FULL STORY
#9 David Thompson
LOCATION: Howse Pass. Here David Thompson first crossed into territory that is now part of present-day B.C. Thompson traversed Howse… FULL STORY
When telepathy is helpful
Combining biography, history and literary analysis, George M. Johnson’s Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond: Grappling… FULL STORY
Name dropping Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Rebel by C.C. Humphreys Bard on the Beach July 2 – September 19 It’s no secret all over town… FULL STORY
The counter culture still counts
Shortlisted for the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in 2016, Larry Gambone’s Vancouver-based memoir No Regrets (Edmonton: Black Cat… FULL STORY
