A hidden child bears witness
M. Rene Goldman, who taught at UBC and retired to Summerland, is a childhood survivor of the holocaust. His self-published… FULL STORY
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Commodore gets its due
In recent memory, most people know the iconic Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver has played host to musical greats like The… FULL STORY
Sim donates to libraries & galleries
Author, editor and self-publisher Gary Sim has completed a series of donations to arts organizations in 2014. Recipients included the… FULL STORY
David Evanier, then & now
Around the time David Evanier founded EVENT in 1971, when Douglas College was little more than a collection of… FULL STORY
EVENT founder resurfaces
Around the time David Evanier founded EVENT, when Douglas College was little more than a collection of trailers, Jon Paul… FULL STORY
Kimchi, kombucha & aquaponics
With a Ph.D. in conservation biology, Michelle Nelson started “homesteading” in a one-bedroom East Vancouver apartment. Five years later she… FULL STORY
#27 Je ne suis pas Charlie 2
Hi, darlin’, Didn’t go for a Therapeutic Perambulation yesterday because of the spit-n’drizzle on-again-off-again and the bone gnawing penetrating chill…. FULL STORY
First book, Second Growth
Fabienne Calvert Filteau, born in Ontario in 1984, grew up in Ontario and graduated from the University of Victoria in… FULL STORY
Randy Savage, R.I.P.
Nathaniel G. Moore has won the 2014 ReLit Awards for fiction with his novel Savage: 1986-2011 (Anvil Press $20). ReLit… FULL STORY
Dyed in the Greenery
E. George Mercer of North Saanich was born on May 1, 1957 at Gander, Newfoundland. He came to B.C. in… FULL STORY
One Man, Two Guvnors, Three Cheers
One Man, Two Guvnors By Richard Bean Music and Songs by Grant Olding Arts Club Theatre Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage… FULL STORY
Kyi’s keys to survival
A shipwreck on a remote island. A plane crash in the Peruvian jungle. Trapped deep in the earth with 33… FULL STORY
Durrell deciphered
James Gifford , an Associate Professor of English and director of the university core at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Vancouver,… FULL STORY
Jim Millar, then & now
Watson Mylar was the pen name for Jim Millar when he self-published his illustrated short novel Hunting Elk in Kitsilano… FULL STORY
Two from Van Tol
Alex Van Tol has the bit between her teeth. This spring the Victoria freelance writer and editor is releasing her… FULL STORY
Tofino whales and Vietnam
Set during the Vietnam War and the so-called counter-culture reaction, The Whale Chaser (Chicago Review Press $16.95 pb US) follows… FULL STORY
Strait goods
Dick Beamish and Sandy McFarlane invited ten other experts to help them complete an unprecedented, 384-page book about the geology,… FULL STORY
Hastings-Sunrise
Bren Simmers’ book-length poem Hastings-Sunrise (Gibsons: Nightwood Editions $18.95) is a tribute to the neighbourhood of Vancouver in which she… FULL STORY
Exstew River, Itcha-Ilgachuz & Kakwa
Tania Millen was born in Ottawa to an engineering father and a botanist mother. With an older sister and a… FULL STORY
A borrower and a lender be
The response to an article in B.C. BookWorld [The Roving Bookseller] about David Ellis has prompted Ellis to speak his… FULL STORY
