Nature’s wisdom
Award-winning storyteller Nicola I. Campbell takes young readers on a journey of discovery through the wilderness in Stand Like a… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Red snowfields and melting ice caps
Quarmby writes about washing up on shore with “nothing but wilderness between me and the next polar bear,” total daylight,… FULL STORY
B.C. authors at Jewish Book Fest
The 36th Annual JCC Jewish Book Festival scheduled for February includes several B.C. authors: Yosef Wosk, Seth Klein, Bonnie Sherr Klein, Rae Mate, Myriam… FULL STORY
Hiking a peak a week
When Angie Abdou challenged her daughter, Katie to hike a peak a week with her over the summer holidays one… FULL STORY
Gothic Canadian vet stories
In Night Watch: The Vet Suite (Invisible Publishing $19.95), due out in February 2021, Prince George-based Gillian Wigmore explores the… FULL STORY
VIDEO: Brexit, Canada and the American Revolution
The United States originated in the English Colonies that were established in the 1600s. But in 1707, four nations of… FULL STORY
Okanagan author reading
Two Okanagan authors, Hannah Calder (right) and Michael V. Smith will read from, and discuss their work virtually at an… FULL STORY
The ‘burbs
Taryn Hubbard’s first collection of poems, Desire Path (Talonbooks $16.95) speaks to the urge to explore home in the suburbs;… FULL STORY
Survivor stories: Post-Witness Era
Along with “new” Holocaust stories, purportedly some of the last in living memory to be recorded, Schallie’s book combines Jewish scholarship,… FULL STORY
Fox the potter
One of B.C.’s senior potters, Mary Fox has written: My Life as a Potter: Stories and Techniques (Harbour $44.95), part… FULL STORY
Memoir as poetry
Sharon Thesen (pictured) has co-authored with Janet Gallant a long poem about Gallant’s life, The Wig-Maker (New Star $16), due… FULL STORY
A mother’s work is never done
Amanda Watson explores the mythology of the contemporary mother in the media: a typically white, middle-class woman on the verge of… FULL STORY
Able to lead
Victoria-based Benjamin Isitt has co-authored with Ravi Malhotra Able to Lead: Disablement, Radicalism, and the Political Life of E.T. Kingsley… FULL STORY
Odyssey across Canada
Magda’s Odyssey (Gracesprings Collective $21.95), Deanna Kawatski’s eighth book, is a YA novel about a 14-year-old girl who sets off across… FULL STORY
David Robinson (1947 – 2020)
With the encouragement of an exceptional English teacher named Harry Locke (also a formative influence on several B.C. authors) the… FULL STORY
Cecil Paul 1931 – 2020
Also known by his Xenaksiala name, Wa’xaid, Cecil Paul (right) was one of the last fluent speakers of his people’s… FULL STORY
A Gilly’s place is in a boat
Gilly is a whiz at running her boat: she catches fish; she consoles a multi-millionaire who loses a trophy-sized tyee… FULL STORY
Chocolate Lily award 2020 nominees
Sari Cooper, author of The Horse of the River (Harbour $12.95) is one of this year’s nominees for the B.C…. FULL STORY
Psychopaths in boardrooms
Like environmental crusader Greta Thunberg, Bakan believes CEOs are making it look like real action is happening when little is… FULL STORY
Barely functional adult
Meichi Ng is the creator of Barely Functional Adult: It’ll All Make Sense, a comic she started in 2015 that attracts… FULL STORY
