Modernism at home in B.C.
The West Coast Modern House (Figure.1 $45) chronicles how ground-breaking pioneers in Vancouver created one of Canada’s most important architectural… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Cherry picking from Orchard
The public is invited to join CBC host Sheryl MacKay and historian Robert “Lucky” Budd for the launch of Budd’s… FULL STORY
#19 Ideas are like noses
Raining again. I find it interesting that in a place like Tahsis, with as much rain as we get, few… FULL STORY
Bett noir
With an arresting title that is reminiscent of UBC professor Warren Tallman’s collected essays for Godawful Streets of Man (1978),… FULL STORY
District celebrates half-century
In celebration of 50 years of library service on the North Shore, North Vancouver District Public Library has published Fifty!… FULL STORY
Non-suffering Saxifrage
Carrie Saxifrage is a journalist for the Vancouver Observer who also honed her research skills as an environmental lawyer in… FULL STORY
Effective schizoaffective novella
Greg Bauder’s novella Spilt Coffee (Solstice Publishing 2014) describes how three aging and disillusioned schizoaffective men live vicariously for their… FULL STORY
Shore to Shore to Gallery
In Shore to Shore: The Art of Ts’uts’umutl Luke Marston (Harbour $26.95), Suzanne Fournier tells the story of one of… FULL STORY
Zieroth at Capilano branch
The public is invited to join the Capilano Library, 32 Books and Harbour Publishing for the book launch of Albrecht… FULL STORY
Kanaka connection yields citation
Cascadia: The Life and Breath of the World (2013), a collection of environmental writing from the B.C./U.S. Pacific Northwest region,… FULL STORY
Newcomer Raziel Reid wins G.G.
The 24-year-old Xtra society columnist Raziel Reid finds himself the surprise winner of the Governor-General’s Award in the children’s literature… FULL STORY
Lane gets Order of Canada
Patrick Lane will be invested into the Order of Canada later this month. Patrick Lane was born on March 26,… FULL STORY
Fertile in Fernie
Helen McAllister (left) came to Fernie in 2002; Jennifer Heath (right) came to Fernie in 2005. As relative newcomers to… FULL STORY
Carr in England
Emily Carr in England (RBCM 2014) by Kathryn Bridge is an important contribution to writing about B.C.’s best-known painter, examining… FULL STORY
Shadow in British India
Eileen Kernaghan will appear at Spoken Ink on November 18, held at La Fontana Caffe, 3701 East Hastings (at Boundary… FULL STORY
Anything is possible if you persevere
Joan Betty Stuchner’s ten books are suffused with optimism and delight.“I know that many writers tell you to imagine you… FULL STORY
Heartbeats from Montreal to Dominica
Having grown up in Montreal, Dr. Gerrard Greenstone attended McGill University Medical School, graduating in 1970. After a stint at… FULL STORY
Fed launches Events Calendar
On October 15th, Doug Gibson was puzzled. Arguably the country’s greatest editor, Gibson had flown to Victoria from Toronto to… FULL STORY
Why John Wilson remembers
For his honeymoon, the Wilsons spent much of their time visiting war memorials in Europe. Much of John Wilson’s time… FULL STORY
In Alexander’s wake
At age eighty, travel writer W. Ruth Kozak of Vancouver has published her first novel, Shadow of the Lion: Blood… FULL STORY
