Marinetti & Mussolini
Richard Cavell, among other things, is the first Canadian to have taught Canadian Literature at the University of Padua. His… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Sister to the rescue
After Dayle Campbell Gaetz’ 2013 novel, Taking the Reins, won a Moonbeam Gold Award for historical fiction, she will follow… FULL STORY
Running gets on track
Retired Edmonton schoolteacher Charlotte Cameron is launching her book, Running: The Alex Decoteau Story, at the Gabriola Branch, Vancouver Island… FULL STORY
Not a bear or bare lady
Rosella Leslie’s The Cougar Lady: Legendary Trapper of Sechelt Inlet (Caitlin $22.95 pieces together the life story of Asta Bergliot… FULL STORY
Missie not to be missed
Missie Peters of Victoria is one-half of the improvised spoken word duo SpeakEasy and a self-described science fiction geek. She… FULL STORY
Not just monks self-immolate
A twenty-minute interview [CLICK below] with the two Vancouver authors will be broadcast to 1,305 affiliated radio and tv stations… FULL STORY
Canzine scene on November 8
Since 1995, Canzine events in Toronto, Vancouver and Halifax have displayed thousands of zines and small press works and hosted… FULL STORY
Tilly takes home Burt
Monique Gray Smith is a mixed-heritage woman of Cree, Lakota and Scottish ancestry and a proud mom of young twins…. FULL STORY
BC Bestsellers
BC Bestseller List Week of October 5, 2014 Whitewater Cooks With Passion (Alicon Holdings / Sandhill) Vancouver Confidential (Anvil Press) Dolphin… FULL STORY
#18 Telling Victoria to frack off
Hi, darlin’. I had a near temper tantrum in the hardware store today. Some young man who was about half… FULL STORY
#17 Cathedral of Salmon
“We take communion with our eyes as we watch the miracles return.” Hi, darlin’. At last we had some… FULL STORY
#16 Waste not, want not
Hi, Darlin’ Went to the Village Council meeting. Held at the Recreation Centre. Instead of the “small room” at the… FULL STORY
How Esquimalt saved Canada
When Canada was still part of the British Empire, its naval forces fell under the command of the British Navy… FULL STORY
Obituary notice Robert Tyhurst
Born in Halifax on March 8, 1951, Robert Tyhurst attended St. Georges primary school in Westmount, Quebec, while his parents… FULL STORY
The GG’s like BC
Dominating in the GG poetry category were three poets from Victoria and Vancouver including: Christopher Levenson (Vancouver) – Night Vision… FULL STORY
Victoria Book Prizes, October 15th
Neither lazy or criminal, Angie, the young protagonist of Sara Cassidy’s Skylark (Orca), sleeps in an old car with her… FULL STORY
Innocence withheld
Labour lawyer Joan McEwen describes Henry’s nightmarish journey towards freedom in her remarkable new book, Innocence on Trial: The Framing… FULL STORY
Szanto clauses
George Szanto will launch his new novel Whatever Lola Wants (Brindle & Glass $19.95) at the library on Gabriola Island… FULL STORY
Ground control to Major Markian
Kosmic Mambo Idea and adaptation by David Mackay Created by David Mackay & Wendy Gorling Studio 58 Oct. 2-19 … FULL STORY
Rose gets laureate post
Rachel Rose has been appointed as Vancouver’s fourth poet laureate. “I am extremely honoured,” says Rose, who most recently won… FULL STORY
