Bowlsby wins award for hockey writing
Vancouver author and hockey historian, Craig Bowlsby has won the 2014 Brian McFarlane Award for outstanding research and writing by… FULL STORY
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Stalin’s shadow in B.C.
For anyone puzzled about the current headlines involving Russia and Ukraine, Grant Buday’s darkly comic novel The Delusionist is a… FULL STORY
The Fargo of British Columbia
Poet and author Sheila Peters’ fifth book is a murder mystery set in her home town of Smithers. Shafted: A… FULL STORY
Harbour Publishing turns 40
Here publisher Howard White reminisces about how and why Harbour has not only survived, but thrived, while managing to maintain… FULL STORY
Ivan E. Coyote’s successful failure
Rae Spoon’s comment sounds like a clever thing to say to grab attention. But one need only dip into any… FULL STORY
Celebrating Kootenay veterans
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR NAMES ON A CENOTAPH Thursday, Sept. 4: Book launch – Nelson Touchstones Museum 5:30 pm Saturday, Sept…. FULL STORY
Wannabe Beatles of the world, unite
And before that, he was the 6th Beatle. Science writer Dick Bourgeois-Doyle explores how Beatles fans keep the band ‘alive’…. FULL STORY
From Elbow to Coyote
Elma Schemenauer is the author of 75 books, mostly educational titles published in Canada and the USA. Born near the… FULL STORY
I is for Imbert
After Imbert Orchard moved from England to B.C. in the aftermath of the Second World War, CBC hired him as… FULL STORY
Society dissolves; Ryga legacy endures
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: The George Ryga Centre Society DATE: July 14, 2014 SUBJECT: THE GEORGE RYGA CENTRE SOCIETY BOWS… FULL STORY
Where there’s a Will, there’s a grave
Will Starling (Goose Lane $29.95) is Ian Weir’s forthcoming follow-up to his debut novel Daniel O’Thunder that was shortlisted for… FULL STORY
Buday captures 1962 Vancouver
Never one to shy away from the truth in his fiction, Grant Buday recalls Josef Stalin’s systematic starving of two… FULL STORY
100-year-old White has 2nd book
Frank White started writing the story of his life in 1972 when he was nearly sixty. It took him over… FULL STORY
And the beats go on
An art EXHIBITION in conjunction with The Life and Art of Harry and Jessie Webb (Mother Tongue $34.95) will open… FULL STORY
#14 Going to the dogs & cats
Sky is mottled pale blue this morning, with gray cloud. The breeze feels as if it’s coming off the glacier…. FULL STORY
Yates’ kidlit cream of the crop
Retired Gabriola Island librarian Susan Yates spotlights thirty Canadian picture books from her collection of more than 300 of them…. FULL STORY
Bio-netting has a champion
Vancouver artist Sharon Kallis is no stranger to environmental art. Over the past few years, she has collaborated with environmentalists,… FULL STORY
Ginger Goodwin revisited
With endorsements from Jack Hodgins (“remarkably strong, original and new”), Madeleine Thien and Michael Crummey, Matt Rader’s debut first collection… FULL STORY
British Columbia & Me
Here’s historian Jean Barman’s acceptance speech for the 21st George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award, presented at Vancouver Public Library on… FULL STORY
Jason Priestley autobiography
Having spent nine years playing teen heartthrob Brandon Walsh in the hit television series Beverly Hills 90210, Vancouver-born actor Jason… FULL STORY
