John Wilson
John Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1951, of parents who had recently returned from a life in India…. FULL STORY
Author Archive
Literature As An Oppositional Disorder
By Ernest Hekkanen For those of you who know me, it will come as no surprise that I suffer from… FULL STORY
Corncobs and Copper Woman: A Cautionary Tale
Born and raised in Nanaimo, view Anne Cameron remains most widely-known for Daughters of Copper Woman, her interpretation of stories… FULL STORY
Origins of Anvil Press
HERE FOLLOWS BRIAN KAUFMAN'S SUMMARY OF THE ORIGINS OF BOTH SUBTERRAIN MAGAZINE AND ANVIL PRESS, PRINTED IN THE AUTUMN 2011… FULL STORY
Ann Eriksson
2010 was proclaimed The Year of Biodiversity by the UN. It’s a particularly appropriate time for Ann Eriksson’s third novel,… FULL STORY
Mazo de la Roche and Dorothy Livesay
Mazo de la Roche and Dorothy Livesay: High Tory Meets Radical “I am sure, she (de la Roche) was yearning… FULL STORY
Why Poetry Matters
“Poetry doesn’t matter to most people,” writes Jay Parini, poet, novelist and professor of English at Middlebury College, Vermont. “Most… FULL STORY
Noam Chomsky
On the wall in Noam Chomsky’s book-strewn office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston there is a large… FULL STORY
W.O. Mitchell
This article is written by Maria Pavlik who interviewed W.O. Mitchell at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in 1990 when he… FULL STORY
The Origins of Eyemouth
Where does a book of fiction begin? William Faulkner says a writer has three sources: autobiography, observation, and imagination. If… FULL STORY
Pierre Coupey
The North Van-dals [This interview with Pierre Coupey was prepared for Moodyville, a 2009 issue of The Capilano Review, about… FULL STORY
The Bad Trips anthology
[This article about the anthology Bad Trips edited by Keath Fraser appeared originally in Canada India Village Aid’s 20th Anniversary… FULL STORY
From Candlelight to leading lights
Twenty years ago, when Judith Plant published her first book, Healing the Wounds: The Promise of Ecofeminism with New Society… FULL STORY
Why I self-published
Peter Grauer’s exhaustive account of American bandit Bill Miner’s years in British Columbia—in the venerable do-it-yourself tradition of George Nicholson’s… FULL STORY
Toward A New Romanticism in Poetry
Toward a New Romanticism in Poetry Maybe it’s time for a New Romanticism, not just in poetry, but the world…. FULL STORY
Jim Munro Honoured
The Association of Book Publishers of BC is delighted to announce that Jim Munro of Munro’s Books will receive the… FULL STORY
Reflections on Milton & Censorship
[When former UBC professor Jan de Bruyn was living in Sechelt, there was a public outcry by a few vocal… FULL STORY
Publishing / Origins of Polestar Press
To support writing and publishing in British Columbia, we are collecting memoirs for www.abcbookworld.com, a free reference site hosted by… FULL STORY
Sex, Death & Madness: A Brief history of writers’ group
In December 1992, Michelle Benjamin of Polestar Press had a Christmas party. Kate Braid and I were among the many… FULL STORY
Betty Keller
For seven summers Betty Keller has placed her own writing career on hold to mastermind one of the most successful… FULL STORY
