We hae meat
In 1986, the iconic James Inglis Reid Ltd. store of traditional Scottish food with its motto, “We hae meat that… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Disappearing Devin
In Allie McFarland’s debut novella, Disappearing in Reverse (Univ. of Calgary $24,99), a young woman named Devin, who supposedly died… FULL STORY
Laboratory achiever
After earning a Ph.D. in England in 1958, Julia Levy returned to UBC to teach and work in her own… FULL STORY
Hackers can be good
Human rights lawyer & activist and UBC adjunct professor Maureen Webb, who teaches national security law, rehabilitates computer hackers’ bad… FULL STORY
Tragedy, addiction, chaos
Tragedy strikes twice in one year for Rosemary Keevil when she loses her brother to AIDS and her husband to… FULL STORY
Ktunaxa poet up for prize
Two-spirit, transgendered educator Smokii Sumac of Kimberly has been shortlisted for the 2020 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ emerging writers…. FULL STORY
Crime writer turns to podcasting
Having successfully published a half dozen crime books, Eve Lazarus is using her content to produce podcasts. Lazarus’s first podcast,… FULL STORY
Gossip, innuendo, murder
Having written a memoir about being the first confirmed case of a B.C. resident with Lyme’s Disease, Vanessa Farnsworth has… FULL STORY
Bountiful daughter returns
Having broken away from the polygamist community of Bountiful, Mary Jayne Blackmore returned to become a teacher and vice principal… FULL STORY
Allan Fotheringham (1932 – 2020)
Journalist and author, Allan Fotheringham died in his Toronto home on August 12 at the age of 87. He wrote… FULL STORY
Empty-eyed tourists
The short stories in Genni Gunn’s new collection Permanent Tourists (Signature $19.95) are linked although they take place in an array of… FULL STORY
Drawing social struggle
“I didn’t want the drawing sequence [of June 21, 1919, known as ‘bloody Sunday’] to be entertaining,” Lester says. “I… FULL STORY
Finding your voice
Vancouver Island poet, Jordan Scott has struggled with stuttering all his life. He first wrote about it in his poetry… FULL STORY
Finding Tiff
Having written about major Canadian figures Malcom Lowry (who lived in the Vancouver area for 14 years while finishing his… FULL STORY
J is for Jordan Scott
Poet Jordan Scott, who has struggled with stuttering most of his life, has published a debut kidlit book, I Talk… FULL STORY
Whistler Writers Festival goes digital
Anthropologist and international best-selling author Wade Davis will headline the virtual 2020 Whistler Writers Festival, joining over 50 other presenters… FULL STORY
Vancouver’s hidden ‘hoods
Populist historian, Eve Lazarus adds another title to her list of true crime stories, cold cases and non-traditional histories with… FULL STORY
Cautionary poems
A is for Alexander Susan Alexander’s second volume of poetry, Nothing You Can Carry (Thistledown $20) focuses on apprehensions (climate… FULL STORY
Goliaths of the beach
At the end of the 19th century, elephant seals had been overhunted to the brink of extinction. Actions by the… FULL STORY
Accidential apiarist best honey book
Dave Doroghy’s Show Me the Honey: Adventures of an Accidental Apiarist (TouchWood $25) has won Gourmand World Cookbook Awards’ Best Book… FULL STORY
