Early British Columbia and the Hudson’s Bay Company: An Aboriginal Perspective
Most of the observations of early British Columbia were written by Europeans. We don’t have a lot of writings from… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Psychiatric suspects
In his debut novel, The Killer Trail (NeWest 2014), crime novelist D.B. Carew introduces the character, Chris Ryder, a Vancouver… FULL STORY
Climate disaster warrior
Seth Klein, public policy researcher and writer, served for 22 years as the founding director of the B.C. office of… FULL STORY
Undercover in Vancouver
During his 35-year career with the RCMP, when he worked undercover on heroin, cocaine and homicide cases, Norm Boucher spent… FULL STORY
Filmmaker tells her story
Screenwriter and film director Anne Wheeler has written Taken by the Muse: On the Path to Becoming a Filmmaker (NeWest… FULL STORY
A third Homer
Thomas Homer-Dixon is described as a thought leader. A global thinker. Someone dedicated to “reinvigorating our cognitive strengths.” He won… FULL STORY
Toxic masculinity
David Ly’s debut collection of poetry Mythical Man (Anstruther $18.95) explores personhood in the 21st century, toxic masculinity, and speaks… FULL STORY
Doctors’ lives
Following up on his previous book, That’s Why I’m a Journalist (D&M 2015), former CBC journalist, Mark Bulgutch has published… FULL STORY
Texada Island trauma
Precious few British Columbians can tell you the name of our first provincial Premier—John Foster McCreight, a lawyer—but possibly one… FULL STORY
B.C.’s long-suffering suffragists
In 1917, B.C.’s women were finally allowed to vote but not until after Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta got the franchise… FULL STORY
I is for Iona Whishaw
In Iona Whishaw’s seventh mystery, A Match Made for Murder (Touchwood $16.95) , it’s November, and Lane Winslow and Inspector… FULL STORY
Whipping cables, bleeding alders
With endorsements by Tom Wayman, Kate Braid and Howard White, M.C. Warrior’s Disappearing Minglewood Blues (Mother Tongue $19.95), according to… FULL STORY
Houseboat honey
After his sister gave him 15,000 bees as a Christmas present, Dave Doroghy developed a fascination for the insects. Despite… FULL STORY
Lost in Translation, in Brazil
By Grant Patterson Back in 2017, I took early retirement from the Canada Border Services Agency, and moved to Brazil… FULL STORY
From tar paper to wars & books
Grand Chief Ron Derrickson describes his memoir due in October, Fight or Submit: Standing Tall in Two World (ECW 2020),… FULL STORY
Concussion poems
After a disabling concussion, Kyla Jamieson published her debut collection of poems, Body Count (Nightwood $18.95) about her life before… FULL STORY
Cast out of the garden
As bombs fell and armed militias invaded cities, towns and the countryside, Juma’s friend said, “Maison Rouge is a refugee… FULL STORY
What did you say?
Writers are by necessity nosy and often listening to other people’s conversations, later jotting down snippets for future use. Writing… FULL STORY
Chinook Wawa Interview And An Aboriginal Perspective
This is likely the first video interview in British Columbia conducted in Chinook Wawa. Prof. Jay Powell is the last… FULL STORY
Off the beaten track
Reviewer John Moore says the constant in Carolan’s stories is the timeless-centered lives of people he encountered, whether they are… FULL STORY
