Inter-generational trauma
“Nishga is not a poem, essay or a letter,” writes reviewer Latash Maurice Nahanee. “It is a documentation of one… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Tundra the wolf dog
The owner of SWELL Wolf Education Centre in Nanaimo, Gary R. Allan has penned a book about his wolf dog,… FULL STORY
Writing as a tool for change
“Story as Resistance” is the theme for this year’s Convergence Writers’ Weekend in Silverton, B.C. on June 12 and 13,… FULL STORY
Ryga Award 2020 shortlist
Initiated by The George Ryga Society, B.C. BookWorld, CBC Radio (Kelowna) and Okanagan College in 2004, and with the sponsorship… FULL STORY
Saint X & the boy
Now there is a sixth. The only little boy with blond hair that Saint-Exupéry knew at all well during the… FULL STORY
2020 Jewish Book Festival
BOOK LAUNCH IN THE WALDMAN LIBRARY Wednesday February 12 | 2:00–3:00pm GLORIA LEVI / Kissing an Old Dream Goodbye: A Memoir… FULL STORY
Liz Levine
Having spent years working with other writers, Liz Levine has published a memoir, Nobody Ever Talks About Anything but the… FULL STORY
Robert Ratcliffe Taylor
Robert Ratcliffe Taylor’s The Birdcages: British Columbia’s First Legislative Buildings (Friesen 2019) tells the little-known history of the Birdcages, built… FULL STORY
R.I.P. David Kerfoot (1948 – 2020)
Born in Kelowna in 1948, one of B.C.’s well-known booksellers, David Kerfoot, died of cancer on January 11 at Vancouver… FULL STORY
B.C.’s mighty sea otter
Being a “keystone species” otters have the power to hold an ecosystem together and their return to B.C. started a… FULL STORY
Robin Ridington
Robin Ridington began working with the Beaver Indians, or Dane-zaa, in 1964; his wife Jillian began working with the Dane-zaa… FULL STORY
An Eden in our midst
The Fraser River is B.C.’s largest, most ecologically diverse and productive waterway. Between the towns of Hope and Mission is… FULL STORY
Orca-strations
Mark Leiren-Young has written Orcas Everywhere: The Mystery and History of Killer Whales (Orca $24.95) for young people, inspired by… FULL STORY
B.C.’s great hunting guide
With retired journalist Andrew Bruce Richards, Hiram Cody Tegart wrote his memoirs about being a hunting guide in B.C.’s Columbia… FULL STORY
From Harvey River to Halfmoon Bay
Lorna Goodison, of Halfmoon Bay, B.C. (there is a Halfmoon Bay in Jamaica as well) has won the annual Queen’s… FULL STORY
Can You Speak British Columbian Part Two?
Chinook Wawa is linked with the history of British Columbia. We might even call one form of it British Columbian…. FULL STORY
Streetcars and Metro Vancouver: Urban Planning History Explained
Streetcars and Metro Vancouver: Urban Planning History Explained Urban History Part One 1886 to 1928 & Robert Horne-Payne … FULL STORY
Yamagishi novel shortlisted
Canadian author, Kunio Yamagishi’s The Return of a Shadow (London, Austin Macauley, 2018) was one of eight books shortlisted in… FULL STORY
Introducing KUMTUKS videos
About Kumtuks Videos Country = Infrastructure + Narratives. Kumtuks believes we need to renew and support our narratives as much… FULL STORY
Man of destiny
Jesse Donaldson’s new book, Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate (Anvil $20) will be launched December 19…. FULL STORY
