#251 The stupid man’s smart person?
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada, 2018. $34.95 / … FULL STORY
Author Archive
#250 Gordon Campbell, a reckoning
The Campbell Revolution? Power, Politics, and Policy in British Columbia J.R. (Jason) Lacharite and Tracy Summerville (editors) Montreal and Kingston:… FULL STORY
Arthur Black (1943-2018)
Arthur Black was diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in early January of 2018 and died at Lady Minto Hospital… FULL STORY
#77 Stay on the high road, Horgan
I can only hope Premier Horgan takes the high road and lets Albertans know they’re quite welcome in B.C. if… FULL STORY
Ryga Award shortlist announced
Shortlisted titles are Gary Geddes’ Medicine Unbundled, Travis Lupick’s Fighting for Space and David Suzuki & Ian Hanington’s Just Cool… FULL STORY
Let there be reading lights
With a subsidy from BC Hydro and the support of VPL’s chief librarian Sandra Singh, Vi Hughes has spearheaded… FULL STORY
Binning House (1941 – ????)
A California book provides a guide to a much-lauded West Vancouver landmark for West Coast architecture. Binning House by Matthew… FULL STORY
#249 Binning House (1941 – ?)
Binning House by Matthew Soules (text) and Michael Perlmutter (photography) Novato, California: ORO Editions, 2017. $24.95 (U.S.) / 9871939621665 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#76 500 swallows are hard to swallow
Hi Darlin’ DANG, but it is cold! Frost on the branches but the pussywillows don’t seem to care. I often feel… FULL STORY
A is for Ardley
Growing up on the Canadian prairies, Pat Ardley never dreamed she would spend most of her adult life near the… FULL STORY
Kaho’olawe, the 8th Hawaiian isle
A Grunt Gallery exhibit highlights the social memory of Coast Salish people of Hawaiian ancestry and their return to Hawaii… FULL STORY
Ryga longlist announced
The George Ryga Award is annually presented to a B.C. writer who has achieved an outstanding degree of social awareness… FULL STORY
#248 Kaho’olawe; 8th Hawaiian island
Journey to Kaho’olawe by Hans Winkler and Cease Wyss (T’uy’t’tanat) Vancouver: Grunt Gallery, 2017 $20.00 / 9781988708027 Reviewed by Chris… FULL STORY
High risks, high expectations
Kelowna historian K. Wayne Wilson recommends Douglas Grant’s account of hard work, technological innovation and tenacity.
#247 High risks, high expectations
Vertical Horizons: The History of Okanagan Helicopters by Douglas M. Grant Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2017. $39.95 / 9781550178135 Reviewed… FULL STORY
#246 The heroism of the outsider
Novelist Bill Gaston once dubbed Ernest Hekkanen Canadian literature’s “most resolute maverick.” For twenty years he and his long-time partner… FULL STORY
#245 Publish and cherish
The tradition of printers supporting the literary arts is a very long one. Before there were trade publishing companies in… FULL STORY
It Begins in Betrayal
In Iona Whishaw’s fourth mystery, It Begins in Betrayal (Touchwood $16.95), it’s been four years since Flight Lieutenant Darling and his… FULL STORY
Northern Serengeti on horseback
In her memoir, Summer of the Horse (Harbour $19.95), Donna Kane describes leaving a twenty-five-year marriage to be with a… FULL STORY
Camelot beyond neurotypicals
King Arthur’s Night by Niall McNeil & Marcus Youssef Neworld Theatre PuSh Festival / Freddy Wood Theatre by Paul Durras… FULL STORY
