The laptop thief
Vancouver-born Andrew Battershill’s first novel, Pillow, was longlisted for the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2016 Sunburst Award and… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#244 Finally, something world class
This year the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness is focussed on First Nations, drug addiction treatment and the environment…. FULL STORY
#243 Going to the Dogs
Here Rachel Rose interviews mutt maven Stanley Coren who has appeared on Oprah, Larry King and Charlie Rose. Coren has… FULL STORY
Going to the dogs
Coren has written one of the world’s bestselling non-fiction books about dogs, The Intelligence of Dogs, as well as Why… FULL STORY
Going to the dogs
Rachel Rose interviews mutt maven Stanley Coren (2018) * Having produced possibly the bestselling non-fiction book about dogs ever written,… FULL STORY
Rising waters, rising fear
A long-time resident of Nelson, JG (Judy) Toews was born on Salt Spring Island and raised in North Vancouver. A… FULL STORY
Well, she was just seventeen
Self-esteem for older teens is hard to come by. In Brooke Carter’s first novel for and about teens, Another Miserable… FULL STORY
#242 A brotherly love revisited
Trailer Park Elegy by Cornelia Hoogland Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2017. $18.95 / 9781550178159 Reviewed by Mary Lou Soutar-Hynes … FULL STORY
Rob Morris (1949-2018)
Marine journalist and editor Rob Morris (1949-2018) was born and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario. He moved to British Columbia… FULL STORY
Hughes news
Matt Hughes writes crime fiction. His alter ego, Matthew Hughes, writes sf. Matt Hughes’ crime novel One More Kill, (PS… FULL STORY
Howe Sound advice
Pauline Le Bel’s Whale in the Door suggests activities and actions to deep readers’ connections to Howe Sound, as well… FULL STORY
#241 Howe Sound advice
Whale in the Door: A Community Unites To Protect BC’s Howe Sound by Pauline Le Bel Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press,… FULL STORY
Two temperamental titans
Writing in the Times Literary Supplement, Jan Morris has declared Barry Gough’s dual biography about the early 20th century relationship… FULL STORY
Affordability on Knight’s streets
Affordability has always been a housing issue in Vancouver. Having guided the 40th anniversary anthology for Room magazine into print,… FULL STORY
When Irish eyes are crying
I’m Not Here by Doireann Coady THEATREclub (Ireland) Cultch Historic Theatre Jan. 24-28 Even when a PuSh show doesn’t entirely… FULL STORY
Wagamese at the box office
According to statistics compiled by Bookmanager from weekly stats obtained from 250 Canadian independent stores, the bestselling non-fiction title of… FULL STORY
#240 Go get Emily!!
Emily Patterson, The Heroic Life of a Milltown Nurse provides a rare portrait of a female life on the West… FULL STORY
The unforgettable Major Matthews
Bizarrely, in 1969, John Pass was hired to take over from Vancouver’s first archivist, an Imperial bulldog from the late… FULL STORY
#239 And here’s to you, Mr. Robinson
Red Robinson: The Last Deejay by Robin Brunet Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2016. $29.95 / 9781550177695 Reviewed by Lani Russwurm… FULL STORY
Jack Boudreau (1933-2018)
Born on February 4, 1933 in the small community of Penny in the central B.C., located between the McGregor and… FULL STORY
