Tanzanian novel wins in Whistler

Often we read of overnight success stories in literature, glowing accounts of  young writers who receive whopping contracts for their… FULL STORY

Nanaimo’s founding force

Jan Peterson’s new biography untangles the fascinating relationship between the humanitarian Mark Bate and his friend and arch-rival, the coal… FULL STORY

#194 Lill Emerson: Raincoast educator

Lill’s Story: Reminiscences of a Country Schoolteacher by Lillian Emerson Edited by Mary Novik and Ned Young * We are… FULL STORY

#197 Jan Peterson

LOCATION: Nanaimo Harbour Walk, Nanaimo. While industrialist Robert Dunsmuir has long been recognized as the most important figure in nineteenth… FULL STORY

#193 Nanaimo mayor rivals Dunsmuir

Mark Bate: Nanaimo’s First Mayor by Jan Peterson Victoria: Heritage House, 2017. $19.95.  /  9781772031829 Reviewed by John R. Hinde… FULL STORY

Take me to the river

A new history of ILWU Local 502 celebrates how unionists have “successfully navigated the restructuring forces of globalization.” Reviewer Sean… FULL STORY

Flett’s success at B.C. Book Prizes unprecedented

Vancouver-based Cree/Metis author, visual artist, and illustrator Julie Flett has done it again. Set in the Nicola Valley, with text… FULL STORY

A contemporary adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Little Eyolf, Hiro Kanagawa’s play Indian Arm (Playwrights Canada 2016) will be accorded the… FULL STORY

Long Ago Person Found

You might not know that B.C. is home to the oldest, well-preserved human remains in North America. After three sheep… FULL STORY

#192 Take me to the river

REVIEW: Longshoring on the Fraser: Stories and History of ILWU Local 502 by Chris M.V. Madsen, Liam O’Flaherty, and Michelle… FULL STORY

Biodiversity & the boardroom

Biodiversity markets remain small. Destructive development continues apace. So we must image new partnerships. REVIEW: Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets, and… FULL STORY

#191 Biodiversity in the boardroom

REVIEW: Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics by Jessica Dempsey Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. £19.99 (U.K.).  / … FULL STORY

Brazilian whacks

In Grant Patterson’s first two books about a semi-reluctant, private eye in Brazil, we follow Will Bryant, formerly a Canadian… FULL STORY

Rory gets around

Although he can no longer pipe, hike or travel to exotic lands, and although he’s been reduced to shuffling about… FULL STORY

#190 Multiculturalism beyond rhetoric

REVIEW: The Minor Intimacies of Race: Asian Publics in North America by Christine Kim Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press,… FULL STORY

From Sucre to Sucre Lumber

Dan Propp was born in Sucre, Bolivia in 1944 after his parents Arthur and Elsa Propp had fled the Nazis…. FULL STORY

#189 Skimming is for milk, not reading

REVIEW: Garage Criticism: Cultural Missives in an Age of Distraction by Peter Babiak Vancouver: Anvil Press 2016. $20.00 /  978-1-77214-050-7… FULL STORY

#188 Spooked horses in a storm

Auguries by Clea Roberts London, Ontario: Brick Books, 2017. $20  /  9781771314510 Reviewed by David Stouck     *  … FULL STORY

Professor Prawns & Count Snackula

Adrian Sinclair aka “Professor Prawns” (on the left) co-wrote with  Karlis Kalnins aka “Count Snackula” (right), Freestyle Focus Group: Learn… FULL STORY

#187 Brother, where art thou?

Brother McClelland $ Stewart 2017 by David Chariandy $25 hc ISBN 978-0-7710-2290-6 reviewed by Cherie Thiessen * The only author… FULL STORY