The Kane scrutiny
In Victoria between April and June of 1847, the Irish-Canadian artist painted in the traditional territory of the Songhees (Lekwungen)… FULL STORY
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From Crete to Canada to Craiova
The poet’s road can be very long, and it is never straight. Born in Kolibari on Crete in 1947, Manolis… FULL STORY
Lights, camera, action, debate
In Tar Wars, Geo Takach’s critical responses to eco-documentaries include three made by B.C. filmmakers: Todd McGowan & Frank Wolf;… FULL STORY
Same old story
Only seven B.C. writers were shortlisted for major, national literary awards this fall. Only one of these was published from… FULL STORY
#177 Monumental tasks
REVIEW: Commemorating Canada: History, Heritage, and Memory, 1850s-1990s by Cecilia Morgan Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. $26.95 / 9781442610613… FULL STORY
#176 Sexual treachery vs. friendship
Jazz riffs from a leaky lifeboat… Useless Things (REDACTED) A novella. By Charles Tidler Ekstasis Editions. 124 pages. $19.95… FULL STORY
#175 The Kane scrutiny
REVIEW: Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America by Paul Kane, edited and with an introduction by… FULL STORY
Creedom reigns
“When I was growing up,” writes acclaimed Cree playwright Thomson Highway in his remarkable prologue to From Oral to Written:… FULL STORY
Always cry wolf
With Wolf Island, Pacific Wild founder Ian McAllister and ex-journalist Nicholas Read have again appealed to readers aged 8-14. REVIEW:… FULL STORY
#174 Lights, camera, action, debate
Documentaries about Alberta’s tar sands between 2004 and 2014 have helped and hindered public debate. Geo Takach’s critical responses to… FULL STORY
#173 Always cry wolf
Wolf Island by Ian McAllister (photographs) and Nicholas Read (text) Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2017. $19.95 / 9781459812642 Reviewed by Carol… FULL STORY
A hero in the garden
His Salt Spring Seeds company now grows over 700 wild and domestic plants for seed for sale around the world…. FULL STORY
#72 Of clansmen and Klansmen
Hi, darlin’ The TV news this morning had a thingy about the SFU football team and some professor wanting the… FULL STORY
Austin Andrews’ shadow hymns
Austin Andrews, a film editor and director, published Shadow Hymns: Photography (Durvile Publications + UpRout $29.95). His photographic work has… FULL STORY
Adventures in film wonderland
India-born screenwriter, director and producer, Vic Sarin (1945) has written a memoir EyePiece: Adventures in Canadian Film and Television (Durvile… FULL STORY
Fidel and me
She tells the story of how her father Fred Brown became head of Havana University’s philosophy department after she asked… FULL STORY
UK graphic novelist at UBC
For British-based graphic novelist and activist Kate Evans (at right), the only proper response to the refugee crisis facing Europe… FULL STORY
Julie Flett: finalist & festival reader
Vancouver-based Cree/Metis author, visual artist, and illustrator Julie Flett is a finalist for the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award organized… FULL STORY
#172 Scottish lilt, without the kilt
REVIEW: The Nor’ Wester by David Starr Vancouver: Ronsdale Press, 2017. $11.95 978-1-55380-493-2 Reviewed by Steve Pocock David Starr’s… FULL STORY
#171 Florence, Dante and Me
REVIEW: Florence, Dante and Me (Godwin Books 2017) Robert Stuart Thomson unpriced 978-0-99587-600-2 by Beverly Cramp * It’s the… FULL STORY
