Victoria finalists announced
Celebrating 14 years, the Victoria Book Prize Society is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2017 City of Victoria… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#165 Alaska Highway — before GPS
REVIEW: Beyond Mile Zero: The Vanishing Alaska Highway Lodge Community by Lily Gontard (text) and Mark Kelly (photographs) Madeira Park: Harbour… FULL STORY
#71 Frankenfish, a Stephen King novel
Hi, darlin’ I think the first Stephen King novel I read was Firestarter, and I was hooked. I’m not at all… FULL STORY
#164 Cuba from the inside
For anyone with an abiding love or interest in Cuba, there are many books about the place–more than ten of… FULL STORY
#163 Highways to tell
At its AGM in Nakusp in May of 2018, the British Columbia Historical Federation announced the winner of its prestigious… FULL STORY
The depths of Shaughnessy Heights
John MacLachlan Gray’s fictional recreation of events shines with life-affirming wit and honesty according to reviewer Ginny Ratsoy. The… FULL STORY
Grain of Saltspring truth
John Grain has self-published a memoir, Mod ‘n Lavender: Salt Spring Island in the ’60s ($18.95). Previously he was part… FULL STORY
Sisters of war merit double coverage
Determined, disciplined and highly capable, some 2800 Canadian nursing sisters went overseas to serve during the First World War. REVIEW: War… FULL STORY
#162 The sisters of war
REVIEW: War Torn Exchanges: The Lives and Letters of Nursing Sisters Laura Holland and Mildred Forbes by Andrea McKenzie (editor). Vancouver:… FULL STORY
#161 Loving in a fog
REVIEW: The Most Dangerous Thing by Leanne Lieberman Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 2017 $14.95 9781459811843 Reviewed by Carol Anne Shaw … FULL STORY
Sparking haiku poetry
Haiku specialist and author of five collections of poetry as well as five chapbooks of haiku poetry, Terry Ann Carter… FULL STORY
From sunny ways to better days
Co-editor Burnaby South MP Kennedy Stewart and Saanich-Gulf Island MP Elizabeth May are part of a non-partisan look at reforming… FULL STORY
#160 From sunny ways to better ways
Turning Parliament Inside Out: Practical Ideas for Reforming Canada’s Democracy by Michael Chong, Scott Simms, and Kennedy Stewart (editors) Madeira… FULL STORY
From Manchuria to Vancouver
Julia Lin’s biograhy, Shadows of the Crimson Sun: One Man’s Life in Manchuria, Taiwan, and North America (Mawenzie House $24.95),… FULL STORY
From the Somme to Shaughnessey
John MacLachlan Gray will launch his novel, The White Angel (Douglas & McIntyre, $29.95), at The Wolf & Hound (3617… FULL STORY
Joan Skogan (1945-2017)
An intrepid researcher and a conscientious writer, she will be much missed by those who knew her fascinating, passionate nature…. FULL STORY
Righting a past wrong
Victoria-based Christine Hart has published her fourth novel, Secrets From Myself (Dancing Cat 2017) about a 11-year old Katelyn who… FULL STORY
#159 Joan Skogan was one of a kind
Born in Comox on September 29, 1945, Joan Skogan knew joy and sorrow. An intrepid researcher and a conscientious writer,… FULL STORY
#158 A province of non-believers
REVIEW: Infidels and the Damn Churches: Irreligion and Religion in Settler British Columbia by Lynne Marks Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017. $34.95 … FULL STORY
Jim Wong-Chu (1949-2017)
Jim Wong-Chu was a serious and determined figure dubbed the Moses of Chinese Canadian writing. Chinese Canadians weren’t granted the… FULL STORY
