Powell Street before internment
Award-winning filmmaker and magazine editor Jesse Nishihata (1929 – 2006) has had a memoir published posthumously, Powell Street Diary: A… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Gently to Nagasaki & mercy
Now the acclaimed author has gathered disparate parts of her life to weave together an intensely personal memoir dealing with… FULL STORY
Karlene Faith obituary
by Beverly Cramp and Starla Anderson* Born in 1938 in Aylsham, Saskatchewan, Karlene Faith co-founded the revolutionary Santa Cruz Women’s… FULL STORY
Under Vancouver gets upbeat response
Greg Girard’s photos of pre-Expo Vancouver taken from 1972 to 1982 are in the same league as Fred Herzog’s imagery,… FULL STORY
Campbell: revolutionary or neoliberal?
Two University of Northern British Columbia professors have teamed up to produce a collection of essays that assess the impact… FULL STORY
Perfection is hard work
Andrew Scott traces the proliferation of utopian societies–and some demonic leaders–in Canada’s most experimental province. REVIEW: The Promise of Paradise: Utopian… FULL STORY
Jim Wong-Chu (1949-2017)
With the passing last week of Vancouver poet, activist and mentor, Jim Wong-Chu, Vancouver lost a pioneer of the Asian… FULL STORY
Abenaki Daring
“His seeking to pass literacy’s promise on to the next generation in his home community so they might dare literacy’s… FULL STORY
#150 Narnia meets Camelot
REVIEW: Walking to Camelot: A Pilgrimage through the Heart of Rural England by John A. Cherrington Vancouver: Figure 1 Publishing, 2016…. FULL STORY
#149 Grit to the core
REVIEW: From the Klondike to Berlin: The Yukon in World War I. by Michael Gates Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2017. $24.95 … FULL STORY
Pacific Theatre almost goes homeless
If you’re not the favoured Arts Club or Bard on the Beach, keeping professional theatre alive in boomtown Vancouver is… FULL STORY
#148 Pacific Theatre almost homeless
If you’re not the favoured Arts Club or the Shakespeare Fest, keeping professional theatre alive in boomtown Vancouver is daunting.
VPL’s literary landmarks expand
Eight more B.C. authors are sited by a program to recognize the city’s vibrant literary and publishing culture. VANCOUVER, B.C…. FULL STORY
Ormsby #147 Pat Carney’s carnival
Reviewer Pam Erikson finds On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers is a delightful collection that often feels magical. … FULL STORY
#147 Cats–Pat Carney’s island carnival
On Island: Life Among the Coast Dwellers by Pat Carney Victoria: TouchWood Editions, 2017. $21.95 / 9781771512107 Reviewed by Pam… FULL STORY
Writing on not fighting
Bill Geimer of Sooke has written Canada: The Case for Staying Out of Other People’s Wars, which follows Canada’s involvement… FULL STORY
Not everyone is brain-dead in summer
“The Summer Book is my counterweight, a small feather on the scale against the madness and angst in the world,”… FULL STORY
#146 Poignant ruminations of summer
REVIEW: The Summer Book: A Treasury of Warm Tales, Timeless Memories and Meditations on Nature by 24 BC writers by Mona… FULL STORY
Far beyond “A Very Ordinary Life”
Rolf Knight’s writing career began in 1973, making him the foremost historian for the working class in B.C. Now he… FULL STORY
#145 Pnina’s three lives
REVIEW: Light Within the Shadows: A Painter’s Memoir by Pnina Granirer Vancouver: Granville Island Publishing, 2017. $24.95 / 9781926997849 Reviewed by Janet… FULL STORY
