A duty to humanity
With illustrations by Marc Luc Poelvoorde, Helen May’s self-published novel Mother Tongue (Friesen Press 2016) is about a Scottish girl,… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Ormsby #102 David vs. climate change
David Suzuki and Ian Hanington have provided realistic solutions in Just Cool It: The Climate Crisis and What We Can… FULL STORY
#102 Hockey is an endangered sport
If we are not collectively mindful, Joni Mitchell will have no more rivers to skate away on. It’ll mostly be… FULL STORY
Robin Fisher eclipses 20,000-mark
Few B.C. authors published in B.C. can boast sales of 20,000 copies for one title. Robin Fisher’s Contact and Conflict… FULL STORY
#101 The story of a suitcase
From the cryptic contents of a stray suitcase that he inherited from a distant relative, Graham Brazier of Denman Island… FULL STORY
Ormsby #99 From Betsy to Oscar
In Oscar of Between, she meditates on persons between genders, between homes, between citizenships, between jobs, between genres. REVIEW: Oscar… FULL STORY
#100 Step right up — graphically
The Ghosts We Know by Sean Karemaker Wolfville, NS: Conundrum Press, 2016. $20 / 978-1-77262-003-0 Reviewed by Michael Kluckner *… FULL STORY
B.C. authors & illustrators shortlisted
The 33rd annual BC Book Prizes gala awards will be presented in Vancouver on April 29. Adèle Barclay of Vancouver… FULL STORY
#99 Opening the Oscar envelope
REVIEW: Oscar of Between: A Memory of Identity and Ideas by Betsy Warland Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2016. $21.95 /… FULL STORY
The agony of defeat
A former Olympic rower, Jason Dorland has penned his second book, Pulling Together:A Coach’s Journey to Uncover the Mindset of… FULL STORY
Injustice in Canada’s Chemical Valley
Having completed her doctoral dissertation at the University of Ottawa, Sarah Wiebe penned Everyday Exposure:Indigenous Mobilization and Environmental Justice in… FULL STORY
When We Rise lite
Elbow Room Café: The Musical By Dave Deveau (book, co-lyricist) and Anton Lipovetsky (composer, co-lyricist) Zee Zee Theatre York Theatre… FULL STORY
Ormsby #98 Our Eden, revisited
Mapmaker Michael Layland charts a second paean of praise for Vancouver Island. REVIEW: A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers… FULL STORY
Slumach revisited
Having served as the editor of BC Historical News from Spring 1999 to Summer 2003, the indefatigible Fred Braches has… FULL STORY
#98 Eden without poisonous snakes
REVIEW: A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island by Michael Layland Victoria: TouchWood Editions, 2016 $39.95 / … FULL STORY
Tar Wars without George Lucas
Coincidental with the resurgence of the Keystone XL pipeline project, Geo Takach, Ph.D, a writer, filmmaker, workshop leader, and, as… FULL STORY
Howard Overend (1919-2017)
Beloved Peace River librarian Howard Overend has died at age 98 in Mission, having published his memoirs as Book Guy:… FULL STORY
#97 Getting away with murder
REVIEW: Hell’s History: The United Steelworkers’ Fight to Prevent Workplace Deaths and Injuries from the 1992 Westray Mine Disaster through… FULL STORY
Doolittle did a lot
Raised on Gabriola Island, playwright Sasha Colby is Director of SFU’s Graduate Liberal Studies Program. In her second book, Staging… FULL STORY
BCBookLook adopts an African village
“I went there to learn about a pioneer in the treatment of epilepsy, Dr. Louise Jilek-Aall. And instead I discovered… FULL STORY
