Darlene Foster’s “Amanda Travels”
Growing up on a ranch in southern Alberta, Darlene Foster dreamed about writing and travelling the world. As an adult,… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Winners: feral girl and basketball player
A wild girl in 19th century France and a contemporary competitive basketball player were the characters that captured the judge’s… FULL STORY
Stone-warm-sober hope
Alex Van Tol visits internationalist Margriet Ruurs on Saltspring Island. On a chilly and overcast October morning, as the Skeena… FULL STORY
#27 Let them eat dirt
REVIEW Let Them Eat Dirt: Saving Our Children from an Oversanitized World by B. Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta (Greystone)… FULL STORY
#26 Moby Doll revisited
REVIEW: The Killer Whale Who Changed the World By Mark Leiren-Young Vancouver: Greystone Books and the David Suzuki Institute, 2016…. FULL STORY
Bob Bouchette, Everyman’s Columnist
Janet Mary Nicol recalls the life and the Byronesque death of this remarkable character from the Depression era. The prolific… FULL STORY
#25 Remembering Jim Douglas
Jim Douglas called himself “just a book pedlar.” At age 15, he started in the book biz in Edinburgh delivering… FULL STORY
From pedlar to publisher
A memorial gathering will be held on October 30th. B.C.’s first independent book publisher was arguably Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice. A… FULL STORY
All hail piffle
In No News Is Bad News he scathingly attacks complacency and greed. The latest news about Canada’s print media is… FULL STORY
#62 Shivers from RCMP & Trump
Hi Darlin’ I kind of shivered watching the video re-runs of Bob Paulson’s apology to women in the RCMP. It… FULL STORY
Z is for Zeus
As we were saying in the Autumn issue of B.C. BookWorld, it’s hard to keep up with the poet and… FULL STORY
Battles and mother nature
Armed conflicts between India and Pakistan have been stymied by the Siachen Glacier. Winter foiled Napolean’s assault on Russia. Way… FULL STORY
Gold Rush Queen
Former journalist and librarian, Thora Kerr Illing has written a biography of Nellie Cashman (1845 – 1925), nicknamed ‘The Miner’s… FULL STORY
I just shot dad
One nightmarish day, Holly Crichton got a call from her youngest son Mat with the news: “I just shot Dad.”… FULL STORY
A fictional prospect
Having had three stories included in Journey Prize collections, Clea Young, another graduate of the UBC Creative Writing department, already… FULL STORY
#24 The Usain Bolt of 1954
The Bannister-Landy Miracle Mile at the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver in 1954 is the subject of perhaps the most famous… FULL STORY
All hail piffle
The news about Canada’s print media is grim. Maclean’s newsmagazine, over 105 years old and a weekly since 1978, will… FULL STORY
Regenerating validation
Joe Denham’s third book of poetry, Regeneration Machine, has been named as a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award… FULL STORY
#194 Althea Moody
LOCATION: Yale Historic Site, 31187 Douglas Street, Yale The wonderful little Yale Museum is the main repository for archival materials… FULL STORY
Recovering our Miss Moody
But Althea Moody and her book, Across the Bright Continent? Well, not so much. Missionary, linguist, teacher, and artist Althea… FULL STORY
