Fine Form at ARTSTARTS
Sandy Shreve and Kate Braid (right) are launching the second edition of In Fine Form: A Contemporary Look at Canadian… FULL STORY
Author Archive
#23 Across the Bright Continent
English-born Susanna Moodie (1803-1895) of Eastern Canada is famous for having published Roughing it in the Bush in 1852, a… FULL STORY
A River Captured re-examines Treaty
Some of the Columbia River Treaty’s provisions are set to change in 2024, and with termination of the treaty requiring… FULL STORY
Overcoming the digital divide
In 1997, anti-poverty advocates in B.C. met in Vancouver to create PovNet. B.C. libraries were recognizing there was a need… FULL STORY
#22 Haig-Brown & Al Purdy
“I want to catch some kind of Haig-Brown essence with the halo slightly askew.” — Al Purdy, 1974 by Ron… FULL STORY
Spicy recipes for food and life
They started their first restaurant in 1994, opened a second one ten years later and began writing cookbooks in 2006… FULL STORY
Whitewater friction fiction
Clea Young’s debut collection Teardown will be launched at the Book Warehouse (4118 Main Street, Vancouver) on Tuesday, October 4, … FULL STORY
About the Editor – Richard Mackie
RICHARD SOMERSET MACKIE – EDITOR, ORMSBY REVIEW Richard Somerset Mackie has twice won the province’s top honour for historical writing… FULL STORY
#21 Down the Danube
The Ormsby Review is pleased to present a book-length memoir by Howard Stewart, born in Powell River in 1952 and… FULL STORY
Parasailing in Turkey
Born in Terrace and raised in Cranbrook, Leesa Dean later lived in Montreal where she attended Concordia University. A graduate… FULL STORY
The Reddest Rose
Ron Verzuh reveals why the life of this tireless union organizer, negotiator and Communist Party of Canada bureaucrat is worthy… FULL STORY
#61 They shoot bears, don’t they?
Hi Darlin’: I was in bed, sleeping. It was six o’clock in the morning. When ohmigawsh, my dog goes nuts…. FULL STORY
Master Dane-zaa orator Charlie Yahey
Robin Ridington looks at how one of B.C.’s greatest storytellers and singers is being remembered by his people in northern… FULL STORY
#20 Master orator Charlie Yahey
Arts of the Dreamer: Dane-zaa Communities Remember Charlie Yahey by Robin Ridington First Nations literature, as indeed all literature, begins… FULL STORY
Mary Filer gets her due
The Unheralded Artists of BC is a series of books illustrating and illuminating the lives and art of previously undocumented… FULL STORY
25 and counting
Ron Dart of Abbotsford has taught in the department of political science/philosophy/religious studies at University of the Fraser Valley since… FULL STORY
#19 Trade Unionist Harvey Murphy
By Ron Verzuh Harvey Murphy is not a name that echoes loudly throughout the annals of 20th-century British Columbia labour… FULL STORY
#193 David Day
LOCATION: Rocky Point, District of Metchosin, Vancouver Island. If asked to name B.C.’s topselling authors, few would cite Toronto-based David… FULL STORY
#192 Andreas Schroeder
LOCATION: 900 Block West 7th Avenue. Long before Andreas Schroeder led Canada to adopt Public Lending Right and helped found… FULL STORY
#191 Daphne Marlatt
LOCATION: Burrard Bridge, Vancouver. Daphne Marlatt was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2006 and became the 19th recipient… FULL STORY
