Jayne & Ricci

Jayne Doxtater has a fulfilling career in aesthetics, two happy children and a loving marriage with the man she believes… FULL STORY

Brian Brett’s hallelujahs

In his seventh decade, poet, fictionist, memoirist and journalist, Brian Brett is thinking about mortality as evidenced by his recent… FULL STORY

Lessons from the bard

Dickson co-authored a book examining four of Shakespeare’s plays that she says “engage in conversations about hope, empathy and love,… FULL STORY

Oy Vey! awards & BC authors

The Joan Betty Stuchner — Oy Vey! — Funniest Children’s Book Award committee has shortlisted four BC authors this year…. FULL STORY

Vegetable power

Vesanto Melina (at right with Brenda Davis), a Vancouver-based registered dietitian, has written numerous books on being vegetarian as well… FULL STORY

A multicultural household

Award-winning writer, Charlotte Gill’s father is Indian and her mother is English. They met in 1960s London, married and had… FULL STORY

Ryga Award shortlist

Five writers have been shortlisted for the 2023 George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature (Ryga pictured at right)…. FULL STORY

Musgrave gets Woodcock Award

Nominated for three Governor General’s Awards, Susan Musgrave’s witty, observant and insightful work has received much recognition including the $20,000… FULL STORY

Grazie, Graziana

Award-winning playwright and actress Lucia Frangione has released her debut novel, Grazie (Talonbooks $21.95) about a mother, Graziana who ends… FULL STORY

Living the dream, off-grid

The Neads used solar power and internet communications to create a modern lifestyle while enduring long winters, wicked storms, forest… FULL STORY

Poems line by line

An upcoming author talk by Renée Sarojini Saklikar (at right), sponsored by the Canadian Authors Association, reviews her poetry and… FULL STORY

Opening a suitcase of birds

Former chair of Creative Writing at Douglas College, Calvin Wharton has published his second collection of poetry, This Here Paradise… FULL STORY

Poetry and music chapbook launch

Isabella Mori (at right) will be launching her chapbook Not So Pretty Haiku at an event called Enchanted Plants, Enchanted… FULL STORY

Amos wins Stuart-Stubbs prize

Victoria’s Robert Amos has won the 2023 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for E.J. Hughes:… FULL STORY

Vegan success

While earning her degree in English Literature, Sandra Nomoto published poetry in literary journals and film reviews online. At twenty-five,… FULL STORY

The making of a philanthropist

What makes a soldier? What makes a business mind? What makes a philanthropist? Terry Salman (at right) tells all in… FULL STORY

The fishwife

Born and raised on the prairies, Margot Fedoruk knew little about seafood. That all changed when she went to BC… FULL STORY

Librarian, musician and cat photographer, Hazel Jane Plante has released her second novel, Any Other City (Arsenal Pulp $22.95), a… FULL STORY

Mermaid of the Pacific

For over 25 years, Amanda Swinimer has hand harvested seaweed off the west of Vancouver Island, supplying health food stores… FULL STORY

Naval architects to the world

The company bearing Robert Allan’s name managed to survive the Great Depression and eventually thrive. Three generations later, Robert Allan… FULL STORY