Saving B.C.’s Wilderness
By Wayne Sawchuk “Wayne, this world would be a better place without you in it! One day somebody might just… FULL STORY
Author Archive
Jerry Zaslove (1934 – 2021)
Professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University in the departments of English and Humanities, Jerry Zaslove died June 23. His publications… FULL STORY
New digital world
Former staff reporter at the Winnipeg Free Press, South China Morning Post and Asia Times, Michael Bociurkiw of Sidney has… FULL STORY
Whistler Indepedent Book Awards
Each year, the Whistler Independent Book Awards provide independently published authors with a unique opportunity to have their work recognized through… FULL STORY
Man’s best friend
Rose’s characters are damaged and, in most of her stories, animals provide some relief to their miserable lives. But not… FULL STORY
The Big One
People in the Pacific Northwest have been warned about The Big One, a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami, which… FULL STORY
Z is for Zuliani
In Andy Zuliani’s Last Tide (NeWest Press $21.95) two burnt-out employees, Ana and Win are sent to an island in… FULL STORY
Mecha maiden
They’ve got over 250,000 YouTube subscribers, 65,000 Twitter followers, 25,000 Instagram followers and a website that averages 5,000 unique visitors… FULL STORY
What’s your watershed address?
In Upstream, Downstream: Exploring Watershed Connections (Orca Footprints $19.95) Rowena Rae asks, do you know your watershed address? Most people… FULL STORY
Journeys
A seminal time in Caroline Wong’s life occurred in her early teens when her family moved from Southern China to… FULL STORY
Whishaw wins Bony Blithe
Iona Whishaw’s A Match Made for Murder (Touchwood $16.95), the seventh book in the Lane Winslow Mystery series, has won… FULL STORY
A-Knitting we will go
Sylvia Olsen has been publishing books since 2002, starting with the teen novel, No Time to Say Goodbye: Children’s Stories of… FULL STORY
Stay away from windows
In a new memoir Krell reveals that when his parents went into hiding in 1942 to escape the Holocaust, he… FULL STORY
Pain & ecstasy in ballet
Winner of the 2021 Raven Chapbooks Poetry Contest, Kyeren Regehr has published the poems in Disassembling a Dancer (Raven Chapbooks… FULL STORY
Little Red goes to court
Lytton-raised Kevin Loring’s latest play, Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer (Talonbooks $16.95) concerns the last remaining member of a… FULL STORY
Nature’s healing power
After many years enjoying pastimes as a mountaineer and naturalist, architect Rob Wood was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He recounts… FULL STORY
Paramedic stories win an IPPY
Retired paramedic and author Graeme Taylor has won a bronze medal in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards for A… FULL STORY
Reap what you sow
Although admitting she doesn’t have a green thumb, Farrant was beguiled by her local gardening columnist who she says offers… FULL STORY
Covid kids
Caroline Adderson’s new book for young people, Sunny Days Inside (Groundwood $16.99) is a collection of linked short stories about… FULL STORY
Western lifestyle damaging planet
2021 and the livin’ is easy. But the planet is in peril. In his latest title, The Environmentalist’s Dilemma: Promise… FULL STORY
