AUTHORS & BOOKS

Denman Island anarchist mag

Hillel Wright has published the 30th anniversary issue of MiNUS TiDES international, a small literary magazine mainly from Denman and… FULL STORY

Canada’s founder of Punjabi theatre

Punjabi-born Ajmer Rode is a founding member of several Indo-Canadian literary and performing arts associations. He has written, directed and… FULL STORY

From French apple pies to bikers

Growing up in Lytton, journalist Peter Edwards’ claim to fame in the small interior town was winning the junior boys’… FULL STORY

Noteworthy hangings

Nancy J. Hughes’s second book, Found Art of the Clans Erskine & Holland 1710-1965 (Victoria: Wildflower Publishing House, 2017 $30)… FULL STORY

Wild Wood

Robert Julian Wood has been a professional architect, a pioneering mountaineer, an organizer of ocean-to-alpine expeditions, an instructor of wilderness… FULL STORY

Rhythm & bruise

The rise of Vancouver-born Eliza Robertson has been meteoric. In 2013, Robertson accepted the Commonwealth Short Story Prize from John… FULL STORY

Cairo friendship amid chaos

Coleman Nye, as an assistant professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at SFU, has co-authored an unusual graphic novel,… FULL STORY

Here Be Dragons in Alberta

Carolyn Dale, a retired veterinarian and flight instructor, has self-published numerous mystery novels and an autobiography. A short story written… FULL STORY

Spiderman widens his web

Taking its title from a body of work by Sonny Assu, depicting Spiderman in a traditional Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw style, When Raven… FULL STORY

Grain of Saltspring truth

John Grain has self-published a memoir, Mod ‘n Lavender: Salt Spring Island in the ’60s ($18.95). Previously he was part… FULL STORY

Sparking haiku poetry

Haiku specialist and author of five collections of poetry as well as five chapbooks of haiku poetry, Terry Ann Carter… FULL STORY

From Manchuria to Vancouver

Julia Lin’s biograhy, Shadows of the Crimson Sun: One Man’s Life in Manchuria, Taiwan, and North America (Mawenzie House $24.95),… FULL STORY

Joan Skogan (1945-2017)

An intrepid researcher and a conscientious writer, she will be much missed by those who knew her fascinating, passionate nature…. FULL STORY

Righting a past wrong

Victoria-based Christine Hart has published her fourth novel, Secrets From Myself (Dancing Cat 2017) about a 11-year old Katelyn who… FULL STORY

Warsaw Ghetto remembered

Lillian Boraks-Nemetz was born in Warsaw, Poland and survived the Holocaust as a child. She escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto… FULL STORY

Flood’s new collection

Cynthia Flood’s new collection, What Can You Do: Stories (Biblioasis $19.95) contains 12 short stories featuring couples negotiating new terms… FULL STORY