Nora Ryan
Social and spiritual themes are the substance of Nora Ryan’s work. Born in Ireland and now living in Squamish, BC,… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Cail Judy
Inner strength and courage are at the heart of Makade Asin / Black Stone (House of Anansi $21.99), an English–Anishinaabemowin… FULL STORY
Robert D. Turner
From 1898 to 1957, before reliable roads reached the region, Kootenay Lake residents depended on passenger sternwheelers to connect them… FULL STORY
Brad Sills
Brad Sills never got drafted by the Tracy family’s International Rescue organization, as envisioned by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson in… FULL STORY
Sarah de Leeuw
Wherever you go, there you are. And wherever that is, writes Sarah de Leeuw, it will invariably affect your health…. FULL STORY
Vi Hughes
We all love an aardvark, and kidlit does not lack for them, from Marc Brown’s Arthur to Kes Gray and… FULL STORY
Nichelle Schulz
Worldbuilding. You can go macro—Frank Herbert’s Dune, George R.R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones—or, in the case of Cariboo author Nichelle Schulz,… FULL STORY
Jeff Chiba Stearns
The actor, George Takei of Star Trek fame, famously travelled from the barbed wire of an American wartime prison camp… FULL STORY
JJ Lee
Hark to the cherished CBC Radio As It Happens ritual of rebroadcasting Alan “Fireside Al” Maitland’s 1979 reading of Frederick… FULL STORY
Elinor Florence
Invermere journo and former small-town editor/publisher Elinor Florence returns to the literary spotlight with a reissue of her nationally bestselling… FULL STORY
Barry Gough
In Francis Drake and Nova Albion: Elizabethan Voyaging on the Far Side of the World (Harbour $39.95), renowned Victoria-based maritime… FULL STORY
Ruth Ozeki
Raised in Connecticut by a Japanese mother and American father, dual Canadian-American citizen Ruth Ozeki divides her time among Cortes… FULL STORY
Jillian Roberts
Toddlerhood brings boundless discovery and daily lessons, though the journey can often get quite messy. In No Matter What (Orca… FULL STORY
Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Teenager romance, summer jobs and awkward café mysteries take center stage in Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s latest hi-lo novel, Tip Jar (Orca… FULL STORY
David J. Dogterom
Kamloops plumber, poet and kidlit aspirant David J. Dogterom has plunged into the murky waterworks of memory, retrieving a set… FULL STORY
Crystal Hurdle
With Billie Eilish starring in Sarah Polley’s forthcoming adaptation of The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath is returning to popular prominence…. FULL STORY
David Levy
When it comes to fish stories, few trump David Levy. The North Vancouverite fisheries biologist, environmental consultant and lifelong angler… FULL STORY
Colleen Sullivan
Cats are having a cultural moment. This year, Cats: The Jellicle Ball, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s three-time Tony-winning Broadway revival, opened—and closed… FULL STORY
Edward “Eddy” Savage
There’s no shortage of bears in BC and naturalist and wildlife photographer Edward “Eddy” Savage counts a fair number of… FULL STORY
Pippa Scott
The literary world is awash with woeful tales of British boys sliced, diced and otherwise mangled by the public-school system…. FULL STORY
