White hunger: Deni Y. Béchard

Born and raised in rural British Columbia to French-Canadian and America parents, Deni Y. Béchard was living in Montreal when… FULL STORY

2019 Whistler Writers Festival lineup

Featured authors at the Whistler Writers Festival (October 17 – 20, 2019) have been announced. They include: Cherie Dimaline, Andrew… FULL STORY

P is for Pearson

The year is 1811, the apex of Napoleon’s empire. Two French travelers meet en route to Italy — he playing… FULL STORY

Marilyn Bowering’s new poems

Marilyn Bowering launches her new poetry collection, What is Long Past Occurs in Full Light (Mother Tongue $21) on August… FULL STORY

From navvy to Okanagan rancher

A new book tracks O’Keefe from Nepean, Ontario in 1861 seeking fortune in the West, to establishing the historic O’Keefe… FULL STORY

Celebrating the legacy of George Ryga

Started in 2016, the Ryga Arts Festival has an expanded program this year including musical concerts, theatre, spoken word, and… FULL STORY

Tales from North of 60

Reviewer Paul Falardeau says Van Camp’s tone is conversational, whether hearing a tape recording or the gossip of aunties, we… FULL STORY

#570 Rolf Knight Obituary

Born on March 4, 1936, the son of an itinerant cook, Rolf Knight grew up in B.C. logging camps, gained… FULL STORY

L is for Sarah Leavitt

Sarah Leavitt’s second graphic novel, Agnes, Murderess (Freehand $29.95) is based on the folk legend of serial killer Agnes McVee… FULL STORY

Q is for Linda Quennec

A widow at the age of 32, Kate leaves her backward hometown on Vancouver Island and moves to an even… FULL STORY

L is for Laba

After seventeen years, Mark Laba has produced a second collection of poems The Inflatable Life (Anvil $18). According to his… FULL STORY

Ode to Island Life

A new book examines the layered life on islands in the Salish Sea, including Salt Spring Island. Review by Theresa… FULL STORY

Love infinitesimally expanding

Apostrophies VIII: Nothing Is But You and I by E.D. Blodgett Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2019 $19.99 / 9781772124514… FULL STORY

Hall Pinder’s fourth courtroom novel

“Every book I’ve written has a trial in it.” — Leslie Hall Pinder, 2019 Leslie Hall Pinder’s fourth novel, The… FULL STORY

Birth effects

In Elizabeth Ross’ poetic primer for new mothers, After Birth (Palimpset $18.95), the messy moments and distasteful discoveries she writes… FULL STORY

Tiger and the Robot

Grahame Shannon’s first novel, Tiger and the Robot, begins with the annual Swiftsure Yacht Race in the Strait of Juan… FULL STORY

Claiming claims Bazzie Prize

Daniel Marshall won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for his book Claiming the land: British… FULL STORY