From screen to pages

“Tara Hungerford and Eric Hogan (left) detail how their mindfulness-based media inspires children to swap the living room for the natural world, with new books based on their TV show.FULL STORY



 

 

 

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Alternate realities

Tamel Wino writes in the style of dark fiction and focuses on the degeneration of sanity and morality. His recent… FULL STORY

The travel cure

While trapped as a teenager in suburbia, Lisa Duncan dreamed of travelling the world. As a young adult, she mastered… FULL STORY

A raven in Xsan

Gitxsan member, Hetxw’ms Gyetxw, also known as Brett D. Huson has published the sixth title in his award-winning series ‘Mothers… FULL STORY

What is truth?

In seeking to answer Pontius Pilate’s trolling question, “What is truth?” Jennifer Zilm turns to a variety of sources and… FULL STORY

Phyllis Dyson

In 1970, Phyllis Dyson was an infant when she moved from Ottawa to Burnaby with her brother and single parent… FULL STORY

Snow nomad

Born in Malta to a British family, the son of a Royal Navy officer, Alan Dennis didn’t plan a career… FULL STORY

Ode to Iceland

Harold Rhenisch continues his love affair with Iceland (and his ongoing investigation of land and place) in his latest collection… FULL STORY

Super cats

North Delta-raised Ian Boothby, an award-winning comedy writer best known for his work on The Simpsons comics (based on the… FULL STORY

A whitewater life

A passion for whitewater kayaking led Tamar Glouberman to work as a raft and outdoor guide. Soon, she had opportunities… FULL STORY

Susan Lundy

Born in the 1960s and “fed on feminism in the ‘70s and ‘80s,” Victoria-raised Susan Lundy intended to lead the… FULL STORY

Professional hangman

Julie Burtinshaw, author of six young adult novels, has written her first creative non-fiction title, Hangman: The true story of… FULL STORY

Two mid-life crises

In Pauline Holdstock’s ninth novel, Confessions with Keith: From the Journals of Vita Glass (Biblioasis $22.95) a mother and writer… FULL STORY

Brock Macdonald

Brock Macdonald of Vancouver published two books in 2021. Lies I Tell My Children (Amazon $12.69) is a humourous anthology… FULL STORY

Why we are where we are

In her first poetry collection in fourteen years, Accidents (Signature Editions $17.95) Italian-born Genni Gunn writes of life-altering upheavals that… FULL STORY

Exit to Morvana

Okanagan-based Marilynn Wood has published the sci-fi novel, Exit to Morvana (Tellwell $16.99). The over-worked, lonely Samantha meets a mysterious… FULL STORY

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