Medicinal plants
Dan Jason lives on Salt Spring Island where he founded the mail-order seed company Salt Spring Seeds. He has written… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Daniel Gawthrop
The topics of Daniel Gawthrop’s last five non-fiction books range from AIDS activist Dr. Peter Jepson-Young, NDP Premier Mike Harcourt,… FULL STORY
Sally Quon
A disabled writer living in the Okanagan Valley, Sally Quon has published the collection of poems, Beauty Born of Pain… FULL STORY
Robin Ward
Long-time chroniclers of the urban environment in Metro Vancouver, Robin Ward and Harold Kalman have joined forces to produce a… FULL STORY
Dora Dueck
Return Stroke (CMU $20) is a collection of Dora Dueck’s creative non-fiction and gathers ten of the author’s personal essays… FULL STORY
The Brazilian man
Leesa Dean of Krestova, BC became so taken with a figure in an Elizabeth Bishop poem—a Brazilian man named Manuelzinho,“the… FULL STORY
Back to the Sixties
In playwright and author Caitlin Hicks’ new novel, Kennedy Girl (Sunbury $19.95), it’s 1968 and Annie Shea, a girl with… FULL STORY
Thrive in truth
There’s rawness and vulnerability in Secwépemc rancher, poet, educator and cultural advisor Garry Gottfriedson’s latest collection, Bent Back Tongue (Caitlin… FULL STORY
Alienation & self-discovery
Corinna Chong has followed up her debut novel Belinda’s Rings (NeWest Press, 2013) with The Whole Animal (Arsenal Pulp $19.95),… FULL STORY
On Bratislava
Governor General Award-winning poet, David Zieroth tells of trips to Bratislava, Slovakia and his affection for the place and friends… FULL STORY
A dancer finds a home
Born in Mexico City in 1946 to an American father and English mother, and raised in Belize for part of… FULL STORY
A woman of a certain age
Former CBC radio producer and host, Margie Taylor has published her fourth novel, Rose Addams (NeWest $24.95) about a woman… FULL STORY
For the love of …
What to do when you leave a long-time job and then shortly afterwards your long-time relationship ends? In the case… FULL STORY
Jayne & Ricci
Jayne Doxtater has a fulfilling career in aesthetics, two happy children and a loving marriage with the man she believes… FULL STORY
Brian Brett’s hallelujahs
In his seventh decade, poet, fictionist, memoirist and journalist, Brian Brett is thinking about mortality as evidenced by his recent… FULL STORY
Vegetable power
Vesanto Melina (at right with Brenda Davis), a Vancouver-based registered dietitian, has written numerous books on being vegetarian as well… FULL STORY
A multicultural household
Award-winning writer, Charlotte Gill’s father is Indian and her mother is English. They met in 1960s London, married and had… FULL STORY
Grazie, Graziana
Award-winning playwright and actress Lucia Frangione has released her debut novel, Grazie (Talonbooks $21.95) about a mother, Graziana who ends… FULL STORY
Opening a suitcase of birds
Former chair of Creative Writing at Douglas College, Calvin Wharton has published his second collection of poetry, This Here Paradise… FULL STORY
Vegan success
While earning her degree in English Literature, Sandra Nomoto published poetry in literary journals and film reviews online. At twenty-five,… FULL STORY
