Hilary the welder
For more than two decades Hilary Peach worked as a welder and was one of the few women in the… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
Every turn in the road
The founder of Western Living magazine and author of more than ten books, Liz Bryan has released Adventure Roads of… 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
Rebuilding war torn lives
Having grown up in Chile as the child of Holocaust survivors, Eliana Tobias grew up listening to stories of shattered… FULL STORY
Growing old
In Lenore Rowntree’s third book of fiction, See You Later Maybe Never (Now or Never Publishing $19.95) due out this… FULL STORY
Narsimhan up for Chocolate Lily
Mahtab Narsimhan’s kidlit title, Valley of the Rats (Cormorant 13.95) for ages 9 to 12, has made the 2022/2023 Chocolate… FULL STORY
Love letter to a lost son
Tara McGuire was busy unpacking groceries in the kitchen, her daughter Lyla nearby deciding on a library book to read,… FULL STORY
Junie
Vancouver once had a distinct Black community located off Main Street in the East End, close to the railway terminal… FULL STORY
Brucker up for prestigious kidlit award
Author and illustrator Glenn Brucker has been nominated for a Chocolate Lily Book Award for his children’s book, City Day (Douglas & McIntyre $22.95), which was… FULL STORY
Two-spirit, non-binary sadboy
Having performed at Talking Stick Festival, Verses Festival of Spoken Word, Canadian Festival of Spoken Word, and over 50 different… FULL STORY
Take a licking; keep on ticking
A rural British Columbian through and through, Kelly Randall Ricketts has worked in construction, logging, heavyweight boxing, fish guiding and… FULL STORY
Home is where Buddie is
It’s 1995, Whitehorse, Yukon and family counsellor Helen Cotillard is seeing her reluctant client, fifteen-year-old Gale who has been having… FULL STORY
Tales from an Ancient Indian feud
Since his childhood days in India, Manu Nellutla, who now lives in Surrey, BC has been interested in historical and… FULL STORY
