OBIT Ken Belford (1946 – 2020)
The poet and environmentalist Ken Belford, author of Talonbooks’ first published book in 1967, Fireweed, died in Prince George on… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
The Kispiox years
Doug MacLeod published the memoir, On The Edge of Wilderness: Tales From Hazelton and the Kispiox Valley (self-published $15.70) about… FULL STORY
The sky is falling
Darci Bysouth has published a debut collection of short stories, Lost Boys (Thistledown $20). Each of the 18 tales depict… FULL STORY
A duck in a sock
Elspeth Rae co-authored Meg and Greg: a Duck in a Sock (Orca $14.95) with Rowena Rae, the first book in… FULL STORY
Chemicals in everyday life
Rowena Rae wrote the kidlit book, Chemical World: Science in Our Daily Lives (Orca $19.95 ) that explores some of… FULL STORY
S is for Skuce
Traci Skuce has published her debut short story collection, Hunger Moon (NeWest $19.95) about characters at turning points in their… FULL STORY
A pilot for a highwayman
Captain Lorne Christensen has published his memoir, Tides Turbulence and Tailwinds: The Life and Times of Captain Lorne Christensen (TellWell… FULL STORY
Familial silences and shame
Dora Dueck has published All That Belongs (Turnstone $19) about a retired archivist who turns her attention to the difficult… FULL STORY
Decolonialist and multi-disciplinary
Of Chinese origin, Vancouver-based author Laiwan is described as reticent and modest, “shying away from the spectacular.” Raised in Rhodesia… FULL STORY
The importance of pulses and seeds
Dan Jason, known for popularizing beans as an important North American diet choice has written a new guide, Saving Seeds:… FULL STORY
Layland wins Stuart-Stubbs award
For his deeply researched and lushly illustrated book, In Nature’s Realm: Early Naturalists Explore Vancouver Island (TouchWood $40), Michael Layland… FULL STORY
Colonial lullabies
Historical writer, novelist, poet and chapbook publisher Meredith Quartermain’s new collection of poems, Lullabies in the Real World (Newest $18.95)… FULL STORY
Calling all B.C. Indigenous writers
Wawmeesh Hamilton and Randy Fred are set to launch a special writers’ collective for B.C. Indigenous writers. (Wawmeesh Hamilton pictured… FULL STORY
Umingmak of the North
Umingmak is the Inuit word for muskox and a symbol of strength, authority and protectiveness. It was also the nickname… FULL STORY
Jack I. Little
Before the days of powerful environmental groups like Greenpeace and the Sierra Club, there were individuals and local community groups… FULL STORY
The constable and the train robber
“Even though Bill was modest and did not push himself forward or seek the centre of attention,” writes Hatch, “his… FULL STORY
Bose’s new novella
B is for Bose Chris Bose, a member of theNlaka’pamux/Secwepemc Nations, has published N’shaytkin (battery opera books, unpriced). N’shaytkin means… FULL STORY
Tundra the wolf dog
The owner of SWELL Wolf Education Centre in Nanaimo, Gary R. Allan has penned a book about his wolf dog,… FULL STORY
Writing as a tool for change
“Story as Resistance” is the theme for this year’s Convergence Writers’ Weekend in Silverton, B.C. on June 12 and 13,… FULL STORY
Ryga Award 2020 shortlist
Initiated by The George Ryga Society, B.C. BookWorld, CBC Radio (Kelowna) and Okanagan College in 2004, and with the sponsorship… FULL STORY
