Friends for life
There is a new kids book, Terry Fox and Me (Tundra $21.99), written from the perspective of Terry Fox’s boyhood… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Brotherly love
“I’m not special.” — Terry Fox “I am not a dreamer.” – Terry Fox To mark the 40th anniversary of… FULL STORY
Vancouver’s real estate swindle
Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate (Anvil $20) by Jesse Donaldson Review by John Moore Depending on… FULL STORY
The Stutterer and the Statesman
In his debut novel, Panegyric (Now or Never $19.95), Logan Macnair is giving us two opposing wordsmiths, one verbal and… FULL STORY
Bysouth’s difficult characters
Darci Bysouth, who was raised in B.C.’s ranchlands of British Columbia and studied literature at UBC and creative writing at… FULL STORY
Buddhist monastery holiday
A moment of clarity led travel writer Bruce Kirkby to jump a freighter with his wife, Christine and their two… FULL STORY
Psychiatric suspects
In his debut novel, The Killer Trail (NeWest 2014), crime novelist D.B. Carew introduces the character, Chris Ryder, a Vancouver… FULL STORY
Climate disaster warrior
Seth Klein, public policy researcher and writer, served for 22 years as the founding director of the B.C. office of… FULL STORY
Undercover in Vancouver
During his 35-year career with the RCMP, when he worked undercover on heroin, cocaine and homicide cases, Norm Boucher spent… FULL STORY
Filmmaker tells her story
Screenwriter and film director Anne Wheeler has written Taken by the Muse: On the Path to Becoming a Filmmaker (NeWest… FULL STORY
A third Homer
Thomas Homer-Dixon is described as a thought leader. A global thinker. Someone dedicated to “reinvigorating our cognitive strengths.” He won… FULL STORY
Toxic masculinity
David Ly’s debut collection of poetry Mythical Man (Anstruther $18.95) explores personhood in the 21st century, toxic masculinity, and speaks… FULL STORY
Doctors’ lives
Following up on his previous book, That’s Why I’m a Journalist (D&M 2015), former CBC journalist, Mark Bulgutch has published… FULL STORY
Texada Island trauma
Precious few British Columbians can tell you the name of our first provincial Premier—John Foster McCreight, a lawyer—but possibly one… FULL STORY
I is for Iona Whishaw
In Iona Whishaw’s seventh mystery, A Match Made for Murder (Touchwood $16.95) , it’s November, and Lane Winslow and Inspector… FULL STORY
Whipping cables, bleeding alders
With endorsements by Tom Wayman, Kate Braid and Howard White, M.C. Warrior’s Disappearing Minglewood Blues (Mother Tongue $19.95), according to… FULL STORY
Houseboat honey
After his sister gave him 15,000 bees as a Christmas present, Dave Doroghy developed a fascination for the insects. Despite… FULL STORY
Lost in Translation, in Brazil
By Grant Patterson Back in 2017, I took early retirement from the Canada Border Services Agency, and moved to Brazil… FULL STORY
Concussion poems
After a disabling concussion, Kyla Jamieson published her debut collection of poems, Body Count (Nightwood $18.95) about her life before… FULL STORY
What did you say?
Writers are by necessity nosy and often listening to other people’s conversations, later jotting down snippets for future use. Writing… FULL STORY
