A girl and three iron soldiers
Métis playwright Marie Clements’ latest work, Iron Peggy (Talonbooks $16.95) employs magic realism to span multi-generations and link contemporary times… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Love trickery
Tracing his dating history in Vancouver to find the love of his life, Kevin Spenst simultaneously probes the historical form… FULL STORY
Rossland’s historical shenanigans
Ron Shearer has published, Chicanery, Civility and Celebrations (Rossland Heritage Commission $24.95) about Rossland’s prominent historical figures as well as… FULL STORY
Doukhobor doubt
B.A. Thomas-Peter’s debut novel, The Kissing Fence (Caitlin $24.95) begins with two separate stories about various characters dealing with their… FULL STORY
B.C.’s mule train driver
Susan Smith-Josephy has published, Cataline: The Life of BC’s Legendary Packer (Caitlin $22.95), with Irene Bjerky, about the historic “packer,” Jean… FULL STORY
Big bodies
Christina Myers edited Big: Stories about Life in Plus-Sized Bodies (Caitlin $24.95), a collection of non-fiction stories from 26 plus-sized,… FULL STORY
Neil Sterritt (1941 – 2020)
Neil Sterritt, winner of BC Book Prizes’ 2017 Roderick Haig-Brown for the best book to contribute to the understanding and… FULL STORY
M is for John McKay
John McKay has written Sovereign of the Seas 1637: A Reconstruction of the Most Powerful Warship of its Day (Seaforth… FULL STORY
Forsythe’s history lauded
The British Columbia Historical Federation has announced that Mark Forsythe from the Langley Heritage Society is the recipient of the… FULL STORY
Himalaya karma
Mountaineer and entrepreneur, Michael Schauch turned his attention to fundraising and international mentorship after 20 years working in global investment…. FULL STORY
Renate goes roaming
When German-born Renate Belczyk set out in 1955 to tour the world with her childhood friend Sigrid, two young women… FULL STORY
The tale of Takaya
After spending several years documenting a lone coastal wolf on the islands of Discovery and Chatham, mere miles off Victoria’s… FULL STORY
B.C. by boat
Alex Zimmerman has self-published, Becoming Coastal: 25 years of exploration and discovery of the British Columbia coast by paddle, oar… FULL STORY
Hughes honoured for 24 novels
B.C. author, Matt Hughes has been inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction & Fantasy Association’s Hall of Fame. The CSFFA’s… FULL STORY
T is for Tan
Coen Caraway is left with more than heartache after his fiancé, Elias Santos fatally crashes an airplane one week before… FULL STORY
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
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
