P is for Pearson
The year is 1811, the apex of Napoleon’s empire. Two French travelers meet en route to Italy — he playing… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Marilyn Bowering’s new poems
Marilyn Bowering launches her new poetry collection, What is Long Past Occurs in Full Light (Mother Tongue $21) on August… FULL STORY
From navvy to Okanagan rancher
A new book tracks O’Keefe from Nepean, Ontario in 1861 seeking fortune in the West, to establishing the historic O’Keefe… FULL STORY
Celebrating the legacy of George Ryga
Started in 2016, the Ryga Arts Festival has an expanded program this year including musical concerts, theatre, spoken word, and… FULL STORY
Tales from North of 60
Reviewer Paul Falardeau says Van Camp’s tone is conversational, whether hearing a tape recording or the gossip of aunties, we… FULL STORY
#570 Rolf Knight Obituary
Born on March 4, 1936, the son of an itinerant cook, Rolf Knight grew up in B.C. logging camps, gained… FULL STORY
L is for Sarah Leavitt
Sarah Leavitt’s second graphic novel, Agnes, Murderess (Freehand $29.95) is based on the folk legend of serial killer Agnes McVee… FULL STORY
Q is for Linda Quennec
A widow at the age of 32, Kate leaves her backward hometown on Vancouver Island and moves to an even… FULL STORY
L is for Laba
After seventeen years, Mark Laba has produced a second collection of poems The Inflatable Life (Anvil $18). According to his… FULL STORY
Ode to Island Life
A new book examines the layered life on islands in the Salish Sea, including Salt Spring Island. Review by Theresa… FULL STORY
Love infinitesimally expanding
Apostrophies VIII: Nothing Is But You and I by E.D. Blodgett Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2019 $19.99 / 9781772124514… FULL STORY
Hall Pinder’s fourth courtroom novel
“Every book I’ve written has a trial in it.” — Leslie Hall Pinder, 2019 Leslie Hall Pinder’s fourth novel, The… FULL STORY
Birth effects
In Elizabeth Ross’ poetic primer for new mothers, After Birth (Palimpset $18.95), the messy moments and distasteful discoveries she writes… FULL STORY
Tiger and the Robot
Grahame Shannon’s first novel, Tiger and the Robot, begins with the annual Swiftsure Yacht Race in the Strait of Juan… FULL STORY
Claiming claims Bazzie Prize
Daniel Marshall won the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for outstanding Scholarly Book on British Columbia for his book Claiming the land: British… FULL STORY
Salt and Ashes from Drobnies
Adrienne Drobnies will launch her first book at Book Warehouse on Main St. in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 4 at… FULL STORY
Stevan launches in Campbell River
Diana Stevan’s fourth novel, Sunflowers Under Fire, will be launched on May 7th at the Campbell River library, followed by author… FULL STORY
Leila Kulpas
In her memoir, Into the Eyes of Hungry: Growing up in the Wilds of Australia (Cadbach, 2019) Leila Kulpas recounts,… FULL STORY
Friendship, seduction and murder
In Brenda Brooks’ first novel, Gotta Find Me An Angel (Raincoast $19.95), a 35-year-old film projectionist at a second-run cinema… FULL STORY
The Martial Races
“After 100 years, it is time to tell the tale of the unsung heroes of the Punjab who stood as… FULL STORY
