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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
Liz Levine
Having spent years working with other writers, Liz Levine has published a memoir, Nobody Ever Talks About Anything but the… FULL STORY
Robert Ratcliffe Taylor
Robert Ratcliffe Taylor’s The Birdcages: British Columbia’s First Legislative Buildings (Friesen 2019) tells the little-known history of the Birdcages, built… FULL STORY
R.I.P. David Kerfoot (1948 – 2020)
Born in Kelowna in 1948, one of B.C.’s well-known booksellers, David Kerfoot, died of cancer on January 11 at Vancouver… FULL STORY
Robin Ridington
Robin Ridington began working with the Beaver Indians, or Dane-zaa, in 1964; his wife Jillian began working with the Dane-zaa… FULL STORY
An Eden in our midst
The Fraser River is B.C.’s largest, most ecologically diverse and productive waterway. Between the towns of Hope and Mission is… FULL STORY
B.C.’s great hunting guide
With retired journalist Andrew Bruce Richards, Hiram Cody Tegart wrote his memoirs about being a hunting guide in B.C.’s Columbia… FULL STORY
From Harvey River to Halfmoon Bay
Lorna Goodison, of Halfmoon Bay, B.C. (there is a Halfmoon Bay in Jamaica as well) has won the annual Queen’s… FULL STORY
Yamagishi novel shortlisted
Canadian author, Kunio Yamagishi’s The Return of a Shadow (London, Austin Macauley, 2018) was one of eight books shortlisted in… FULL STORY
Man of destiny
Jesse Donaldson’s new book, Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate (Anvil $20) will be launched December 19…. FULL STORY
Grieving a stillbirth
Thirty-nine weeks and six days pregnant, Emma Hansen’s baby stops moving inside of her. Doctors confirm her baby is dead… FULL STORY
The iconic polar bear
Although natural historians began writing about the polar bear as early as the mid-eighteenth century, it wasn’t until 1971 that… FULL STORY
An over-anxious wiener dog
Winner of the 2019 Victoria Children’s Book Prize for her debut picture book, Sterling, Best Dog Ever (Farrar, Straus and… FULL STORY
