Laurenda Daniells in her own write
In 1970, Laurenda Daniells became the first University Archivist at UBC. She remains UBC’s University Archivist Emerita. Married to Roy… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Grampa gets his due
The grandson of an Alberta farmer, Ted Chamberlin, aka J. Edward Chamberlin, has bred horses and collected stories about them… FULL STORY
Peace in Peril
For The Peace in Peril (Harbour $24.95), independent journalist Christopher Pollon has examined the first steps of construction for the… FULL STORY
In the spirit of Violette Szabo
John Wilson revisits World World I for his 32nd book, A Dangerous Game (Doubleday $14.99), which pays tribute to the… FULL STORY
Frida freedom
Jennifer Croll’s Fashion That Changed the World (Prestel 2014) has been followed by a lighter treatment of similar material for… FULL STORY
Strange Things Done
Set in present-day Dawson City, Elle Wild’s debut novel, Strange Things Done (Dundurn $18.99), won the Arthur Ellis Award in… FULL STORY
Fantasy novels in Nanaimo GEEKCon
The festivities at GEEKCon will include board games, PokemonGo, a cosplay competition, video games, Magic the Gathering and panel discussions…. FULL STORY
The dim light of redemption
Review by Jeremy Twigg. In the world of facebook, everybody’s life appears shiny and perfect: happy couples vacation in… FULL STORY
Fences and Nightgowns
Diana Stevan has just published her second novel, The Rubber Fence (Island House Publishing). The Rubber Fence is a work of… FULL STORY
“At the time of my own choosing.”
Review by Mark Forsythe The heart-wrenching stories that Gary Bauslaugh tells in The Right to Die: The Courageous Canadians Who… FULL STORY
Clark’s drive
Review by Shane McCune There are two kinds of biographies of living persons: authorized and unauthorized. Unauthorized biographies, while not… FULL STORY
It’s complicated
Review by Alex Van Tol Millions of people have been following Caitlyn Jenner’s tweets, so suffice to say there’s a… FULL STORY
Audacious Audain
If you care deeply about B.C., a visit to the Audain Art Museum can be exhilarating. This new $43.5 million… FULL STORY
Trump’s wall foretold
Here is Joan Givner’s review: Claudia Casper’s new novel adds to a growing body of work designated as “cli-fi,”… FULL STORY
under the influence
Growing up in the sixties in a home of multiple addictions, Cat Mac’s first collection of poetry under the influence… FULL STORY
Night Ambulance
Early 1970s Newfoundland is a place on the cusp of change in Ruddock’s Night Ambulance (Breakwater $19.95), where characters must… FULL STORY
Secrets of the Painted Door
In Secrets of the Painted Door (Oolichan $14.95) Anna is sent to live with her eccentric Grandfather and artist at… FULL STORY
A Disappearance in Damascus
An unfolding international crisis in 2007 sets the scene for journalist Deborah Campbell when her guide and fellow undercover journalist… FULL STORY
The Two Sisters
Sandra Butt’s illustrations are paired with the first individual publication The Two Sisters (Waterlea Books $19.95) retold by First Nations poet… FULL STORY
The Peace in Peril
A 93-square-kilometre artificial lake is bound to drown the best topsoil left in northern B.C. when a 60-metre-high wall of… FULL STORY
