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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
Brandon Bays’ ways
Ten years cancer-free, Susan D’Agostino of White Rock recalls her experiences with healing in Guided to Wisdom: The Journey to… FULL STORY
Sisters versus shame
Chelsea Bolan’s debut novel, The Good Sister (HarperAvenue 2016) was selected as the second winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for… FULL STORY
Love & the 1940s
Review by Cherie Thiessen It was a time of big bands, an uncrowded B.C. coast, a war weary world and… FULL STORY
