Far from a yacht club
University of Victoria military historian David Zimmerman reveals a nasty rivalry between east and west coast navy crews in Maritime… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Monica Nawrocki pens first YA novel
Monica Nawrocki lives on Cortes Island, where she wrote her first young adult novel, Full Moon Lagoon (Friesen Press 2015). … FULL STORY
Comox Valley crawling with writers
Inspired by the City of Courtenay’s 100th anniversary, the Comox Valley Writers Society undertook to compile a reference book of… FULL STORY
Keenleyside bombing aftermath
Katherine Prairie is the first author to be published by a new imprint for mysteries and suspense novels, Stonedrift Press,… FULL STORY
Orangeville revisited
As Director of Advancement with Simon Fraser University, Cindy Graves self-published Carey-On (FriessenPress 2015), a memoir about the Carey family… FULL STORY
Sex, cancer & laughing matters
Sima Elizabeth Shefrin’s husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011. “Every time something made us laugh,” she says, “one… FULL STORY
Shakespeare and the Shaken Fist
Shakespeare’s Big Men: Tragedy and the Problem of Resentment (University of Toronto Press $60) examines five of the Bard’s most… FULL STORY
Where Air Meets Earth
Kem Luther’s book, Boundary Layer (Oregon State University Press $22.95), uses a multifaceted approach to explore the point where air… FULL STORY
Quiet Charisma in a Loud World
Among a culture of extroverts, Michaela Chung has worked to carve out a space for the quiet and the reserved…. FULL STORY
After the Hooghly River
Trevor Carolan has long balanced his literary life with his spiritual concerns. Five years after the Beatles famously hung out… FULL STORY
The joys of getting lost
Billed as a light and entertaining read filled with Lucille Ball moments, Travelling Grannies Without GPS (Travelling Grannies $20.99) by… FULL STORY
Les Fauxbo
Literary culture vultures lost a favourite hang-out when the bohemian Bukowski’s closed on Commercial Drive in Vancouver after more than… FULL STORY
What I did for my summer holidays
Duncan McCue, current affairs reporter for the CBC’s flagship show, The National, has published his first book, The Shoe Boy… FULL STORY
Glinda the good witch
Most people remember the actress Billie Burke, if they remember her at all, for her role as Glinda the Good… FULL STORY
An eloquent voice to darkness
Some say, write what you know. But for Timothy Shay, it’s know who is writing. Timothy Shay is as active… FULL STORY
The Art of Haying
After three trips, he has produced The Art of Haying: A Journey to Iceland. Having first travelled to Iceland in… FULL STORY
Solitudes of the Workplace
As professor emerita of anthropology at UBC, Elvi elvitaker edited Solitudes of the Workplace (McGill-Queen’s University Press $37.95). Publicity touted… FULL STORY
Klaus Ferlow
One of the first to introduce and manufacture herbal products made from the Indian Neem tree, German Canadian Klaus Ferlow… FULL STORY
Sleeping in Tall Grass
Richard Therrien’s chapbook Water Language Faith was published by Alfred Gustav Press (2012) after he co-authored, with Dean Neu, Accounting… FULL STORY
Garage Criticism
An academic with a conscience that compels him to contribute to the poorest neighbourhoods, Peter Babiak worked as an adjunct… FULL STORY
