Trunsfusions of art and medicine
Karen Shklanka is a poet, a family physician and an Argentine Tango dance instructor. Born in Toronto, she practiced rural… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Salmon peoples of The Fraser
As a child Jeannette Armstrong witnessed the large salmon harvests on her people’s lands which later declined to almost nothing…. FULL STORY
The twisty roads of Italy
According to Publishers Weekly, agent Barbara Poelle of the Irene Goodman Agency negotiated a six-figure deal for the North American… FULL STORY
Kandahar revisited
Physician Kevin Patterson put himself through medical school by enlisting in the Canadian army. He subsequently served as a civilian… FULL STORY
African Freedom Series
Lucia Mann is a self-described former slave and a former British journalist who has founded the the North American Modern-Day… FULL STORY
Bollywood boondoggle
A Boston-born, New York forensic scientist named Elanna Forsythe George is hired by the Bollywood starlet, Simryn Gill, to investigate… FULL STORY
Seth Rogan as a geezer
G.W. Willis-Brannigan is the pen name for Glenn W. Pearson who was born and raised in Vancouver as the son… FULL STORY
Incandescence on Downtown Eastside
SFU’s Wayde Compton has supplied one of the year’s most original blurbs for a poetry book: “Jennifer Zilm’s Waiting Room… FULL STORY
Dauntless from Seattle
The Reservoir, Douglas Hassan’s debut thriller, is part of a projected trilogy. Several stories are intertwined with bioterrorism as the… FULL STORY
Not built according to code
Inspired by a discussion she had with her two children after their Grandma Bubbie died, Michelle Gilman wrote What Grandma… FULL STORY
Drabek returns to Prague for launch
Jan Drabek’s biography of Vladimir Krajina, the World War Czech Resistance hero and founder of B.C.’s Ecological Reserve Program and… FULL STORY
Barefoot pleasures
Walking barefoot on grass. A hand to hold. Bannock baking in the oven. Written to support the wellness of aboriginal… FULL STORY
Ray’s spectrum
In 1973, the Supreme Court’s historic Calder decision on the Nisga’a community’s title suit in British Columbia launched the First… FULL STORY
Many solitudes
A professor emerita of anthropology at UBC, Elvi Whittaker has edited a collection of essays about isolating experiences of women… FULL STORY
Hail to thee, Blythe spirit
Identity politics and duality are the concerns voiced in Twoism (Gooose Lane 2015), the first poetry collection by poet Ali… FULL STORY
A Woman of Note duly noted
Carol M. Cram of Bowen Island is one of three B.C. writers whose books will now be marketed by Thomas… FULL STORY
The Native Voice is heard again
Eric Jamieson has written an important history of The Native Voice newspaper, a hugely influential periodical about the fight for… FULL STORY
Hurting himself getting macho
J. David Cox humourously states he is a member of only one organization: President of Anarchy International (no members, no… FULL STORY
Beautiful Yankees & Mets
Baseball aficionado Randall Wayne McLean recalls his visit to Cooperstown and his 9/11 experiences in New York in his multi-faceted… FULL STORY
Hurray for Harvoni
For forty years Kim Goldberg never told anyone she had Hepatitis C. She railed against doctors and Big Pharma. Then… FULL STORY
