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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
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
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
