Kat & dogs
Losing a pet–literally having your pet get lost or left behind–can be a traumatic experience. You can’t call Ghostbusters; but… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Hebridean affinities
The story goes that exiled and silenced seventeeth-century Hebridean poet Mary MacLeod (Màiri nighean Alasdair Ruaidh) was banned from composing any… FULL STORY
Glory, gore and gold
Ronald Wright recalls the murderous triumphs of the Spanish conquistador Pizarro in a new novel, The Gold Eaters. by Cherie… FULL STORY
Urquhart in elite quartet
Emily Urquhart has been named as one of four finalists for the 12th annual B.C. National Non-Fiction Award. Her book… FULL STORY
Drama offstage
For ages 10-14, Cristy Watson’s forthcoming On Cue (Orca 2016) will be a young readers’ novel about an aspiring teen… FULL STORY
Transgender musical long time coming
Ken Smedley grew up in Kamloops in the 1950s, where he co-founded The Western Canada Youtheatre (now the Western Canada… FULL STORY
Coach for hire
Having completed a training program with Erickson International College, former kidlit author Emily Madill of Nanaimo has contributed a blog… FULL STORY
A Year of Borrowed Men
Michelle Barker’s A Year of Borrowed Men (Pajama Press 2015) arose from her mother’s childhood memories of Germany during World… FULL STORY
Unhanged Arthur Award winner
Nelson-based Rachel M. Greenaway’s first novel Cold Girl (Dundurn $17.99) won the Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Crime… FULL STORY
Red Star Tattoo
After graduating from the Simon Fraser University Writer’s Studio, Sonja Larsen published Red Star Tattoo: My Life as a Girl… FULL STORY
Find a book, find yourself
When you are your own marketing manager, you’ve gotta be original. So Nina Shoroplova is hiding 27 copies of her… FULL STORY
Introverts out of the closet
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, England in 1954, Lesley Taylor of Richmond, B.C. was brought to B.C. in 1956 and grew… FULL STORY
Voices from the Valleys
Jodie Renner of Penticton is a fiction editor and blogger who has written three editor’s guides to writing fiction, Fire… FULL STORY
From bartender to life coach
Lorrie Forde is a self-designated life coach in Summmerland who has released Really Good F Words: Your Interactive Guide to… FULL STORY
Mighty Mouse & Monkey Guy
While dividing her time between B.C. and Ontario, three-time Olympic medalist Elaine Tanner, holder of five world records in swimming,… FULL STORY
Tod Inlet gets its due
Every inlet in B.C. deserves a book. Helen Piddington’s The Inlet: Memoir of a Modern Pioneer (Harbour 2001) recalls life… FULL STORY
A Greek myth completely different
Winning a Governor General’s award for children’s literature is high acclaim. Having a member of Monty Python read your books… FULL STORY
Brian, Rick & Mary
One of the most enduring B.C. titles has been In Search of a Legend, and Slumach’s Gold: The Search for… FULL STORY
Iceland beckons
When Harold and Diane Rhenisch first went to Iceland in 2010, they agreed they both wanted to stay. After their… FULL STORY
Compton wins City of Van Award
After a one-year stint at the Vancouver Public Library’s seventh writer-in-residence in 2011, Wayde Compton took over from Betsy Warland… FULL STORY
