Crystal City under siege
Winnipeg-born David Korinetz of Naramata was raised on a diet of comic books, Edgar Rice Burrows novels and Lord Of… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Pass the Masala
Born in New Delhi, India, store Bharti Saincher of South Surrey immigrated to Windsor, Ontario in 1967 as a young… FULL STORY
From Clark to Clark
Former Okanagan MLA Judi Tyabji will follow her book on former B.C. Premier Glen Clark, Daggers Unsheathed: The Political Assassination… FULL STORY
Memory Serves, Maracle
Self-described as the most published Native woman author in the country, Lee Maracle has turned her oratory into essays for… FULL STORY
From Tamahnous to Tinseltown
The name is not memorable. Barbara Williams. But this B.C.-born actor, raised in logging camps, has had a long and… FULL STORY
B is for Bily
Photographer and environmental engineer Linda Bily has completed over fifteen long ski mountaineering traverses and her photographs have been published… FULL STORY
Dutch courage
Jack Dixon’s The Barn (Victoria, Friesen Press, 2015) describes the ordeals and bravery of the Mollens, a family of nine… FULL STORY
Paige’s dream
Laura Langston’s tenth title since 1994, Stepping Out (Orca $9.95), traces the ambitions of an insecure, 15-year-old, disabled comedian, Paige… FULL STORY
Let my elks go free
While working as a reporter for the Terrace Standard in Terrace, Josh Massey has published his second novel, The Plotline… FULL STORY
Leaps like a Killer Whale
“The Klondike gold fields are a silent backdrop to Bill Reid’s choice of gold as a material,” claims Jack Lohman… FULL STORY
Wholeness includes science
Born in Ghana and educated in Ghana, Canada and the United States, Andrew Benedict Acheampong, Ph.D is a Catholic “seeker… FULL STORY
O is for Ogopogo
In Ogopogo Odyssey (Promontory $11.95) by Dorothy Hawes, dosage young Colin is visiting his grandparents in the Okanagan Valley. He… FULL STORY
Kidlit shelf gets a filling
Lots of medical doctors have written books; not so many dentists. From his dental practice, Dr. Sean Kelly realized many… FULL STORY
A new sasquatch tale
Originally from France, Nicole Dargère has crafted as a fanciful, lyrical, sasquatch story set near Harrison Hotsprings in the late… FULL STORY
From severed to untethered
In 2013, cartoonist Dan Murphy himself became a newsmaker when his video about Enbridge was censored by his brass at… FULL STORY
Brunch with the Jackals
Don McLellan’s second story collection, Brunch with the Jackals (Thistledown $18.95), echoes the “hard-boiled” style of Raymond Chandler and Mickey… FULL STORY
You Might Be From British Columbia IF…
Dan Murphy started his West Coast cartooning career doing political cartoons for leftist periodical, The Western Voice. In his 29… FULL STORY
Sheryda’s hopeful humanism
Hopeful humanism abounds in Sheryda Warrener’s follow-up to her debut volume of poetry, Hard Feelings (Snare/Invisible 2010). In her collection… FULL STORY
Moral Work of Nursing
Hazel Joan (Schattschneider) Magnussen, a graduate of the University of Alberta, is a retired registered nurse with 35 years experience… FULL STORY
From cattle to Quantum Wisdom
As Nina Woolliams, Nina Shoroplova wrote an important book on ranching in B.C., Cattle Ranch: The Story of the Douglas… FULL STORY
