You don’t have to build the Taj Mahal
Robb Lucy of Delta co-founded the Make-A-Wish Foundation in Canada and has helped generate non-profit organizations for literacy, sports and… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Pickton revisited
The first detective assigned to Vancouver’s Missing and Murdered Women Investigation in 1998, Lori Shenher, was a former newspaper reporter… FULL STORY
The Found and The Made
Born in San Francisco, California in 1945 and educated at University of California, Dan Bruiger immigrated to Canada via Quebec… FULL STORY
Nisselinka through three generations
Robert Longe worked in mineral exploration for many years as a geologist, consultant, and chief executive of a junior public… FULL STORY
Oil and vinegar get versatile
With more than 180 simple recipes and hundreds of variations, Emily Lycopolus’ first cookbook The Olive Oil and Vinegar Lover’s… FULL STORY
Better than breadcrumbs
Theresa Kishkan’s 13th title, Patrin (Mother Tongue $17.95) is a novella that takes its title from an old word–patrin–for the… FULL STORY
War and 27 pieces
Twenty Seven Stings (New Star $18) by Mayne Island’s Julie Emerson is a suite of poems that illuminates aspects of… FULL STORY
Road hockey warrior
On June 27, 2015 at the Piazza Colombo on Rossland Avenue, as part Trail’s Festa Italiana, retired teacher John D’Arcangelo… FULL STORY
Yukon steamers get their due
With more than 600 photos, Robert D. Turner’s The Klondike Gold Rush Steamers: A History of Yukon River Steam (Sono… FULL STORY
A is for Anctil
Born in 1985, Daniel Anctil was in Grade six at Vancouver’s McKechnie Elementary School in 1997 when he wrote the… FULL STORY
Queen of the Godforsaken
The debut young adult novel, Queen of the Godforsaken (Thistledown $14.95) by Mix Hart of Kelowna is a coming-of-age story… FULL STORY
Graphic novel of internment
Artist and heritage expert Michael Kluckner has turned a new page for his first graphic novel, Toshiko (Midtown $19.95). Set… FULL STORY
From firm to farm
Born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1947, Lawrence Pierce of Hornby Island, B.C, was a trial lawyer in downtown Vancouver… FULL STORY
Compersion, get used to it
If you want to really upset most people, try defending polyamorists. They are the razor thin segment of society that… FULL STORY
Z is for Zabliewicz
With a Ph.D from Berkeley, Denise Zabliewicz of the SFU Health Sciences faculty has chiefly examined issues of employment and… FULL STORY
Eight Miles High in Whistler
The protagonist of Dietrich Kalteis’ second crime novel, Grey Stevens, is literally minding his own business, contentedly growing and selling… FULL STORY
She’d rather be in Italy
As an associate professor in History and Humanities at SFU, Emily O’Brien has examined the autobiography of the fifteenth-century humanist… FULL STORY
X is for X.alatsep
Joseph Dandurand is a member of the Kwantlen First Nation for whom he has worked as Heritage/Lands officer for 20… FULL STORY
Simkin’s journey of compassion
Doctor, social activist and feminist, Ruth Simkin first revealed her challenging life journey in The Jagged Years of Ruthie J.,… FULL STORY
Kluckner does Romeo & Juliet
Artist and heritage expert Michael Kluckner has turned a new page for his first graphic novel, Toshiko (Midtown $19.95). Set… FULL STORY
