Unflappable but flammable
“We live such flammable lives,” writes Miranda Pearson in the title poem for her fourth collection, The Fire Extinguisher (Oolichan… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Smiley paces
Formerly a world class skier, Cat Smiley of Whistler, B.C. is a body transformation specialist and owner of a weight-loss… FULL STORY
Feisty at 97
At 97, H. Barry Cotton has gathered almost a century’s worth of wisdom for a collection of mostly political poetry,… FULL STORY
Tip of the iceberg lettuce
When water restrictions were placed at Level 4 on the Sunshine Coast this summer, many citizens were angry because they… FULL STORY
Ten ships that made waves
Former teacher-librarian Gillian Richardson of Shuswap Lake, near Sorrento, B.C., won the 2010 Science Writing Award from the American Institute… FULL STORY
When telepathy is helpful
Combining biography, history and literary analysis, George M. Johnson’s Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond: Grappling… FULL STORY
The counter culture still counts
Shortlisted for the George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in 2016, Larry Gambone’s Vancouver-based memoir No Regrets (Edmonton: Black Cat… FULL STORY
A forensic librarian in Rome
Sari Sikstrom, with her B.A. in Geography from the University of Alberta, has crossed the desert by camel, drifted in… FULL STORY
Tippett’s top eight
While residing on Pender Island, Maria Tippett has completed Made in British Columbia: Eight Ways of Making Culture (Harbour $32.95)… FULL STORY
Beavers R Us
Once upon a time there probably 60 million beavers in North America. But the arrival of European fur traders almost… FULL STORY
For Drake’s sake
As an amateur historian, Laird L. Nelson of Everson, Washington has claimed to have solved the mystery as to where… FULL STORY
Disaster revisited
When Mandy Bath left her home on July 12, 2012, she had no idea that only an hour later, her… FULL STORY
C is for Charlie, not the French one
Move over Bill Richardson. Having hosted the BC Book Prizes on several occasions, Charles Demers has re-entered the literary world… FULL STORY
Colours due in September
The first two poetry books by Bowen Island psychotherapist Lisa Shatzky, Do Not Call Me By My Name and Blame… FULL STORY
Hybrids are not just cars
According to publicity materials, a 2008 survey conducted by Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion found that 55% of… FULL STORY
The Math Olympian
Richard Hoshino teaches mathematics at Quest University Canada in Squamish. Prior to his arrival at Quest in 2013, Richard was… FULL STORY
Racking up the nominations
Kayla Czaga has been shortlisted for the Late Night Library 2015 Debut-litzer Prize in Poetry for her book, For Your… FULL STORY
A modern lighthouse keeper
How do you get to be a Lighthouse Keeper? Caroline Woodward tells how and why she landed the job in… FULL STORY
Sandy Shreve’s “Found Poems”
The poems are a tribute to her father and working life at sea eighty years ago. by Beverly Cramp Sandy… FULL STORY
Crisp corpse for Jinnah
Donald J. Hauka’s Pizza 911 (Dundurn $11.99), the third in Hauka’s Mister Jinnah mystery series, takes politically incorrect newspaper reporter… FULL STORY
