Queen of the Godforsaken
A writer of novels and picture books, and a blogger, Mix Hart wrote her first young adult novel Queen of… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Elizabeth Ross’s Kingdom comes
Born and raised in Victoria, Elizabeth Ross completed a BA with majors in English and creative writing at Vancouver Island… FULL STORY
The ecstasy and the agony
Three months after asking her lover to leave, Tzoutzi Matzourani is tormented by his absence. Craziness took hold of them… FULL STORY
At the root of things
A vegan for ten years, Carla Kelly has followed Vegan Al Fresco: Happy & Healthy Recipes for Picnics, Barbecues &… FULL STORY
Water is power
Following World War II, Canada became a world leader in hydro-electricity production. Only Norway produced more per capita and only… FULL STORY
Sometimes you gotta boycott
To boycott or not to boycott? That was the question asked by nations and athletes in 1936 as Nazi Germany… FULL STORY
Barriers for women in journalism
In her investigation of sexual politics in journalism, Outsiders Still: Why Women Journalists Love — And Leave — Their Newspaper… FULL STORY
A bike for Burkino Faso
The Red Bicycle (Kids Can $18.95) by Jude Isabella follows the journey of Big Red, Leo’s cherished bicycle, as it… FULL STORY
Family buzziness
Robin Stevenson has been busy–with eighteen books for young readers since 2007. Some of those books are not light reading…. FULL STORY
Nisselinka a rare B.C. novel about mining
Robert Longe worked in mineral exploration for many years as a geologist, consultant, and chief executive of a junior public… FULL STORY
The train of mourning
Hank Schachte’s The Train (Ad Hoc 2015) is a self-published novella about a man writing the eulogy for his father… FULL STORY
From Vehicule Days to Perfect
Born in Budapest in 1947, Tom Konyves escaped Hungary in 1956 and settled in Montreal where he published a Dadaist… FULL STORY
Saltman wins IBBY honour
The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) Canada has announced the recipients of the 2014 Claude Aubry Awards… FULL STORY
Kennedy in running for prestigious prize
While slick newbies to environmentalism are jumping onto the “rewilding” bandwagon, rhapsodizing about dirt and water and plants as if… FULL STORY
Whoopee, gluten free
West Vancouver resident Kristina Stosek has used her website solely devoted to gluten-free recipes as a springboard for her first… FULL STORY
I Remember Horse Buns
Former CKNW talk show host and Socred MLA Rafe Mair stopped contributing to the online publication The Tyee after a… FULL STORY
Energy for kids
The first non-fiction book for kids by Vancouver actor and writer Shaker Palega, clinic Native Americans: A Visual Exploration (Annick… 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
Koping mechanisms
Falling Season (Leaf $15.95), Beth Kope’s first poetry book, recalls coping with her mother’s dementia. “The very nature of Lewy… FULL STORY
Big Dream Farmer
In 1999, Nathalie Chambers and her husband David Chambers restored and transformed his family’s Madrona Farm in Victoria into a… FULL STORY
