Lazare ladies don’t do lunch
Evelyn H. Lazare is a retired health care executive living in Steveston, B.C. Originally from Montreal, Lazare spent many years… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Barbara-jo gets second-go
Having studied at the Dubrulle French Culinary School in Vancouver, McIntosh worked at the Mandarin Hotel and for the Umberto… FULL STORY
Winning and travelling
Hans Tammemagi knows how to get what he wants; that’s why he wrote Winning Proposals (Self Counsel Press $16.95), now… FULL STORY
Chick: Lister due in Spring
Alex Van Tol has the bit between her teeth. This spring the Victoria freelance writer and editor is releasing her… FULL STORY
Sane cow
When a cow named Audrey learns she could be headed to the slaughterhouse, she goes AWOL from Bittersweet Pastures in… FULL STORY
Why Michael Buckley became a Yaktivist
Adventure travel writer Michael Buckley of Vancouver explains the genesis of Meltdown in Tibet: China’s Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from… FULL STORY
Elson on Esquimalt
Easily overlooked when lists are compiled for Remembrance Day regarding British Columbia’s connections to two World Wars and other conflicts… FULL STORY
National Crossword Day — really?
We’re pretty sure you didn’t know December 21 is Crossword Puzzle Day, the anniversary of the date Arthur Wynne published… FULL STORY
A Tuscany tale
Carol M. Cran’s debut novel The Towers of Tuscany (Seattle: Lake Union Publishing $14.95 U.S.) concerns the difficult life of… FULL STORY
Doggonit lit
Just in case anyone is counting, Jim Christy has just published his 32nd book since 1972, The Big Thirst and… FULL STORY
Copper Moon beams
On a press release to promote his co-produced theatrical experiment in 2014, Walking Projects: Vancouver, Crawling, Weeping, Betting, Chris Bose… FULL STORY
Hair of grass
Yam Cooper of Penticton has written, illustrated and self-published The Story of Bill and His House of the Hill (2014… FULL STORY
Olga Park remembered
Now retired from teaching, Susan McCaslin (in photo) of Fort Langley has released Into the Mystic: My Years with Olga… FULL STORY
Still curious George
Since retiring from teaching at UBC in 2004, George McWhirter has been almost as busy as ever, publishing a new… FULL STORY
Bett noir
With an arresting title that is reminiscent of UBC professor Warren Tallman’s collected essays for Godawful Streets of Man (1978),… FULL STORY
Non-suffering Saxifrage
Carrie Saxifrage is a journalist for the Vancouver Observer who also honed her research skills as an environmental lawyer in… FULL STORY
Effective schizoaffective novella
Greg Bauder’s novella Spilt Coffee (Solstice Publishing 2014) describes how three aging and disillusioned schizoaffective men live vicariously for their… FULL STORY
Fertile in Fernie
Helen McAllister (left) came to Fernie in 2002; Jennifer Heath (right) came to Fernie in 2005. As relative newcomers to… FULL STORY
Carr in England
Emily Carr in England (RBCM 2014) by Kathryn Bridge is an important contribution to writing about B.C.’s best-known painter, examining… FULL STORY
Anything is possible if you persevere
Joan Betty Stuchner’s ten books are suffused with optimism and delight.“I know that many writers tell you to imagine you… FULL STORY
