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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
Heartbeats from Montreal to Dominica
Having grown up in Montreal, Dr. Gerrard Greenstone attended McGill University Medical School, graduating in 1970. After a stint at… FULL STORY
In Alexander’s wake
At age eighty, travel writer W. Ruth Kozak of Vancouver has published her first novel, Shadow of the Lion: Blood… FULL STORY
Unmanned contends for Ryga Award
Drones are President Obama’s weapon of choice. It’s just one of the reasons John Hill and Ann Rogers have co-authored… FULL STORY
Generally giving a damn
Christine Lowther, daughter of Pat Lowther, has written about her family background, and how the murder of her mother by… FULL STORY
Anything was possible in Joan’s world
“I know that many writers tell you to imagine you are writing for a specific child, but I always want… FULL STORY
McKenzie bags five-book deal
Grant McKenzie’s agent Amy Moore-Benson at AMB Literary Management has arranged a five-book deal for him with Polis Books for… FULL STORY
Musgrave gets her due
Susan Musgrave of Haida Gwaii has been honoured with the $20, 000 Matt Cohen Award from the Writers Trust to… FULL STORY
Withnail & I Go To The Okanagan
Anyone who has enjoyed the wisecracking tomfoolery of Steve Coogan and his fellow impressionist Rob Brydon as unlikely restaurant critics… FULL STORY
Inuvik medicine in the 1970s
Lianne Lecroix grew up on a farm in the French Canadian Ottawa Valley as the eldest of six childen. After… FULL STORY
Kafka goes to Manning Park
Ernest Hekkanen will be launching his novella, I’m Not You, at the Oxygen Art Centre in Nelson, B.C. on November… FULL STORY
11 books in 10 years
Carrie Mac’s experiences in the Downtown Eastside continue to fuel her work. Homelessness, addiction, teen pregnancy and crime are the… FULL STORY
Romance in Victoria, 1877
Chad Strong’s first novel, High Stakes, is a western romance set in Victoria in 1877. The main characters are a… FULL STORY
