100 Years of Submarines
To commemorate the centenary of Canada’s First World War, former submariner and author Robert W. Mackay will talk about our… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Little Sisters founder dies suddenly
Jim Deva, the bookseller who instigated a decades-long legal battle with Canada Customs over discrimination issues, died after falling from… FULL STORY
Elizabeth the First
Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May believes Canada under the leadership of Stephen Harper has been suffering from an identity… FULL STORY
Day of the Dead celebrates St. Pierre
Paul St. Pierre’s family is extending an invitation to everyone to attend his memorial celebration on Sunday, November 2nd but… FULL STORY
Knit picking
Here Sylvia Olsen recalls the origins of her latest book, Knitting Stories (Sono Nis). A few years ago, while I… FULL STORY
Unearthing B.C. History
By Arthur Joyce For an historian, it’s a rare day you get to unearth and publish an original manuscript. Cole… FULL STORY
Giller longlist has B.C. links
The longlist announced on Tuesday, September 16th, includes Shani Mootoo (Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab, Doubleday Canada), Kathy Page… FULL STORY
Good wood
Poet, non-fiction writer and former carpenter Kate Braid will be touring the Gulf Islands and Metro Vancouver with fellow carpenter/poet/non-fiction… FULL STORY
Sylvia, Margaret & Bernice
That summer she made a life-long contact with Margaret Avison and soon got to meet Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Robert… FULL STORY
Return to Clayoquot Sound
In Tofino and Clayoquot Sound: A History (Harbour $36.95), Margaret Horsfield, with Ian Kennedy, explores the rich heritage and captivating… FULL STORY
Adrift on shore
Moby Dick, the white whale, and the character of Ahab in Herman Melville’s classic novel serve as the leitmotif in… FULL STORY
From Original Potato to 2113
Under her pen name Agnes Toews-Andrews, Elizabeth Blakely has moved to the Kootenays and published a “paranormal novel,” 2113 AD:… FULL STORY
Mining in Tibet imperils one billion
Canadian mining companies are complicit in the mining, pollution and environmental damage.
Gray Eyes vs. Red Eyes
Frank Christopher Busch is a member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and grew up in northern Manitoba. He has spent… FULL STORY
This Airplane Can Dance
In May of 2014, Danielle Marcotte attended the Salon du Livre de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue in her hometown of Amos, in Québec…. FULL STORY
Freedom Climbers wins in France
The French language edition of Freedom Climbers by Bernadette McDonald and originally published by Rocky Mountain Books has been awarded… FULL STORY
Summer Snow
Eleanor Millard of Carcross left home at age 14, gained two Masters degrees, worked as a social worker and was… FULL STORY
Fourth Betrayal
Commercial diver, medicine fisherman and most recently, sea observer on a dragger fleet, Bruce Burrows is no stranger to coastal… FULL STORY
Yaletown meets Trotsky
Linda Richard’s 2009 novel Death Was in the Picture won the Panik Award for Best Los Angeles-Based Noir ficiton. Now,… FULL STORY
Adopted into a new tribe
During several visits to the Andes Mountains, prolific self-publisher and historian Adolf Hungrywolf met with Andean shamans–men and women–and was… FULL STORY
