Iranian fire and cotton
Born and raised in Iran, Nilofar Shidmehr came to Canada in 1997 and has earned her MFA in Creative Writing… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Romanian Casanova in English
One of the signs of maturation for the B C. publishing industry is its ability or inclination to accept foreign… FULL STORY
Unhanged gets a boost
Sam Wiebe’s novel Last of the Independents (Dundurn $17.99) won the 2012 Unhanged Arthur Award for Best Unpublished First Novel,… FULL STORY
Making Dead Ends meet
Having spenbt time covering politics in B.C., former newspaper editor and publisher Paul Willcocks’ has generated a fascinating anthology of… FULL STORY
New solutions to land claims
Michael Asch, a professor of Anthropology and adjunct professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, has been awarded… FULL STORY
B.C. Lit marks double anniversary
It’s not just the 100th anniversary of World War I this year; Remembrance Day will mark the 75th anniversary of… FULL STORY
Mirror reflects Vancouver of yesteryear
With a new introduction by his long-time friend Lionel Kearns, George Bowering’s first attempt at a novel, Mirror on the… FULL STORY
Dickson & Forsythe revisit Great War
Greg Dickson and Mark Forsythe have joined forces–for a third book. Of the 611,000 Canadians who fought for King and… FULL STORY
Gough has double offering
B.C. foremost maritime history Barry Gough has two new books on offer in 2014. Soldier, fur trader, explorer, adventurer: Peter… FULL STORY
How I won the war
Doris Gregory left her studies at UBC during World War II to join the Canadian Women’s Army Corps. She trained… FULL STORY
Women and their relationships
Although born in Calgary, Alberta, Julia Leggett grew up in Zimbabwe. Her years there influenced her book Gone South and… FULL STORY
The unbreakable Ujjal
B.C.’s premier from 2000 – 2001, Ujjal Dosanjh was born in a small village in Dosanjh Kalan, Punjab, India in… FULL STORY
Stories behind the recipes
Food and wine columnist, Jennifer Schell, is Editor-in-Chief at BC Food & Wine Trails magazine. Due in the spring of… FULL STORY
Anniversary of a Montreal massacre
Cathy Ford has published fifteen books of poetry and numerous chapbooks and folios, including poetry, fiction and memoir that were… FULL STORY
Bowlsby wins McFarlane Award
Born on February 16, 1957 in Vancouver, the remarkably diligent hockey historian Craig H. Bowlsby earned his BFA degree from… FULL STORY
Homeopathic fiction
Jennifer Craig’s self-published novel of humourous, social commentary, Mary-Lou’s Brew (Friesen $17.99), sounds a bit like Harry Potter for adults…. FULL STORY
Jewish Book Fest turns 30
Hard to believe, but the 30th annual JCC Jewish Book Festival (Nov 22-27, 2014) is now well into its planning… FULL STORY
Food for thought at Whistler Fest
Since 2001, the Whistler Writers Festival has been promoting literary arts in Whistler and the Sea to Sky highway corridor…. FULL STORY
What happens when you die?
Here is an excerpt from an interview with Sheryl MacKay of CBC’s North by Northwest as she speaks candidly with… FULL STORY
Paul St. Pierre passes
One of B.C.’s literary characters has died. Paul St. Pierre, a wry comic writer sometimes compared to Mark Twain, passed… FULL STORY
