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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
From Albrecht to Zieroth
Foreign artwork and unfamiliar music can be an elixir for creativity, and so David Zieroth has responded to great artists… FULL STORY
Walhachin revisited
James Ferron Anderson was born in Northern Ireland and worked there as a glassblower, weaver and soldier. He took a… FULL STORY
Gabriola gets a prize winner
Claire Eamer has lived in Whitehorse, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton, and parts of Germany and England, prior to moving to Gabriola… FULL STORY
Counter-Culture rock revisited
From 1965 onward, The Afterthought was the name of a music promotion enterprise that surfaced for rock and psychedelic music… FULL STORY
Rambunctious to an extreme
Jackie Bateman commenced her trilogy of thrillers about a suspected serial killer named Oliver with the oddly titled Nondescript Rambunctious… FULL STORY
Stanley, North of California
Born in San Francisco in 1934, poet George Stanley grew up in San Francisco where he became associated with the… FULL STORY
Like mother, like daughter
Annie Watts’s second cookbook, beHealthy Cookbook (Port Alberni: AWL Publishing $20), provides 14 reduced-calorie menu plans (just 1,680 calories each)… FULL STORY
Reclaiming Haida Gwaii
Louise Takeda is a Research Affiliate with the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance. Her Master’s degree in Environment and Development… FULL STORY
Marinetti & Mussolini
Richard Cavell, among other things, is the first Canadian to have taught Canadian Literature at the University of Padua. His… FULL STORY
Sister to the rescue
After Dayle Campbell Gaetz’ 2013 novel, Taking the Reins, won a Moonbeam Gold Award for historical fiction, she will follow… FULL STORY
Not a bear or bare lady
Rosella Leslie’s The Cougar Lady: Legendary Trapper of Sechelt Inlet (Caitlin $22.95 pieces together the life story of Asta Bergliot… FULL STORY
Tilly takes home Burt
Monique Gray Smith is a mixed-heritage woman of Cree, Lakota and Scottish ancestry and a proud mom of young twins…. FULL STORY
How Esquimalt saved Canada
When Canada was still part of the British Empire, its naval forces fell under the command of the British Navy… FULL STORY
Obituary notice Robert Tyhurst
Born in Halifax on March 8, 1951, Robert Tyhurst attended St. Georges primary school in Westmount, Quebec, while his parents… FULL STORY
The GG’s like BC
Dominating in the GG poetry category were three poets from Victoria and Vancouver including: Christopher Levenson (Vancouver) – Night Vision… FULL STORY
Innocence withheld
Labour lawyer Joan McEwen describes Henry’s nightmarish journey towards freedom in her remarkable new book, Innocence on Trial: The Framing… FULL STORY
Szanto clauses
George Szanto will launch his new novel Whatever Lola Wants (Brindle & Glass $19.95) at the library on Gabriola Island… FULL STORY
Dan, Dan, he’s our man
The Mayor’s Arts Awards for the City of Vancouver has accorded Daniel Francis its 2014 Mayor’s Arts Award for Literary… FULL STORY
