Uneasy rider on the Dease
There is a longstanding Canadian practice that when things get too messy, painful and intensely complicated, we head for the… FULL STORY
There is a longstanding Canadian practice that when things get too messy, painful and intensely complicated, we head for the… FULL STORY
This year’s BC Book Prizes gala at the Renaissance Harbourside Hotel, hosted by Charles Demers, was unprecedented in at least… FULL STORY
Sadhu Binning will read from his latest book on Thursday, May 22, at 7 p.m. in Alma VanDusen Room, Lower… FULL STORY
Surjeet Kalsey has been accorded a lifetime achievement award as part of the Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program. The award… FULL STORY
In 2010, Dianne Whelan went to Base Camp on Mount Everest where she interviewed climbers, doctors and Sherpas, who had… FULL STORY
The civil war in Angola began in 1975 and was long, complicated and bloody — an African equivalent of Viet… FULL STORY
In many fantasy stories, special powers come with a price and a responsibility. Sorcery can be dangerous and unpredictable. In… FULL STORY
Anyone who has used a honey bucket, had to get a vehicle towed out of the ditch on a muddy… FULL STORY
Rowland Lorimer is one of three finalists for this year’s Canada Prize in the Social Sciences. He has been shortlisted… FULL STORY
WHEN: Thursday, April 17 TIME: 7:30 pm WHERE: Simon Fraser University downtown campus, 515 West Hastings Sponsored by the… FULL STORY
Dr. Harry Karlinsky, Clinical Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, is about to launch an… FULL STORY
It wasn’t planned—but the memoir recounting abuse at the St. Joseph’s Residential School was released coincidentally with the proceedings of… FULL STORY
In her forthcoming new book Olive Odyssey: Searching for the Secrets of the Fruit That Seduced the World (Greystone $28.95),… FULL STORY
The Spanish government commissioned a special binding of a religious text to present to the Pope who was to visit…. FULL STORY
The unparalleled, bizarre and tempestuous life story of Ranald Macdonald has never been successfully told. Don Gayton hopes to be… FULL STORY
This year UBC Creative Writing marks its 50th anniversary as the longest, continuously operating department of its kind in Canada…. FULL STORY
Prior to Haunting Vancouver, Mike McCardell has already raised more than ninety grand for charity with his nine books. He… FULL STORY
C.C. Humphreys is slated to be one of eight authors featured at the Word on the Lake Festival in Salmon… FULL STORY
The ship had been chartered for $66,000 by Gurdit Singh Sarhali, a Sikh entrepreneur, as a direct challenge to a… FULL STORY
By Caroline Woodward, photos by Jeff George It all started with a runaway Jack Russell terrier on the open deck… FULL STORY