The life and times of Bill Bissett
After 45 years as a writer and publisher, bill bissett is the first recipient of the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Prodigious Talents: Woodcock & Skelton
George Fetherling, one of Canada’s foremost men of letters, credits two prolific B.C. writers, George Woodcock and Robin Skelton, as… FULL STORY
You can go home again: Eden Robinson, Haisla novelist
The gritty urban world of Eden Robinson’s new novel Blood Sports (M&S), of Kitamaat (pop. 700), the setting for her… FULL STORY
The Life of Brian Brett
Brian Brett’s memoir shows him as a girlish youth and as a Jethro-like character near his woodpile. That duplicity reflects… FULL STORY
Morris Panych
Morris Panych made his playwriting debut with a musical, Last Call: A Post-Nuclear Cabaret, in 1982, produced by Tamahnous Theatre… FULL STORY
Bill bissett: Leading Luddite
bill bissett was born in Halifax in 1939. Severely bed-ridden in the hospital from age ten to twelve, bissett continually… FULL STORY
Who’s not afraid of Virginia Woolf?
With four titles under her belt, Meg Tilly has a growing reputation as a novelist – her young adult novel… FULL STORY
Alice has not left the building
Most artists end up imitating themselves. Their art degenerates into a copy of a copy of a copy. Alice Munro… FULL STORY
Before After Goodlake
There are always stories behind the stories. Over the last quarter century, BC BookWorld has frequently invited novelists to discuss… FULL STORY
The shooting of Ginger Goodwin
Hollywood discovered me two years ago. One morning a movie-type phoned and asked if we could talk about producing a… FULL STORY
Publishing / Morriss the major printer
Although seldom recognized as a trade publisher, the venerable Victoria printing company that doubles as the home of Sono Nis… FULL STORY
Howard Adams: Half-breed at full throttle
Blessed be the English and all that they profess. Cursed be the savages that prance in nakedness. Blessed be the… FULL STORY
The low-key mysteries of L.R. Wright
Mystery writer L.R. ‘Bunny’ Wright exhibits in the words of her screenwriting partner and husband John Wright, “great privacy and… FULL STORY
Divining Jane Rule: A profile of progress
Jane Rule was born in New Jersey in 1931. She came to Canada in the late 1950s to teach at… FULL STORY
Remembering Robert Swanson: Rust in Peace
The O Canada airhorn atop Canada Place blew at 3:30 pm on Oct. 13th to coincide with a Shaughnessy memorial… FULL STORY
Ageism Strikes
Ralph Maud, a scholar on Indian myth and legend and a founding English Professor at Simon Fraser University, first met… FULL STORY
Be Strong, Be Steadfast, Be True: A Speech on the Nisga’a Final Agreement Act
Wearing a red-and-black button blanket over his business suit, Chief Joe Gosnell arrived at the Legislature on December 2, 1998… FULL STORY
Goethe: Genius as a toady
As a high official of the ducal court of Weimar – the Duke’s official poet and Minister of War –… FULL STORY
The Super State File: Canada now has thought police
The first major gun control legislation came out in 1972. There had been a senseless murder in Vancouver, followed by… FULL STORY
Half Known Lives
The stork doesn’t bring ‘em. Books, as W.P. Kinsella says, are born from 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. For our… FULL STORY
