#286 Endpiece: Recalling New Orphic
Here Margrith Schraner recalls her twenty years as Associate Editor of The New Orphic Review. “I now conceive of Endpiece… FULL STORY
Essays
Writing about mysticism & religion
Because her mother suffered from schizophrenia, Susan McCaslin was initially skeptical of visions and anything smacking of the paranormal. “Mom had heard… FULL STORY
Matriarch Elsie Paul tells it like it was
Elsie Paul links the free-roaming hunting & gathering lifestyle that her ancestors knew to her cell-phone toting grandchildren – the… FULL STORY
How Gail got her groove back
Lately some high profile female writers have been putting their names on books for children and reluctant readers. Poets Susan… FULL STORY
LaPointe hypes consultation
Kirk LaPointe, formerly managing editor of The Vancouver Sun, is the NPA candidate for mayor in the upcoming civic election… FULL STORY
Yates’ kidlit cream of the crop
Retired Gabriola Island librarian Susan Yates spotlights thirty Canadian picture books from her collection of more than 300 of them…. FULL STORY
Cedar, totems, Jewitt & other gifts
Hilary Stewart (November 3, 1924 – June 5, 2014) by Vickie Jensen Hilary was both a close friend and a… FULL STORY
Children’s gems from D&M
The bumper crop of top quality children’s book from Douglas & McIntyre was seeded in 1978 when Ann Blades provided… FULL STORY
McCaslin sounds off on teacher bashing
“Some serious teacher bashing is going on in British Columbia right now,” says McCaslin. Specifically, she feels Shelly Fralic, a… FULL STORY
Remembering the Angola War
The civil war in Angola began in 1975 and was long, complicated and bloody — an African equivalent of Viet… FULL STORY
The lowdown on self-publishing
Anybody can publish a book these days. And there are lots of rip-off outfits lurking in the e-bushes to take… FULL STORY
From adversity comes strength
Born in B.C. from descendants of slave escapees, Storma Sire, of West African Akan (Ghanaian) heritage, is one of a… FULL STORY
Closely Knit Families and the Cowichan Sweater
For much of the 20th century, handmade Cowichan Indian sweaters—bulky, distinctively patterned, woolen sweaters that were cozy and repelled the… FULL STORY
A salmon on the doorknob: Vicki Jensen & Jay Powell
A SALMON ON THE DOORKNOB: HOW ONE COUPLE HAS HAPPILY WORKED “FORTY YEARS IN THE MARGINS” ON BEHALF OF FIRST… FULL STORY
Boas, Bugs, Guerillas, & a Broken Heart: Martin Mitchinson
The Darien Gap in Panama is the closest equivalent to an on-land Bermuda Triangle in the Americas. Martin Mitchinson thought… FULL STORY
The Greater One: Steve Nash
Victoria’s Steve Nash is one of only ten NBS players who have won the league’s MVP award back-to-back – but… FULL STORY
Gandalf of Granville Island: Tim Lander
It is impossible not to feel sympathy for Tim Lander when he describes sleeping under the Burrard Bridge and waking… FULL STORY
The moving of mountains
Carole Itter is a sculptor, an instructor at Emily Carr, and a writer, but in 2004 she published the posthumous… FULL STORY
The agonies & ecstasies of Doug Hepburn
World champion lifter Doug Hepburn’s early liabilities were a club-foot, shyness, a cross-eyed condition and an alcoholic father. Tom Thurston,… FULL STORY
Jeannette Armstrong: In the spirit of En’owkin
Jeannette Armstrong is a grand-niece of Hamishama [Mourning Dove], the first female Native novelist in North America. As a poet,… FULL STORY
