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
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 is a grand-niece of Hamishama [Mourning Dove], the first female Native novelist in North America. As a poet,… FULL STORY
With four titles under her belt, Meg Tilly has a growing reputation as a novelist – her young adult novel… FULL STORY
According to Don Sawyer, former director of Okanagan College’s International Development Centre, in 2008 only 45.7 percent of Americans read… FULL STORY
Too Much Happiness (Douglas Gibson Books / M&S) I’ll never forget what Alice Munro said to me the first time… FULL STORY
Born on March 16, help 1937 in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Taylor began his newspaper career in 1954 as a part-time sports… FULL STORY
During the past year, rx I’ve often brooded on the following paragraph from the jacket of one of my own… FULL STORY
BC BookWorld editor and author of numerous books, try Alan Twigg published the following essay in the Autumn 2007 issue… FULL STORY
The Conqueror and the Concubine: How the most influential woman in North American history translated her way to the top… FULL STORY
On the occasion of the publication of her book, medical Great Ape Odyssey (2005), Galdikas wrote the following essay for… FULL STORY
There are always stories behind the stories. Over the last quarter century, visit this site BC BookWorld has frequently invited… FULL STORY
Hungarian-born Stephen Vizinczey, medicine a Canadian citizen who lives in London and Italy, page is the author of In Praise… FULL STORY
Blessed be the English and all that they profess. Cursed be the savages that prance in nakedness. Blessed be the… FULL STORY
I was reminded of why I sold the only sail boat I ever owned after reading Maria Coffey’s Sailing Back… FULL STORY
“The torch George Manuel inherited was barely aflame. The torch he passed on was burning bright.” – Harold Cardinal. —… FULL STORY
In their seminal B.C. history title British Columbia Place Names (Sono Nis) G.P.V. and Helen B. Akrigg devoted less than… FULL STORY
It is said that someone asked Beethoven what he thought – what he really thought – of Handel. He looked… FULL STORY
Jane Rule was born in New Jersey in 1931. She came to Canada in the late 1950s to teach at… FULL STORY
Publishing is much like the movies; no one has a clue as to what will be successful, ask and when… FULL STORY
Formerly a Defense Officer in the Australian Joint Intelligence Bureau, Ian Slater is a political scientist and the author of… FULL STORY