Flirting with justice
Brian O’Neill (at right) examines the true crime case in the early 1990s in which Gillian Guess served as the… FULL STORY
Brian O’Neill (at right) examines the true crime case in the early 1990s in which Gillian Guess served as the… FULL STORY
For a good introduction to 1930s Vancouver, pick up a copy of David Spaner’s novel, Keefer Street by David Spaner… FULL STORY
Hailed in their time as celebrated politicians, the legacy of white supremacists in BC’s past is under scrutiny in When… FULL STORY
Ruby Smith Diaz (at right) delves into the story of Serafim “Joe” Fortes, a pioneering Black lifeguard who became a… FULL STORY
Vancouver-based Linda Purcell’s Veggie Outlaws: Most Wanted Vegan Recipes (Library and Archives Canada $34.95) is a vegan cookbook packed with… FULL STORY
Author Jadzia Prenosil’s memoir, My Childhood Behind the Iron Curtain (Island Blue Print $19.99) details her childhood in 1960s Communist… FULL STORY
Local authors Kathryn Mockler (at right) and Raina Delisle emerged winners at the Victoria Book Prizes this year. The City… FULL STORY
Christopher Pollon’s (at right) Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places (Greystone $39.95), published in collaboration with… FULL STORY
THE BASIL STUART-STUBBS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY BOOK ON BRITISH COLUMBIA Established in memory of Basil Stuart-Stubbs, this annual prize… FULL STORY
This year, seven BC-based authors made it to the shortlist of the Governor General’s Literary Awards within four categories. The… FULL STORY
The fourth in the Kwantlen Stories Then and Now series by award-winning author Joseph Dandurand is here! Following The Girl… FULL STORY
INTRO: Danial Neil always knew he wanted to be a writer. But after a seemingly mild case of COVID-19, writing… FULL STORY
Review by Ken Cathers Sometimes one is able to get a sense of a writer’s quality by what they don’t… FULL STORY
This year’s Best Canadian Series that will be published on November 12, features the works of 13 BC based authors… FULL STORY
Introduction by Alan Twigg As one of North America’s leading educators about the Holocaust, the Holland-born psychiatrist Robert Krell has… FULL STORY
Margaret Ostrowski, author of Lost Legacies: Learning from Ancestral Stories for Inspiration and Policy-Making Today (DC Books $21.95) gave a… FULL STORY
Against the Odds: The Indigenous Rights Cases of Thomas R. Berger (Durvile Publications $37.50) by author Drew Ann Wake (at… FULL STORY
In Muddy Water: Stories from the Street (WIPF and Stock Publishers $25.00), Rev. Al Tysick, a United Church of Canada… FULL STORY
first here and then far (Harbour $24.95) is a carefully curated retrospective that spans over fifty years of poetry by… FULL STORY
A trans professor from Vancouver, LJ Slovin (at right), followed six trans youth over a year (with some later follow-up)… FULL STORY