Treespotting in Straley’s footsteps
by James Paley David Tracey’s new field guide, Vancouver Tree Book (Pure Wave Media $20), is a continuation of a… FULL STORY
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Flett not fleeting
Julie Flett’s story board book for infants, Little You (Orca 2013), with text by Richard Van Camp, has reportedly sold… FULL STORY
Schell food from the Okanagan
Jennifer Schell comes from a multi-generational farming family and was raised on an apple orchard in Kelowna. After eight years… FULL STORY
Computer illiteracy can be beaten
Not every author yearns to win The Giller or the Woodcock Award. Some strive for public eduction–to be useful. Louise… FULL STORY
Raptis revisits Port Essington
For nearly a century, from 1871 until destructive fires in the 1960s, the Tsimshian residents of the Port Essington Indian… FULL STORY
Al Purdy’s deathbed drama
Al Purdy, twice winner of the Governor General’s Award for poetry and a member of the Order of Canada, died… FULL STORY
Better late than ever
In preparing an ebook version of John Armstrong’s Wages, New Star Books discovered an entire section of the manuscript, about… FULL STORY
Reena Virk re-visited
Soraya Peerbaye of Toronto has written a suite of poems, Tell: poems for a girlhood (Coach House 2015) that evoke… FULL STORY
I Remember/Je me souviens
887 by Robert Lepage & Ex Machina Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre, SFU Feb. 11-21 Using a sports analogy… FULL STORY
Apocalypse Then
How can you not pay attention to a novelist who plays guitar in a punk band called 12 Gauge Facial… FULL STORY
Charles Demers is brillliant in Leftovers
Leftovers by Charles Demers Co-created with Marcus Youssef Neworld Theatre York Theatre Jan. 26-30 About half the shows one sees… FULL STORY
How the west was de-ranged
by Mark Forsythe The first ranches appeared in B.C. during the gold rush eras of the 1850s and 1860s when… FULL STORY
Wake up and smell the anarchy
Some people prefer to read newspapers and magazines from back to front. They would be ideal readers for Ron Sakolsky’s… FULL STORY
Gina gains momentum
Prior to her teaching career, Gina McMurchy-Barber majored in archaeology at Simon Fraser University and studied orangutans in Borneo with… FULL STORY
Move over, Bill Richardson
Growing up, Vancouver-born Charles Demers was a politically sophisticated fat kid with a void in sports and cars. Even though… FULL STORY
Dower revisits New Jersey roots
The new year has yet to come, and already the spring crop is showing promise. Tricia Dower’s Becoming Lin (Caitlin… FULL STORY
Eke speaks of Warrior’s path
James Eke is a former journalist who spent eleven years in the military. At 46, as owner and chief instructor… FULL STORY
A touch of kindness in Pomerania
Written from the perspective of seven-year-old Gerda, A Year of Borrowed Men (Pajama Press $21.95) by Michelle Barker (at right)… FULL STORY
The Great Bamfield Novel
Those who have braved the 60-mile gravel road from Port Alberni to Bamfield can easily agree with Simon Winchester’s assessment… FULL STORY
Eve of Constructions
The average lifespan of a house in Vancouver is becoming less than a human lifespan. Spearheaded by Caroline Adderson, Vancouver… FULL STORY
