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
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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
Weir escapes confines of boob tube
Set in London in 1816, Ian Weir’s second novel, Will Starling (Goose Lane 2014), is one of ten Canadian-authored books… FULL STORY
Barking up the right trees
Danial Neil says his fourth novel The Trees of Calan Gray (Oolichan $19.95) was inspired, in part, by a 2010… FULL STORY
The blooming of Rachel
Rachel Rose was appointed Poet Laureate of Vancouver for 2014-2017 on the strength of her relatively small but distinguished output… FULL STORY
Yee at VPL, Victoria, Writers Fest
Governor General Award Winner Paul Yee will launch his first adult novel, A Superior Man (Arsenal $21.95) at the Vancouver… FULL STORY
Ranger Rob blows the whistle
Veteran ranger Rob Kaye has become a bestselling author with Born to the Wild. One wonders how a book by… FULL STORY
