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
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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
The blooming of Rachel
In 2014, Rachel Rose was appointed Poet Laureate of Vancouver until 2017 on the strength of her relatively small but… FULL STORY
Brewed left, in the Kootenays
There were 168 books submitted to this year’s Scotia Bank Giller Prize. All twelve of the longlisted titles are from… FULL STORY
When a windfall is a downfall
In Diane Daker’s Orca Currents mini-novel for ages 10-14, Bad Business (Orca $9.95), the protagonist Lindy knows she should not… FULL STORY
Considering Consider the Sunflowers
Review by Deb Elkink Elma Schemenauer’s Consider the Sunflowers, an historical prairie novel set in the 1940s, sweeps the reader… FULL STORY
Tick talk
For decades, cowboys known as ‘tick riders’ have patrolled the U.S.-Mexico border to prevent cattle carrying ‘fever ticks’ from entering…. FULL STORY
United States saved from further infamy
A MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth… FULL STORY
Call me Ishbel
These days, if you go to 1060 Cameron Street in Kelowna, you’ll find the high-end Guisachan House Restaurant, easily one… FULL STORY
Every inlet in B.C. deserves a book.
Helen Piddington’s The Inlet: Memoir of a Modern Pioneer (Harbour 2001) recalls life in 35-kilometre-long Loughborough Inlet. Ray Phillips recalls… FULL STORY
Komar & Bastard of Fort Stikine
Debra Komar will bring her cross-Canada book tour to Prince George, Terrace and Prince Rupert–inviting her audiences to investigate a… FULL STORY
Confronting a tsunami
Although he had been a fighter for social change as a social housing planner, it took the birth of Al… FULL STORY
Making community
Annette LeBox was born at Bognor Regis, England, on April 21, 1943, and immigrated to Canada in 1945. She was… FULL STORY
Not Frozen in Time
As a 17-year-old scuba diver, David Woodman, born in 1956, first went looking for shipwrecks in Lake Huron. He has… FULL STORY
Like mother, like detective
A former high school principal and a graduate of the Creative Writing Master’s program at UBC, Iona Whishaw has followed… FULL STORY
