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
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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
Tick Rider on Mexican border
At age 85, former B.C. rancher Bill Street has published his first novel, The Tick Rider (2015), set in contemporary… FULL STORY
Carter on Carr by car
Laurie Carter’s personal take on Emily Carr has been self-published as Emily Carr’s B.C.: Book One, Vancouver Island (Little White… FULL STORY
Mills still grinding
John Mills is back and he never went away. Having moved to Saltspring Island with is wife Elaina in 2000,… FULL STORY
More than a footnote
In 1888, Vincent Van Gogh wrote, “I’d also like to see if I can’t make my own portrait in writing…. FULL STORY
From Yarrow to Anatolia
Yarrow was a once thriving Mennonite community that was established in 1928 when 86 settlers arrived from Europe, including the… FULL STORY
When it was almost French Columbia
She will receive the Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for best academic book about B.C. on June 9th at UBC Library for… FULL STORY
Huskies to the rescue
Glen Lovett worked for many years on animation storyboards for major film companies including Disney TV, Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera,… FULL STORY
