Ape Populations in Decline Worldwide
On the occasion of the publication of her book, Great Ape Odyssey (2005), Galdikas wrote the following essay for the… FULL STORY
Interviews
Doubting Drake? 7 Reasons Why Drake Didn’t Reach B.C. in 1579
Edward Von der Porten, a museum director and the President of the Drake Navigators Guild, is one of many naval… FULL STORY
The Astonishing Debut of Linda Svendsen
Only two BC storytellers – William Gibson with Neuromancer and Douglas Coupland with Generation X – have received as much… FULL STORY
Little Sister’s no longer guilty until proven innocent
From 1986 to 1996 a humble West End bookstore challenged Canada Customs on the discriminatory censorship its agents exercised when… FULL STORY
Mountains give rise to mirth
A question I’m often asked: “Do you think you could have survived as a professional humorist if you hadn’t lived… FULL STORY
Goodbye Octopii
The first location of Octopus Books was opened in 1977 by P.R. Brown and her partner Jules Comeault. It quickly… FULL STORY
John Wilson
John Wilson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1951, of parents who had recently returned from a life in India…. FULL STORY
Ann Eriksson
2010 was proclaimed The Year of Biodiversity by the UN. It’s a particularly appropriate time for Ann Eriksson’s third novel,… FULL STORY
Noam Chomsky
On the wall in Noam Chomsky’s book-strewn office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston there is a large… FULL STORY
W.O. Mitchell
This article is written by Maria Pavlik who interviewed W.O. Mitchell at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in 1990 when he… FULL STORY
Pierre Coupey
The North Van-dals [This interview with Pierre Coupey was prepared for Moodyville, a 2009 issue of The Capilano Review, about… FULL STORY
The Bad Trips anthology
[This article about the anthology Bad Trips edited by Keath Fraser appeared originally in Canada India Village Aid’s 20th Anniversary… FULL STORY
Betty Keller
For seven summers Betty Keller has placed her own writing career on hold to mastermind one of the most successful… FULL STORY
D&M Acquires New Society
Vancouver, Canada – June 3, 2008: Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group (D&M) is delighted to announce the acquisition of British… FULL STORY
Jane Barker Wright
Jane Barker Wright’s second novel The Understanding arises from the personalities of Solly and Isobel, two modern idealists. Solly was… FULL STORY
Eric Wilson
ERIC WILSON was born in Ottawa in 1940. As a teacher in BC he began to write for reluctant readers… FULL STORY
Howard White
Howard White was raised on Nelson Island in a gyppo logging camp. "I grew up pitying poor city boys, "… FULL STORY
Ann Walsh
In his old age, Tolstoy dismissed War & Peace and Anna Karenina as bourgeois entertainment and decided it was better… FULL STORY
Interview / W. D. Valgardson
W.D. VALGARDSON was born in Winnipeg in 1939. He passed most of his childhood in Gimli, Manitoba, a hardy fishing… FULL STORY
Peter Trower
PETER TROWER was born at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, England, in 1930. He immigrated to British Columbia at age ten, following the… FULL STORY
