#202 Al Neil (1924-2017)

“New York has William Burroughs, Los Angeles has Charles Bukowski and Vancouver has Al Neil.” — John Armstrong “Whatever I’m… FULL STORY
“New York has William Burroughs, Los Angeles has Charles Bukowski and Vancouver has Al Neil.” — John Armstrong “Whatever I’m… FULL STORY
A GATHERING TO REMEMBER AND HONOUR PETER TROWER WILL BE HELD FROM 3 – 6 PM AT THE FORMER LOCATION… FULL STORY
Born in Comox on September 29, 1945, Joan Skogan knew joy and sorrow. An intrepid researcher and a conscientious writer,… FULL STORY
“In my opinion there is no finer interpreter of the marine scene in British Columbia.” — John M. MacFarlane, nautical… FULL STORY
Chinese Canadians weren’t granted the federal vote in Canada until 1947 and they first voted provincially in 1949–the year Jim… FULL STORY
“I hope my work is myopically ‘westcoast’ and persistently graceful in language.” — David Watmough “That rarest of birds on… FULL STORY
by Beverly Cramp and Starla Anderson* Born in 1938 in Aylsham, Saskatchewan, Karlene Faith co-founded the revolutionary Santa Cruz Women’s… FULL STORY
With the passing last week of Vancouver poet, activist and mentor, Jim Wong-Chu, Vancouver lost a pioneer of the Asian… FULL STORY
An Ojibway from the Wabasseemoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, Richard Wagamese was born in Minaki, Ontario, on October 14,… FULL STORY
The founder of Mosaic Books in Kelowna, the Okanagan’s largest independent bookstore for almost 50 years, has died. Rhoda B…. FULL STORY
Beloved Peace River librarian Howard Overend has died at age 98 in Mission, having published his memoirs as Book Guy:… FULL STORY
A memorial gathering will be held on October 30th. B.C.’s first independent book publisher was arguably Father Adrien-Gabriel Morice. A… FULL STORY
Born in Winnipeg on June 7, 1944, Samuel Bawlf of Saltspring Island was a former Social Credit cabinet minister who… FULL STORY
Larry Loyie (aka Oskiniko) was born in Slave Lake, Alberta, where he spent his early years living a traditional Cree… FULL STORY
Respected and loved as a teacher and an ‘enabler,’ Dona Sturmanis died in the Okanagan of cancer at age 60… FULL STORY
Elizabeth Fischer In October of 2015, multi-media artist Elizabeth Fischer, at age 68, decided she ought to end her life… FULL STORY
Born on February 5, 1941, Dennis Wayne Skene died in Surrey after a lengthy illness on July 5, 2015. “Wayne’s… FULL STORY
Peter Culley lived in South Wellington, near Nanaimo, since the age of 14. Born in 1958, he had grown up… FULL STORY
As one of British Columbia’s most integral grass roots feminists, Mary Billy was the editor of Herspectives magazine from 1989-1995,… FULL STORY
Leonard McCann has died of pneumonia at Burnaby Hospital on Friday, March 27. He was 88. The Vancouver Maritime Museum… FULL STORY