R.I.P Irene Howard (1922 – 2023)

“Irene Howard (left) wrote an important bio of  the first woman to be elected to Vancouver City Council. But she is probably best known for the memoir about her immigrant mining family.FULL STORY

 

 

Ellen & Ginger

January 19th, 2016

Laura Ellyn, a writer and editor based in Montreal, has published a graphic novel-styled account about the life and death of Vancouver Island’s most well-known labour martyr, Ginger Goodwin: A Worker’s Friend (Between the Lines $23.95). Her graphic history is a vibrant addition to two previous books on Goodwin by Susan Mayse and Roger Stonebanks. Ellyn studied Women’s Studies and Fine Arts at Concordia University. Her work has appeared in Bitch, Briar patch and the Vancouver Review. There’s an entry about Ginger Goodwin on the forthcoming Literary Map of B.C. 978-1-77113-227-5

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