The perils of Tahrir Square
Set in Egypt, it has received the inaugural HarperCollins/UBC prize for Best New Fiction. In a room overlooking the square… FULL STORY
Well, well… not so well
It has been published simultaneously with another novel, Before We Go Extinct (Farrar Straus Giroux), for younger readers. In Karen… FULL STORY
“I don’t kai-yai around.”
A new UBC Anthropology Museum exhibit and book show from and about activist painter Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun shows the way…. FULL STORY
How to live on planet earth
Now Carolan has recalled his meetings with a remarkble man–Nanao Sakaki–in New World Dharma. Trevor Carolan’s first encounter with the… FULL STORY
A movie quiz for literati
After Field of Dreams by W.P. Kinsella, what else? At the turn of the century, Edith Iglauer’s 1988 memoir Fishing… FULL STORY
Dr. Zhivago, African style
As riveting as it is disturbing, Michael Wuitchik’s My Heart Is Not My Own is a return to that heart… FULL STORY
The origins of a modern classic
Former Vancouver Magazine editor Mac Parry has passed along Coupland’s overview of the famous book’s origins. With Coupland’s permission, we… FULL STORY
From tea set to war canoe
Before he knew about his Haida heritage, Bill Reid turned to carving ship models and miniatures at the age of… FULL STORY
The Native Voice is heard again
She also served as a volunteer advocate for First Nations clients in court even though she did not have a… FULL STORY
Another final volume from Bantock
But the success of Nick Bantock’s ‘cult’ series of art books known as Griffin & Sabine has no equal in… FULL STORY
From father to son
In the process he bridged the gap between two Trudeaus. While he was in Ottawa for the ceremony, veteran photographer… FULL STORY
Lost ‘n’ Harbour founder
The documentary has resurfaced twenty-six years later. Introduced by Rowland Lorimer, who co-created the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing,… FULL STORY
Dancing words or literary duets
Dance is physical ephemera on a stage. Writing is squiggles on a page. The Chan Centre has instigated a new… FULL STORY
Move over, Switzerland
Alain Deneault’s Canada: A New Tax Haven (Talonbooks) shows how the swashbuckling pirates of yesteryear have morphed into modern plunderers,… FULL STORY
Giardini encourages women’s progress
As part of SFU’s 50th Anniversary Speaker Series, novelist, SFU Chancellor and lawyer Anne Giardini will address women’s issues in… FULL STORY
Six finalists in the running for Ryga
This year’s shortlisted nominees have been announced. In alphabetical order: David Boyd for The Optimistic Environmentalist: Progressing Toward a Greener… FULL STORY
‘Face’ mystery unveils property values
Should we add that Sonkina also has a 6’6” son named Yuri Kolokolnikov who plays Stryr in Game of Thrones?… FULL STORY
Give peas a chance
Pulses is a term for chickpeas, favas, peas, lentils and beans. As one of the forefathers of ecological awareness in… FULL STORY
Chatting up the dead
Alma Lee’s CUFFED Crime Writers Festival in March will feature Grant McKenzie, a former newspaper editor who now writes thrillers… FULL STORY
Mission was impossible
As in Grubisic’s first novel, The Age of Cities, Mission is called River Bend City. By Carellin Brooks Brett Josef… FULL STORY
