Communication breakdown
And that might not be a good thing. We could be entering a new phase of mankind, a “dysconnected” dystopia…. FULL STORY
The outside story
Now private eye Ray Michalko has written a book about it. Officially, over the last four decades, at least nine… FULL STORY
Morton joins Musgamagw
It is not yet illegal to protect our planet, says Alexandra Morton. As an independent biologist, Morton, one of B.C.’s… FULL STORY
Fire guts Sono Nis
The cause of the fire has yet to be determined. “My husband Jim had been in town (Nelson) running errands,”… FULL STORY
The dim light of redemption
Review by Jeremy Twigg. In the world of facebook, everybody’s life appears shiny and perfect: happy couples vacation in… FULL STORY
Trump’s wall foretold
Here is Joan Givner’s review: Claudia Casper’s new novel adds to a growing body of work designated as “cli-fi,”… FULL STORY
Hannah’s couples
She’s launching her book on home turf in the Okanagan. New Star Books reports that, “Hannah Calder‘s motley crew of… FULL STORY
Two Goats, One Wife
Education in the nascent nation of Zimbabwe was a privilege taken seriously by students. Born in 1947, Ray Garford left… FULL STORY
“Writing has to come first.”
He’s a Mayne Island magus, a magical master of words, according to Cherie Thiessen. by Cherie Thiessen Growing up in… FULL STORY
Tibet, disrupted and desecrated
According to B.C.’s Michael Buckley, China is making the biggest water grab in history—stealing water from Tibet’s rivers for hydropower… FULL STORY
Okanagan leader joins literary pantheon
This award is presented for an outstanding literary career in B.C. Since 1995, the City of Vancouver (Mayor of Vancouver’s… FULL STORY
Take your Pick
From ice cream to bootlegging, Emilio Picariello’s life story has the makings of a Bonnie & Clyde movie—if you don’t… FULL STORY
“Cambodia was my teacher”
Five years after that, Elaine Harvey was treating victims of the carnage on the Cambodia-Thailand border. Democratic Kampuchea, as Cambodia… FULL STORY
Ryga winner speaks for have-nots
The journalist unveils B.C. poverty in A Better Place on Earth. Andrew MacLeod’s A Better Place on Earth: The Search… FULL STORY
Endless Eye in nation’s capital
A Journey With the Endless Eye recalls events of 1914 when some 376 Indian migrants were refused entry in Vancouver… FULL STORY
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
