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
The dim light of redemption
At emotional rock bottom, the only options for Maggie and Ben in Livingston’s new novel are death or the long,… FULL STORY
A Better World is Possible
The futurist who started Victoria’s first car co-op has an impressive track record for encouraging people to imagine bold solutions… FULL STORY
A return to Burns Lake
“Laura didn’t feed us information,” said hereditary chief Ronnie Alec, “and she didn’t make us feel worse. She just listened,… FULL STORY
“We don’t catch the smart ones.”
Stats reveal Vancouver is a good place not to be murdered now that the average age of the populace has… FULL STORY
A lure of pheromones for anglers
More than a 340-page cookbook, Susan Musgrave’s A Taste of Haida Gwaii has 125 photos of nature and island life,… FULL STORY
Light years and humpback lullabies
She now happily writes on her rocky island “in-between doing weather reports, painting, power-washing and lawn-mowing.” At the outset of… FULL STORY
Warming up to Iceland
After three trips, he has produced The Art of Haying: A Journey to Iceland. Having first travelled to Iceland in… FULL STORY
Those were the days, my friend
Trevor Carolan ensures acquaintances will not be forgot with The Literary Storefront, The Glory Years, Vancouver’s Literary Centre 1978-1984. In… FULL STORY
The upside of Down
Kari Burk, a landscape gardener and artist in Castlegar, lives with her 25-year-old daughter, Mielle, after moving to the Kootenays… FULL STORY
DON’T MOURN – ORGANIZE!
Their new book is Soviet Princeton: Slim Evans and the 1932/33 Miners’ Strike (New Star). WHEN & WHERE: Sunday 22… FULL STORY
