Modernism at home in B.C.
The West Coast Modern House (Figure.1 $45) chronicles how ground-breaking pioneers in Vancouver created one of Canada’s most important architectural… FULL STORY
Newcomer Raziel Reid wins G.G.
The 24-year-old Xtra society columnist Raziel Reid finds himself the surprise winner of the Governor-General’s Award in the children’s literature… FULL STORY
Anything is possible if you persevere
Joan Betty Stuchner’s ten books are suffused with optimism and delight.“I know that many writers tell you to imagine you… FULL STORY
Why John Wilson remembers
For his honeymoon, the Wilsons spent much of their time visiting war memorials in Europe. Much of John Wilson’s time… FULL STORY
Thinking Inca to ink a deal
Adolf HungryWolf’s manuscript about his South American experiences is called Mystico: Life with the Mountain Spirits. Hungrywolf’s 311-page manuscript Mystico has… FULL STORY
Plaskett & Koerner: opposite directions
Despite lacking name recognition, both men persevered to become well-liked and widely collected artists. Both painters have left behind books…. FULL STORY
Journey winner thanks New Orphic
The action in Sealskin takes place on the North Shore of Burrard Inlet. Keevil’s winning story Sealskin–selected on November 5th… FULL STORY
As north as she gets
In 1988, Pierre Berton and his publisher Avie Bennett flew from Yellowknife to Inuvik, then took a helicopter north to… FULL STORY
Ivan Coyote Interviewed – Part One
One of the new stories is Coyote’s straight-forward, sometimes amusing, yet difficult-to-share account of having breasts surgically removed. It is… FULL STORY
Rethinking Everest
In 2010, Dianne Whelan went to Base Camp on Mount Everest where she interviewed climbers, doctors and Sherpas, who had… FULL STORY
We built submarines in Burnaby
Nothing remains of the factory now other than a creek named in its honour, but in its heyday, safely concealed… FULL STORY
Great Bear crusade continues
Now Ian McAllister’s Great Bear Wild: Dispatches from a Northern Rainforest (Greystone $50) underscores the importance of wilderness conservation in… FULL STORY
Not just monks self-immolate
A twenty-minute interview [CLICK below] with the two Vancouver authors will be broadcast to 1,305 affiliated radio and tv stations… FULL STORY
Innocence withheld
Labour lawyer Joan McEwen describes Henry’s nightmarish journey towards freedom in her remarkable new book, Innocence on Trial: The Framing… FULL STORY
Matriarch Elsie Paul tells it like it was
Elsie Paul links the free-roaming hunting & gathering lifestyle that her ancestors knew to her cell-phone toting grandchildren – the… FULL STORY
Elizabeth the First
Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May believes Canada under the leadership of Stephen Harper has been suffering from an identity… FULL STORY
Knit picking
Here Sylvia Olsen recalls the origins of her latest book, Knitting Stories (Sono Nis). A few years ago, while I… FULL STORY
Giller longlist has B.C. links
The longlist announced on Tuesday, September 16th, includes Shani Mootoo (Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab, Doubleday Canada), Kathy Page… FULL STORY
Sylvia, Margaret & Bernice
That summer she made a life-long contact with Margaret Avison and soon got to meet Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Robert… FULL STORY
Hugh’s News #7 Maina film
But, in fact, Maina, the critically acclaimed feature from Michel Poulette, is based on a story that was first published… FULL STORY
