Extremely Boring, they’re not
The title for Marguerite Pigeon’s dazzling collection of fourteen stories, Some Extremely Boring Drives (NeWest $19.95), is hipster-ironic, but Caroline… FULL STORY
The poet beats the lawyer
But literature scored a victory over law recently on Burnaby Mountain. Poet and professor Stephen Collis was front and centre… FULL STORY
One Book Whonnock
One of the books they’ve selected is the 1994 edited version of The Eternal Forest by George Godwin. by Fred… FULL STORY
The roving bookseller
David Ellis’s father was pioneer B.C. bookseller Bill Ellis who served on the Native Arts and Crafts Committee, alongside Jim… FULL STORY
Lucia’s choice
During yet another famine, Lucia Jang was expected to choose between aborting her late-term baby or give it up to… FULL STORY
Ralph Maud (1928-2014)
Born on December 24, 1928, Ralph Maud was an iconoclastic professor and eccentric pamphleteer who died on December 8, 2014…. FULL STORY
Why Michael Buckley became a Yaktivist
Adventure travel writer Michael Buckley of Vancouver explains the genesis of Meltdown in Tibet: China’s Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from… FULL STORY
Never mind the glitzy Giller
Now philosophy professor Andrew Irvine has produced a definitive bibliography listing all 651 winning titles since 1936. Based on Irvine’s… FULL STORY
Emily returns to England
Emily made the most of her early training in England despite acute anaemia and being interned in the East Anglia… FULL STORY
Betty Pratt-Johnson (1930-2014)
Pratt-Johnson’s where-to-go divebook 151 Dives has been the Bible for divers and snorkelers from Olympia, Washington to Seymour Inlet. “I… FULL STORY
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
