George Ryga Award – 2026

“This year’s George Ryga Award shortlist is announced here. Ryga (left), who died in Summerland in 1987, was known for his powerful social commentary. FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Tamar Griggs

March 07th, 2024

Tamar Griggs was a young woman in 1968 studying art and dance in New York City when she accepted an invitation for a short sailing holiday in the Mediterranean. Little did she know that this brief respite would lead to a year at sea. Carried by three different boats across thousands of nautical miles, her memoir, Tamar at Sea (Still Wild 4 Life Press $38.50), due out in May, narrates her experiences with a shipwreck on the coast of Spain, and hitchhiking across the Atlantic Ocean on her way back to America. 9781775211129

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