The Drive Across Canada by Mark Richardson
Richardson features conversations with people who are somehow connected to the more than seven thousand kilometres of asphalt.
Christina Barber
The Ted Barris Interview: Part II
Here is part II of my interview with Ted Barris. This interview has been edited for length and for clarity.
Emerson the Elephant Seal by Ginger Ngo
There’s something for everyone, even those with the most discerning tastes… and maybe especially, if you happen to be an elephant seal named Emerson. Based on the true story of the city-loving pinniped, Emerson the Elephant Seal, written and illustrated by Ginger Ngo, is a delightful romp through BC’s capital city with Emerson as its star.
The Ted Barris Interview: Part 1
Ted Barris, Canadian writer, journalist, professor, and broadcaster is the author of twenty-two books, many of which focus on Canada’s military history.
A Season in the Okanagan | The Bill Arnott Interview
This conversation took place on June 17th, 2025, in an online interview in Vancouver. It has been edited for length and for clarity. I recently had the opportunity to talk with celebrated BC author, Bill Arnott about his new book A Season in the Okanagan. His new book follows in the vein of his other travel memoirs, …
Mary Pratt: A Love Affair with Vision by Anne Koval
To gaze upon Mary Pratt’s work is to come face-to-face with another world, one that is brighter, more keenly observant, and more knowing, for embedded in the fractal structures of her oft chosen subjects: glass, aluminum, and plastic wrap, are reflections of time and space.
Throwback: Tom Thomson: North Star by Sarah Milroy & Ian A.C. Dejardin
Tom Thomson, one such artist and adventurer, lived and worked in the park during his short, but prolific career, and it is his life’s work that is so exceptionally curated in the McMichael Gallery’s North Star exposition and its accompanying exposition catalog, published by Goose Lane Editions.
A Perfect Day for a Walk by Bill Arnott
When I arrived, a tourist in Vancouver twenty years ago, it was apparent almost immediately how incredibly walkable the city is.
Girl Takes Drastic Step!: How Molly Lamb Bobak Became Canada’s First Official Woman War Artist, written by Jillian Dobson and illustrated by Genevieve Simms
When Molly Lamb Bobak enlisted in the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC), in November of 1942, she had become part of the nascent women’s divisions in the Canadian military. In WWI and at the beginning of WWII, women serving in the military were limited to positions as nurses, but in the summer of 1941 that all changed; the three branches of the Canadian military each created a women’s division in which women were trained for non-combatant roles, including clerical and administrative services, food services, and trades work. Molly joined more than 50,000 Canadian women, serving at home and abroad in order to help turn the tide of war.
The John MacLachlan Gray Interview
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing author John MacLachlan Gray about his most recent book, Mr. Good-Evening, the third book in his Raincoast Noir series.
The Old Oak Tree by Hilary Briar and Reid Briar, illustrated by Angela Doak
The experience of children, for whom the permanence of death is not so easily accepted or understood can provide a challenge to the adults in their lives. Picture books can provide support and help adults spark these important discussions.
Kara Griffin’s Flitt’s Call: At Home on the Shores of Prince Edward Island
Kara Griffin’s Flitt’s Call is a wonderful picture book that aims to educate young children about the bank swallow and its home on Prince Edward Island, and hopes to inspire children to protect the environment.
Throwback: Hard, Clear Sunlight: The Rise of a Distinctly Canadian School of Art Out of the Devastation of WWI — Jackson’s Wars: A. Y. Jackson, the Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War by Douglas Hunter
The impacts of lived experiences in the totality of misery and death along the Western Front were enduring and consequently reflected in their art. Douglas Hunter’s biography Jackson’s Wars: A. Y. Jackson, the Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War explores the impacts of World War I on A. Y. Jackson and the Group of Seven in shaping their vision of a distinctly Canadian School of painting.
Dancing With Our Ancestors: Ceremony and Celebration
In Dancing With Our Ancestors, readers are invited to participate in a special Haida Potlatch in Hydaburg Alaska, the birth place of co-author Robert Davidson.
