Duane Lawrence, author of the Sammy Squirrel and Rocky Raccoon series, will be part of a presentation of BC children's writers and illustrators at 10 am on April 14 at the Tradex Centre in Abbotsford. Sammy Squirrel and Rocky Raccoon - A Stanley Park Tale is rated one of top 100 books for kids by the British Columbia Teachers' Federation. The stories of Sammy Squirrel and Rodney Raccoon, though a...
Pia Edberg's A Cozy Life with Hygge has been translated into Russian, Japanese, German, Portuguese and French. Simply click on the photo below to see all the cover. [ngg_images source="galleries" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow" gallery_width="600" gallery_height="400" cycle_effect="fade" cycle_interval="10" show_thumbnail_link="1" thumbnail_link_text="[Show thumbnails]" order_by="sortorder" order_direction="ASC" returns="included" maximum_entity_count="500"]
We are pleased to announced that our Granville Island neighbour, yacht designer Ron Holland, will celebrate the release of his new book, All The Oceans: Designing by the seat of my pants, at the Vancouver Maritime Museum on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 pm. Follow this link to listen an interview Ron gave to Roundhouse Radio last week.
Anton von Stefan, author of The Curse of the Red Crystal, will be speaking at Shakespeare & Company, Strenstrasse 2 in Vienna on Wednesday, March 28 at 7:30 pm. The Curse of the Red Crystal and Other Gothic Tales celebrates gothic horror. These eleven tales of terror span the distance from Victorian times to the present day, from Egyptian tombs to modern streets, from creaking ships to stately mansions, and...
The launch for Gianni Kovacevic's My Electrician Drives a Porsche? is set for Tuesday, February 9th at 4:30 pm at the Vancouver Club. The event is part of the Bon Mot Book Club's Book "Sandwiched In Series." Additional details about the event and how to register for it can be found here.
Dr. Lawrence Matrick sat down with Gloria Macarenko Tuesday afternoon on BC Almanac to discuss his new book, Road to Recovery: Following your Motor Vehicle Accident. You can listen to the full interview below and hear Dr. Matrick answer questions from listeners.
Simple English News, a website designed to help people learn English, has published a piece about Gloria M. Allan's A Walk on Broken Glass (with audio).
The B.C. Human Right Tribunal ruled in October that taxi companies can refuse service to blind individuals with guide dogs. Needless to say, the reaction from the blind community has been one of dismay. The case was launched by Graeme McCreath, the author of The Politics of Blindness, who was denied service by a cab driver following an evening at a Victoria restaurant in 2014. Two letters, in The Vancouver...
Louis Druehl, a marine botanist at Simon Fraser University for 36 years, will speak about his book Cedar, Salmon and Weed at the Halpern Centre (next to the library) on the Burnaby campus on October 20 at 11:30 am. The talk is free and open to the public. Members of the audience are invited to join Louis and executive board for lunch at the Diamond Alumni Centre following the talk....
Every two weeks, on a Friday night, the Hungarian Cultural Society in Vancouver hosts the Budapest Coffeehouse, an evening of art, literature and music. Gloria M. Allan, author of A Walk on Broken Glass: Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, was the special guest at the coffeehouse on September 25. Elisabeth, known as "Sisi", is a very popular figure in Hungarian history. She learned the language and helped influence the formation of...
