Book review: Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson offers riveting sequel
Book review: Trickster Drift by Eden Robinson offers riveting sequel to Son of a Trickster by Libby McKeever Getting out of Kitimat was meant to be a lifesaver for Jared. In Trickster Drift, Eden Robinson’s sequel to Son of a Trickster, Jared heads to Vancouver to upgrade his marks at BCIT. While still at home, […]
Murder by Milkshake: Jeannine’s Story
Written by Eve Lazarus | #NoOneSucceedsAlone In 1965, CKNW personality Rene Castellani poisoned his wife Esther with arsenic flavoured milkshakes so that he could marry Lolly Miller, the 20-something receptionist. While the murder was horrific, so was the collateral damage caused to the Castellani’s 11-year-old daughter Jeannine. In 2011, I blogged about the murder, and […]
Longing for happiness, peace and a normal life
Written by Darrel J. McLeod | #NoOneSucceedsAlone Mamaskatch recounts the story of a Cree boy (me) growing up near Slave Lake. I am longing for happiness, peace and a normal life – something you might see in an indigenous version of Archie comics. Instead, I find myself immersed in situations of terror and tragedy – with […]
Book Review: A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey
Race Across Australia Takes An Unpredictable Turn In A Long Way From Home, Peter Carey’s latest novel, Titch and Irene Bobbs are a diminutive pair with a mighty dream—to win the 1953 Redex Trial. The brutal, car-destroying race circumnavigates Australia, and a win would give them the notoriety they need to start up their own […]
Self-Publishing is a Misnomer
Written by Lynn Duncan | #NoOneSucceedsAlone While authors who undertake the publication of their books are called self-publishers, the reality is somewhat different — no one succeeds alone. Even the most versatile and budget-conscious author should make judicious investments to produce a quality product. It is true that “every author needs an editor and every […]
When I said to my mother I wanted to write down our family’s stories, she became my person.
Written by Claire Sicherman | #NoOneSucceedsAlone When I was in my thirties my mother told me that my grandfather killed himself. She spoke these words casually, as if she were a server in a restaurant telling me about the specials. My sister and I grew up thinking it was a heart attack. I was four […]
Rehearsal
Written by Katherine Fawcett of The Sea to Sky Strings Orchestra | #NoOneSucceedsAlone Show up. Sit down. Unlatch. Open, remove laugh – Pet the dog. Tighten, rosin, tune. Talk: kids, news, dreams, dotted eighth notes, hair, eyeglasses, skiing. Late-comers arrive. Apologies. Unlatch. Open, remove, laugh – pet the dog. Tighten, rosin, tune. A quick scale, […]
There is always tension in our species between the desire for autonomy and the desire to belong. and work together.
Written by Claudia Casper | #NoOneSucceedsAlone There is always tension in our species between the desire for autonomy and the desire to belong and work together. This tension is playing out politically right now with Trump, Brexit, the EU, #metoo, political correctness, refugees, etc. I would argue, and envisioned in my most recent novel, The […]
Finally, a space that believes being an artist is serious business.
Written by Carolyn Marie Souaid | #NoOneSucceedsAlone In 2013, the Banff Centre became my home for seven weeks while I wrote the first draft of my cross-cultural love story, Yasmeen Haddad Loves Joanasi Maqaittik. Not only did it provide a cheery setting, gourmet meals, and a private studio in the woods (an old, refurbished fishing […]
Jane Eaton Hamilton on Risk
Probably the biggest risk in writing Weekend was using they/them pronouns for one of my characters. I hadn’t read a book which had done that, and it can dazzle with confusion, both for the author and the reader (was that correct? Was that really what the author meant? Wait … who is the author talking […]