Some Assembly Required
Comprising musicians from Whistler and Vancouver, SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED plays ska, reggae, blues and gypsy jazz with a healthy mix of originals and covers. Stephen Vogler, guitar, mandolin, vocals; Geeta Das, trumpet, saxophone, vocals; Tony Moser, bass; and Dean Feser, percussion.
Smith, Alisa
SMITH, ALISA is an award-winning journalist and author. Her bestselling first book, The 100- Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating (Vintage Canada, 2009), won the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, the Canadian Culinary Book Award and the American Cordon d’Or Award of Literary Merit. She has contributed to many publications including Canadian Geographic, Explore and the […]
Showler, Suzannah
SHOWLER, SUZANNAH first book, Failure to Thrive (2014), was a finalist for the Gerald Lampert Award and named one of the best books of the year by the National Post. Her poetry and non-fiction have appeared in places such as Slate, The Walrus, Maisonneuve, the Los Angeles Review of Books, and Hazlitt. She is a […]
THE SEA TO SKY ORCHESTRA
THE SEA TO SKY ORCHESTRA is an 11-person strings ensemble featuring violin, cello and viola. Members are from Squamish, Whistler and Pemberton, and are devoted to sharing their love of classical music with the community.
Saunders, Doug
SAUNDERS, DOUG is a Canadian author and journalist. He is the author of the books Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World and The Myth of the Muslim Tide, and is the international affairs columnist for The Globe and Mail. He served as the paper’s London-based European bureau chief for a decade, after having […]
Ridley, Sandra
RIDLEY, SANDRA is a multiple-award-winning poet, instructor, editor and is the author of three books of poetry: Fallout (winner of a 2010 Saskatchewan Book Award and the Alfred G. Bailey Prize); Post-Apothecary (finalist for the ReLit and Archibald Lampman Awards); and The Counting House (published by BookThug in 2013; finalist for the Archibald Lampman Award and […]
Rowntree, Lenore
ROWNTREE, LENORE grew up in Toronto and now lives beside the heron rookery in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. Her writing has appeared in many journals and anthologies including The Best Canadian Poetry Anthology. Her play The Woods at Tender Creek was produced in Vancouver at the Cultch in 2010, and she is a co-editor and contributor to […]
Redhill, Michael
REDHILL, MICHAEL is a novelist, poet, playwright and former publisher of Brick. He is the author of the novels Consolation and Martin Sloane, a finalist for the 2001 Giller Prize; the short story collection Fidelity; and the poetry collection Light-Crossing; among other acclaimed works. His forthcoming novel, Bellevue Square, will be published in September 2017. He […]
Penn, Briony
PENN, BRIONY has spent the last twenty-two years working as an award-winning newspaper and magazine columnist/ illustrator, having published over 400 columns on natural/cultural history in regional newspapers and magazines, including “Wild Side” for Monday Magazine and “Natural Relations” for Focus. She received a Western Magazine Award for Best Columnist and Feature Writer, won the Silver […]
O’Callaghan, Shelley
O’CALLAGHAN, SHELLEY worked as a volunteer teacher for two years with the Canadian University Services Overseas in Zambia where she fostered literacy among adults in the rural communities and encouraged girls to stay in school and finish their education. She is passionate about history, social justice and the environment. O’Callaghan practiced environmental law for twenty-five years […]