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I was sorry to hear last week about the death of Stan Persky in Berlin, where he had been living for several years. (Appreciations here and here) For many years Persky was one of BC’s finest writers: humane, intelligent, witty, tolerant; a voice so unlike those that fill the media these days....

White Riot, a walking tour/book by artist Henry Tsang (previously mentioned here), has won this year's City of Vancouver Book Award.

Congratulations to the author, and to Arsenal Pulp Press for producing...

My pal Steve Osborne, co-founder of Geist magazine (with his partner Mary Schendlinger), is publishing a new collection of essays this fall with Arsenal Pulp Press. The launch is Thursday, October 10, at the People's Co-op Bookstore on Commercial Drive.

The festivities kick off at 7 p.m.

One of the nice things about autumn is that it means the Vancouver Historical Society will resume its series of monthly lectures.

This season's inaugural session is on Thursday evening, Sept. 26, and features artist Henry Tsang talking about his book/walking tour/interactive art event White Riot 1907 about racial disturbances in the city.

The presentation kicks off at 7 p.m...

The award-winning cultural historian and biographer, Maria Tippett, died last week at her home on Pender Island. She was 79 years old.

Anyone interested in the cultural history of Canada, and particularly British Columbia, owes a huge debt to Ms Tippett. Her 1979 biography of Emily Carr (above, my well-worn copy) won a Governor General's Award and her 1998 biography of Fred Varley, ...