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2025 has begun with news of terrible fires. In California, of course, where wildfires have claimed more than two dozen lives and destroyed thousands of homes. But in BC as well where a fire did so much damage to the community of Telegraph Cove on New Year's Eve.

For those who don't know, Telegraph Cove is a tiny village on the east coast of Vancouver Island north of Campbell River. Until...

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.