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, ...

Commercial Drive is Vancouver's favourite bohemian hotspot and for many years "The Drive's" most energetic chronicler has been Jak King, who sadly passed away last week.

I did not know him but I did know his three books on the Grandview neighbourhood, as well as his blog, Jak's View, where...