Monica Miller
Q&A with SFU author Eve Lazarus
July 28, 2014Eve Lazarus, a published author and freelance writer, was born in Australia but calls Vancouver home. She earned her BA from SFU originally studying business, but switched to a major in communication, and also has a certificate in journalism from Langara College. Lazarus has worked in journalism and corporate communications for more than 20 years and has a passion for local history and heritage. Her fifth book, Sensational Vancouver, focuses on the seedy underbelly of Vancouver, during the first half of the 20th century. The book launch will be later this summer, hopefully at the Vancouver Police Museum, and she…
Continue reading
Read it before you watch it
July 28, 20141) Outlander Twenty-three years ago Diana Gabaldon published Outlander, a novel that was mostly historical fiction, but included some romance fantasy aspects, making it hard to place genre-wise. Now a bestselling series, the eighth novel was released this July, and…
Continue reading
Spurring conversation and critical thinking
May 20, 2014When you browse online, search on Google, stream from Netflix, and click “Like” on Facebook, your data is being logged. But what is cultural data collection and how do data crunchers know what makes something popular? Salon’s Andrew Leonard, The…
Continue reading
Haida artist combines First Nations and Japanese manga forms
May 12, 2014If an author gave you permission to rip out the pages of his book, would you dare? Very few authors write books intending audiences to directly alter or engage in their works; however, this component is frequently seen in visual…
Continue reading
SFU author David Stouck wins big
May 12, 2014Comedian, writer, and former Peak editor Charlie Demers emceed the 30th annual BC Book Prizes Gala Saturday, May 3. The ceremony, held at the Renaissance Harbourside Hotel in downtown Vancouver with the jovial Demers at the helm, awarded eight prizes…
Continue reading
Always look on the bright side of life
May 5, 2014The Arts Club’s upcoming show has the tagline, “lovingly ripped off” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. For true Python fans, fret not, the book and lyrics for Spamalot were written by Eric Idle. However, if you don’t even…
Continue reading
Retired SFU professor rakes in literary award nods
March 31, 2014After 40 years of teaching in SFU’s English department and penning over a dozen books on Canadian literary authors, it seems an odd departure for David Stouck to write a book about an architect. But in fact, a book about…
Continue reading
Author Spotlight: Joan B. Flood
March 17, 2014Irish by birth and Canadian by choice, Joan B. Flood is a writer of fiction, non-fiction, and “even a poem or two.” Her first novel, New Girl (Musa Publishing, 2012) is a contemporary coming-of-age novel for young adults. She has…
Continue reading
Reconciliation through Poetry
February 24, 2014Last September, 70,000 people gathered in downtown Vancouver on a rainy Sunday in an effort to build new relationships among Aboriginal peoples and all Canadians. The four-kilometre walk began at Queen Elizabeth Plaza and a steady stream of umbrella-toting individuals…
Continue reading
Author profiles: Family history
February 3, 2014Eufemia Fantetti was already an accomplished playwright when she transitioned to fiction and non-fiction writing. Fantetti grew up in Toronto and, as a teenager, attended a school for the arts. From there, she worked with a number of theatre companies…
Continue reading
