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Journeywoman in the Vancouver Sun
Dennis E. Bolen gave Kate Braid’s memoir Journeywoman a rave review in the Vancouver Sun this weekend. Calling the book “comparable to the best of literary autobiographies,” Bolen writes, The author’s...
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Journeywoman featured in the Tyee
The Tyee ran a passage from Kate Braid’s memoir Journeywoman in today’s edition. Head over to their site to read about her time on Pender Island, where she began her construction career. Journeywoman...
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BC Studies on Susan Safyan’s All Roads Lead to Wells
David Stouck, in BC Studies, writes of All Roads Lead to Wells: Susan Safyan’s All Roads Lead to Wells by contrast is not a nostalgic document but a bracing, life-affirming one, rich in the specific...
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All Roads Lead to Wells in the Georgia Straight
Susan Safyan’s in-depth look at the back-to-the-land movement in Wells, BC, in the 1960s gets a rave in the Georgia Straight. Alexander Varty muses about his own brush with the hippie movement,...
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All Points West on Leaving Now
CBC’s All Points West reviewed Arleen Paré’s latest novel, Leaving Now, calling it “an utterly compelling read… heartbreaking, lyrical and insightful.” Nikki Tate-Stratton speaks about the...
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2012 ReLit longlist announced
The ReLit, founded in 2000 by Kenneth J. Harvey, is awarded to authors of novels, short fiction and poetry published by independent Canadian presses. The longlist was released today, and it includes:...
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Tears of Mehndi in the Weekly Voice
“I am a woman. There are three significant stages in my life; the rest are minor details. I am born into a family I must serve unconditionally. I am obliged to marry a man I must worship...
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Lillian Alling: The Journey Home on the ABPBC Bestsellers List
The Association of Book Publishers of British Columbia assembles a BC Bestsellers list each week, available on their website and in newspapers across the province. This week, Susan Smith-Josephy’s...
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Leaving Now reviewed by Story Circle Book Reviews
Story Circle, which reviews books “by, for, and about women,” has reviewed Arleen Paré’s poetic novel, making note of the author’s (and the protagonist’s) “great care and courage.” Paré’s character,...
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Journeywoman is a BC Bestseller!
Kate Braid’s memoir of her experiences working as a carpenter, Journeywoman, is #7 on the ABPBC’s list of BC Bestsellers this week. Tom Wayman praised the “crisply paced, lucid, page-turning account,”...
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