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Book Launch: Lorna Crozier and M.A.C. Farrant

Book Launch: Lorna Crozier and M.A.C. Farran...

August 23, 2023

Join Munro’s Books in celebrating the newest releases from two incredibly talented local authors!
Lorna Crozier’s After That is a book written from the dark hollow we fall into when we lose those we love. Lorna’s sure poetry engages with the Go to full post …read more

5 things you need to know about the Site C Dam

5 things you need to know about the Site C D...

May 1, 2018

Award-winning journalist Sarah Cox breaks down the controversial Site C Dam project in her new book, Breaching the Peace. Go to full post …read more

Blast from the past: Photo tour of Rivers Inlet Fishing Lodge

Blast from the past: Photo tour of Rivers In...

April 4, 2018

Pat Ardley’s bestselling memoir tells the incredible story of three decades spent building and running a fishing lodge in remote Rivers Inlet.Go to full post …read more

The appeal of islander life with Pat Carney

The appeal of islander life with Pat Carney

March 16, 2018

“Readers relate to the events in the stories because they reflect similar ones in their own communities. I felt free to weave it into the lives of my characters—a reflection of my journalist training.”Go to full post …read more

Claire Sicherman: “Writing was a way for me to break the silence that surrounded my family’s stories”

Claire Sicherman: "Writing was a way for me ...

January 22, 2018

“Writing was my way in,” says author Claire Sicherman about writing her memoir on intergenerational trauma. “[Writing was] a way for me to tell my nine-year-old son about the Holocaust and about his own birth story.”Go to full post …read more

Dina Del Bucchia: “Poetry complemented my fiction”

Dina Del Bucchia: "Poetry complemented my fi...

November 2, 2017

Dina Del Bucchia recently published her debut collection of fiction after three poetry books. Here Dina delvers into her experiences writing in multiple genres and embracing different styles. Go to full post …read more

History is Just Around the Corner | Daniel Francis

History is Just Around the Corner | Daniel F...

August 11, 2017

Earlier this year Daniel Francis was awarded the British Columbia Historical Federation’s Community History Award for his latest book, Where Mountains Meet the Sea: An Illustrated History of the District of North Vancouver, which commemorates the 125th anniversary of the District Go to full post …read more

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