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/By Richard Cole and K. Jane Watt
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Places of Her Heart
The Art and Life
of Barbara Boldt
Containing over 200 of Boldt's paintings as well as archival photos and sketches, this lavish memoir speaks of the challenges and joys of establishing a career as a woman painter in Canada.
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A Vancouver dancer in New York making a life on the stage after World War II. A Saskatchewan schoolteacher in the Dirty Thirties, later Fraser Valley tire salesman, raconteur. A Vancouver businessman with roots in the hardscrabble mill town that is now Vancouver’s tony Yaletown. These are some of the stories we have brought to print.
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Get Excited! Get Writing!
October 19, 2020
Excited about new CPOW books I was excited to pick up these boxes — with their jewel-toned innards — today at the post office. Our CPOW program is something that people are really taking to heart as an important piece of their writing toolkit and an essential part of daily living. Overcome Writers’ Block At… Read more »
Indie Welcome: Whistler Writers Fest
October 8, 2020
Indie authors welcome! We’ve been working with Kilmeny and Lynn at Vivalogue and the incredible crew at the Whistler Writers Fest to pull together a full day of programming as a lead-in to the festival. There are many great reasons for becoming an indie author. But if you’re an aspiring indie, you know how hard… Read more »
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Surrey: A City of Stories
November 6, 2017
Surrey: A City of Stories is the legacy project proposed by the Surrey Heritage Advisory Commission in celebration of Canada 150. The Commission’s aspirations were high: they hoped to create a book that would be an experience — both a richly illustrated visual chronicle and a beautifully written tribute to Surrey and its citizens over… Read more »
The Girl Who Writes
June 14, 2017
In this engaging story of hope and perseverance, a young girl dreams of being a writer. The girl is shaped by her passion for reading and her exuberant imagination. Although her eyes are open to the world around her and to the wealth of stories she was born into, her journey of becoming a writer… Read more »