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Local Author Book Review #11: The Opera Singer by Keith M. Costain
A few weeks ago, I participated in an event at my the Greater Victoria Public Library featuring four authors who had contributed books to its Emerging Local Authors Collection. The four of us exchanged...
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Local Author Book Review #12: Hunter’s Daughter by Nowick Gray
This book is part of the 2016 Emerging Local Authors Collection at the Greater Victoria Public Library. From the back cover: Northern Quebec, 1964: Mountie Jack McLain, baffled by a series of unsolved...
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Local Author Book Review #13: Deception Bay by Lea Tassie
Greater Victoria Public Library (in Victoria, British Columbia) launched its third Emerging Local Authors Collection on May 4th. I have already finished reading a book from it! Here is the description...
View ArticleLocal Author Book Review #14: Constant Sister: a Sister Katherine medieval...
Despite the subtitle, this book is so much more than a whodunit in a medieval setting. Reading it is like watching the tiny, jewel-like pictures in an illuminated psalter come to life. It is a...
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The Hundred Mile Reading Diet
An opportunity to browse and buy books in Victoria, BC! My Writing Eden November is Craft Fair month when you can buy your Christmas gifts, and Victoria Writers’ Society is renting a table at a...
View ArticleLocal Author Book Review #15: The New Sword, by Ada Robinson
Yes, here’s yet another book review. I decided to pack December with reviews of indie authors’ books I’ve read recently. The New Sword is the sequel to The New Fire, which I reviewed here a couple of...
View ArticleLocal Author Book Review #16: House of Crows by Edeana Malcolm
Today I’m happy to introduce a historical novel set in the place I call home, Victoria, British Columbia. Book description: From a work camp to their shared home with a view of the posh residences...
View ArticleLocal Author Book Review #17: All Shapes and Disguises by Lee-Anne Stack
This is another in my occasional series called Local Author Book Reviews, featuring authors from the Greater Victoria (British Columbia) region whose books are included in the Greater Victoria Public...
View ArticleLocal Author Book Review #18: A Trail If By Sea by Laura Seabury Smith
Here is the first of two additions to my occasional series called Local Author Book Reviews, meaning books by authors from the Victoria BC area and Vancouver Island. First, a novel with a local...
View ArticleA New Release, and Local Author Book Review #19: Amaya’s Legacy by Fiona Forbes
Book Description AMAYA’S LEGACY IS A THRILLING SCI FI FANTASY NOVEL RICH IN INTER-GALACTIC INTRIGUE, ALIEN LEGEND AND TIMELESS LOVE.Zhan, charismatic director of Earth’s largest re-education center,...
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