• Louise Penny: From the Great Silence to Fame

    Louise Penny makes writing best-selling books look easy. After all, since she published her first mystery ...

    Louise Penny makes writing best-selling books look easy. After all, since she published her first mystery novel, Still Life, 13 years ago, she's banged out an amazing book a year in her Armand Gamache ...

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  • A Safe Harbour

    “Just about everything in my life is because I was blown off course. I never intended to sail to Saturna ...

    “Just about everything in my life is because I was blown off course. I never intended to sail to Saturna (her Gulf Island home) but I got blown off course. I never intended to leave the newspaper busi ...

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  • Russ Froese: Still Curious

    Russ Froese had just put the youngest of his five grandchildren – the two-year-old – down for a nap. “I a ...

    Russ Froese had just put the youngest of his five grandchildren – the two-year-old – down for a nap. “I am actively involved with them,” he says. “They are young and it’s a good time to be there.” He ...

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