• 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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  • The Best is Yet to Come

    On a recent afternoon, while most British Columbians contend with rain or snow (or a combination of the t ...

    On a recent afternoon, while most British Columbians contend with rain or snow (or a combination of the two), Marlene Worrall delights in the dry heat of Palm Springs, California. For over a decade, t ...

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  • Living Life to the Fullest

    Some of us dream of living life to the fullest; others just get on with it. Author Florida Ann Town embra ...

    Some of us dream of living life to the fullest; others just get on with it. Author Florida Ann Town embraces the latter by making the most of every opportunity that comes her way, and carving out many ...

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  • Seawise Women Cruise 2008

    When she was 10 years old, Sue Hargreaves read a book that sparked her lifelong dream to sail. Swallows a ...

    When she was 10 years old, Sue Hargreaves read a book that sparked her lifelong dream to sail. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome is set in the English Lake District not far from the coast where S ...

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