Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart reflects on drug decriminalization and electoral defeat in new memoir, #Decrim. #vanpoli #bcpoli #canpoli #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/08/26/former-vancouver-mayor-new-memoir/

“In no way do I see this as a definitive history of the PNE,” admits #EastSideStory author Nick Marino. “It’s just my story.” #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/08/14/citynews-bookshelf-pne-memoir-east-side-story/

#OTD in 2022, I talked to co-author John Lawrence Reynolds about the public life and private struggles of the late Michael Wilson in Something Within Me: A Personal and Political Memoir. #CityNewsBookshelf #canpoli https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM2GtRaCn/

This week on the #CityNewsBookshelf: Architectural critic, writer, and graphic artist Robin Ward talks about Exploring Vancouver: 10 Tours of The City and Its Buildings (Fifth Edition). https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/07/30/citynews-bookshelf-exploring-vancouver/

The long-running saga of consolidation in Canada’s newspaper sector is one that BC-based journalist, author, and academic Marc Edge been telling for decades. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/07/16/citynews-bookshelf-canada-newspapers/

#OTD in 2022: I spoke with David Spaner, author of Solidarity: Canada's Unknown Revolution of 1983. #canpoli #bcpoli #CityNewsBookshelf https://open.substack.com/pub/johnackermann/p/solidarity-looking-back-at-british?r=5caan&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

#OTD in 2022: I spoke with David Spaner, author of Solidarity: Canada's Unknown Revolution of 1983. #canpoli #bcpoli #CityNewsBookshelf https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM2xcpBbU/

Author @erringhughes talks about “Just watch me” — one of the chapters in his book 10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada. #CityNewsBookshelf #BookTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM2a7tcys/

“My goal for the book is, as soon as people say, ‘I wouldn’t have chosen that date, I would have chosen this date’ – the minute they do that, they are doing what I want them to do, which is think about our rich history.” #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/07/02/book-10-days-canada-aaron-hughes/

A good tip for first-time writers is to write about what you know. Author Gregor Craigie seems to have taken that advice to heart, tapping into his own life as a journalist and morning radio host to come up with Radio Jet Lag, his third book but his first published novel. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/06/18/radio-jet-lag-book/

Today on the #CityNewsBookshelf, Phil Lind talks about his new book, Tales of an Unsung Sourdough: The Extraordinary Klondike Adventures of Johnny Lind. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZM28VwA6K/

Legendary singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie to headline the 2023 edition of the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival this August. I spoke to her biographer Andrea Warner in 2018. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2018/09/23/buffy-sainte-marie-book/

Sad to learn of the death of Phil Nuytten, the #NorthVancouver-based deep-sea diver, inventor, and scientist. His remarkable achievements are profiled in the book Deep, Dark, and Dangerous. #CityNewsBookshelf https://youtu.be/7nBz3oecyyE

This week on the #CityNewsBookshelf: The life story of a trailblazing woman is being told in the new book Frances Barkley – Eighteenth-century Seafarer. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/04/23/bc-frances-barkley-book/

NEW: White Riot a fascinating look at what happened on two days in September 1907 and how that history continues to reverberate today. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/04/09/new-book-revisits-vancouvers-long-history-of-anti-asian-racism/

Wishing a happy retirement to ⁦‪Jack Knox‬⁩ of the ⁦Victoria Times-Colonist‬⁩ — aka “Homer Simpson with a typewriter.” He’s a great read and an even better interview. Here’s a piece I did with him for ⁦‪CityNews Vancouver when it was still NEWS 1130. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2017/10/29/opportunity-knoxcelebrated-humour-columnist-marks-20-years-new-book/

Very excited about this opportunity to speak with the great Eve Lazarus, a frequent guest on the #CityNewsBookshelf! #NorthVancouver #WestVancouver

J. Edward Chamberlin is fascinated by stories and storytellers. His latest book, Story Lines: How Words Shape Our World, is a celebration of stories and the people who tell them. #CityNewsBookshelf https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYXXT6gk/

“Stories shape our lives. It’s as simple as that. We learn about things through stories, we tell you about things that have happened to us in stories.” #CityNewsBookshelf https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/03/26/bc-author-storytelling-book/

This week on the #CityNewsBookshelf, retired Canadian senator Jack Austin talks about his new memoir, "Unlikely Insider: A West Coast Advocate in Ottawa." In this clip, Austin shares a unique insight about his friend and former boss Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. #bcpoli #canpoli https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYm49Muh/