Local authors continue to write good books at quite a rate. This is my first round-up of 2023 (on books published late last year and early this year), but I have about the same number in reserve, and more are…
Kaleidoscope: The Uchiyama Bookstore and its Sino-Japanese Visionaries tells the story of a bookstore that sold Japanese literature and fostered surprising friendships in Shanghai between 1917 – 1945. Such a topic might seem quite distant and esoteric from the vantage…
Last week on Wednesday afternoon (March 1) the Regent College atrium was crowded with people who came to celebrate Bill Reimer’s retirement after his 34 years as manager of the Regent Bookstore. The size, warmth and intensity of the gathering…
Over the past month or so, I have written three posts about local books published in 2022. One covered 15 local books, under the broad heading ‘church in culture, living the Christian life,’ the second looked at eight ‘art, fiction and…
Last week I posted about 15 local books published in 2022, under the broad heading ‘Church in culture, living the Christian life.’ This week I will look at several books involving ‘arts, fiction and literature.’ Early next year I will…
Well, my intentions were good. I was determined to cover all the new local books as they came out this year, rather than clumping them all together, as I did for 2021 books (60 of them!) at the end of…
This is the third in a series about local books from last year, and there will be at least one more. (The first two are here and here.) We really do have a wealth of books being produced every year…
At the end of last year I posted an article about the abundant crop of books written by local authors. I was surprised that I found 15 to write about and had some left over. I am amazed, as I…
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries made an important announcement September 14: Today, we’re delighted to announce our new patron, The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury. As patron, Archbishop Justin lends his profile and support to Sanctuary…
One can never have too many books (ask anyone who knows me), but even I have trouble keeping up with the professors at our local Christian colleges. And many of their books would make great Christmas gifts, especially if purchased…