Vancouver: A Novel

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An interesting perspective on the Vancouver region, the city, and how it came to be the way it was.An absorbing read in the episodic novel form. I honestly didn't think I would enjoy the book as much as I did. It’s not this disheartening future where everything is bad.”“He tries very hard to be an honourable person, even though he’s suffered a lot of betrayal,” she said.“We needed extra income, and I decided I would try to write a story,” said Penner. How much do you know about bears? If I did not already live here, this book would make me want to visit.Michener-esque expansive history of Vancouver BC. Great novel and one I would recommend. This summer, she will be delving into the written word with her first published novel.

Golden Knights lead Canucks 2-1 in best-of-seven series How O’Toole responds to the Liberals’ plans will give a signal about where he intends to take his party’s policy I tend to like stories about people finding their place in the world.”Penner has had short stories published with RCN Media and Marigold Productions, but Penner was hoping to hold some book signings in town prior to the Aug. 25 launch, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these will have to wait.In the meantime, Penner will join Victoria poet Anne Hopkinson reading at the virtual Alberni Valley Words on Fire open mic spoken word event on Wednesday Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. Hopkinson is the chair of Planet Earth Poetry, one of the longest-running poetry events in Canada, and her work has appeared in numerous anthologies.

Its mountains, rivers, ocean, and islands are arresting to the eye and exciting to the soul. I've been told that these authors have written several excellent non-fictions; perhaps they should stick with what they do well.excellent!

Port Alberni’s Shelley Penner is an artist of many disciplines—drawing, painting and photography.

Spenser Smith credits VIU for preparing him to instruct others through ‘Line Break’ Beginning in 13,477 BC with the stories of Manto and Inish, First Nations people, and ending in the 1990s with the story of another First Nations person, this Michener-like sweeping saga describes the hopes, dreams, and journeys traveled of people around the globe, all heading for Vancouver, BC.

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Once he finished, it beckoned me again.I loved this book. Port Alberni event is designed to introduce recreational pilots to B.C.-based airports Raptors Fred VanVleet and Norman Powell were among the first to mention a boycott Intriguing, creative, and edgy.I read this several years ago and found it captivating.Beginning in 13,477 BC with the stories of Manto and Inish, First Nations people, and ending in the 1990s with the story of another First Nations person, this Michener-like sweeping saga describes the hopes, dreams, and journeys traveled of people around the globe, all heading for Vancouver, BC. Let’s face it, 2020 is making us long for other timelines. I rarely read books twice but I did with this one. I first read it while living in Vancouver 13 years ago, and it was so cool to have history jump out at me wherever I turned. It begins with stories of prehistoric native people, continues with explorers and settlers from Europe and Asia, and comes full circle in contemporary times with a story of a native girl trying to find her way out of the drug use and despair of Vancouver's mean streets. Once he finished, it beckoned me again.This novel traces the history of Vancouver through a series of interconnected stories told through the eyes of people who come to the city to find or escape from something, or just by accident.