Writing instructor’s new novel focuses on post-earthquake Victoria
The Big One has hit the West Coast and the earthquake damage to Victoria is far worse than anyone expected: the city has been devastated, families torn apart and the survivors left wandering through a dystopic hell on Earth. Such is the setting for Into That Darkness (Thomas Allen & Son), the first novel by award-winning UVic writing instructor Steven Price.
Experience Dickens like a real Victorian
Now anyone can read the novels of Charles Dickens in their original presentation. UVic Libraries have recently made a collection of digitized Victorian serial novels available online. So far, their database includes five works by Charles Dickens, though there are also plans to add novels by William Thackeray and Anthony Trollope. Victorian serial novels were printed in installments and generally published over an extended period of time. Most were published in 20 or more parts, with one being released each month.
Fall from prosperity
UVic historian John Lutz is providing a fresh perspective on Aboriginal poverty. His new book, Makúk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations, explains how Canada’s Aboriginal people fell from prosperity to poverty and the origins of the myth of the “lazy Indian.”
“Real” history vs. national myth
Ronald Wright has never let the United States off easy. The acclaimed Salt Spring-based historian and novelist has dedicated several books to reminding the world of the superpower’s tarnished past.