News Items tag as: Local Authors

How writing a Christmas book helped a former firefighter in Penticton fight cancer
November 24, 2024 - 12:30 PM

A Penticton local’s Christmas themed book is finally available to readers who want all of their childhood questions answered.
How a Kamloops author took a leap of faith to make her dream come true
June 30, 2024 - 6:00 AM

Elma Schemenauer is a familiar face in Kamloops. She can usually be seen chatting with people at local farmers' markets and selling her collection of books.
Kamloops author's latest novel is set in a city much like her own
June 19, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Kamloops author Elma Schemenauer's latest novel entitled Song for Susie Epp has been published
Kamloops paralympic gold medallist subject of children's book
June 12, 2024 - 7:00 PM

A new children’s book starring Kamloops paralympic shot putter Greg Stewart is on sale and a book launch will be held later this month.
Kamloops author releases 2nd action-packed science fiction comic book
April 22, 2024 - 6:00 PM

Kamloops author Nick Klie has released his second science fiction comic book after his first one first proved to be a success.
New historical book on wild horses features work by late Logan Lake cowboy
November 05, 2023 - 9:00 AM

The legacy of a Logan Lake cowboy who died of lung cancer in July of last year is living on through a book about wild horses written by a biologist in the Kootenays.
Vernon 10-year-old publishes book about a spooky otherworld
October 14, 2023 - 12:00 PM
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A ten-year-old Vernon boy just published his first book after a year working on the project alongside his dad and brother.
Former Kamloops author's latest novel hits local bookshelves
October 24, 2022 - 6:00 AM

It’s a dream come true for Amber Cowie, a Clearwater and Kamloops native whose latest novel Last One Alive was pulled from the shelf at Kamloops Chapters by her dad.
Kamloops woman reads obituaries for 20 years, publishes book about what she learned
December 11, 2020 - 7:30 AM

Tamara Vukusic's fascination with obituaries started when she was in her twenties, and she's been reading them ever since.
Local woman's screenplay picked up by Lifetime's Movie of the Week
July 02, 2016 - 10:30 AM

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops woman's idea is being brought to life on the small screen, after her screenplay was picked for Lifetime's Movie of the Week.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are a collection of reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the fourth week of March 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jone

$145,000 fine for Kelowna orchardist previously involved in tractor death
A Kelowna company that grows, processes and exports cherries was fined last year following a fatal tractor incident has again been fined after a tractor driver was seriously injured. According to a recently published Feb. 6 WorkSafeBC

Marijuana gummies send 11 New York middle-schoolers to hospitals
MORICHES, New York (AP) — Police and a middle school in suburban New York are looking into how a student got hold of marijuana gummies and gave them to about a dozen schoolmates, sending 11 of them to hospitals. The episode happened M

Okanagan’s first ‘net-zero’ home is insulated with hemp
In an effort to make construction more sustainable a Kelowna developer has built a home insulated with hemp. The 5-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom, 2,430 square foot home at 278 Summer Wood Drive in the Echo Ridge development in Kelowna meets the pro

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