In February I was excited to add a new monthly “voice” in Oscar’s Salon – a Featured Reader. This addition has made the salon complete as readers often tell me they enjoy the salon but are too shy to comment. They now have a presence. It’s also time to make present...
Guest Writer | Featured Reader Excerpt from Oscar of Between, Part 17B by Betsy Warland – 8 – “During the six years of my architectural education the subject of comfort was mentioned only once.” — Witold Rybczynski, Home: A Short History of an Idea Denis...
Kathryn Para’s novel, Lucky, has been nominated for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Award! Kathy is a graduate of the VMI 2012 and her mentor was Cathleen With. Read the Vancouver Sun’s review of Kathy’s novel. Read about this year’s short-listed...
Guest Writer | Featured Reader Excerpt from Oscar of Between, Part 17A by Betsy Warland – 1 – 604-681-1111. Yellow Taxi: “I’d like a cab for 9:30 at 1484 Charles Street, please.” The dispatcher replies “For Betsy?” [Oscar on their...
Guest Writer | Featured Reader Excerpt from Oscar of Between, Part 14B by Betsy Warland Then there’s the gun. In its dusty, fake-alligator-hide case. She’s been in a quandary about it for years. How to get rid of a gun? There’s the practicality of...
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