Books

Diana O’Neill: Chelsea-Chelsea, bang-bang. Too hot to Handler?

Diana O’Neill: Chelsea-Chelsea, bang-bang. Too hot to Handler?

Saturday, March 13th, 2010 | 11:22 am

Chelsea Handler’s newest book “reads like an XXX-rated Judy Blume diary entry – natural, scandalous, cheeky, the makings of a true page-turner.”

Read All Over: Embracing the Wide Sky

Read All Over: Embracing the Wide Sky

Sunday, February 21st, 2010 | 9:53 am

“Tammet has a high-functioning form of autism, and was recently diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome – which he and the scientists who study him, believe was triggered by the combination of his autism and his childhood epileptic seizures.”

Read All Over: Game Change

Read All Over: Game Change

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 | 9:00 am

HBO is already working on producing a movie adaptation, based on this behind-the-scenes look at the 2008 presidential election from the mouths of the candidates and their respective camps.

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Read All Over: The Art of Conversation

Read All Over: The Art of Conversation

Saturday, January 16th, 2010 | 10:00 am

Kelowna.com welcomes Diana O’Neill who will be filing Read All Over columns alongside Natalie Johal.

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Read All Over: Fall On Your Knees

Monday, January 4th, 2010 | 8:04 am

By Natalie Johal

After a somewhat sluggish start, Ann-Marie MacDonald’s 1996 debut novel Fall On Your Knees gained international recognition thanks to—who else?—Oprah Winfrey. One of just two official Oprah book club selections in 2002, Fall on Your Knees became worldwide…

Read All Over: The Jade Peony

Read All Over: The Jade Peony

Monday, December 28th, 2009 | 7:14 am

“The Jade Peony metamorphosed from a short story written and submitted in a UBC creative writing class taught by now-famous Canadian writer, Carol Shields, in 1977.”

Read All Over: Generation X

Sunday, December 20th, 2009 | 12:02 pm

By Natalie Johal

British Columbia’s own Douglas Coupland first appeared on the literary scene nearly 20 years ago with the release of his debut novel, Generation X. Today, still bright and relevant, Generation X has been announced as one of the CBC’s Canada Reads…

How to make mango chutney – and other simple luxuries

How to make mango chutney – and other simple luxuries

Monday, December 14th, 2009 | 11:30 am

Kelowna author shares tips for living the good life on the cheap in her new book.

Read All Over: The Wild Things

Monday, December 14th, 2009 | 9:38 am

By Natalie Johal

Since his first book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Dave Eggers has stood out as one of today’s most gifted storytellers. It came as no surprise, then, that Maurice Sendak, author…

Okanagan proclaims its first poet laureate

Monday, December 14th, 2009 | 9:31 am

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The Okanagan Institute has declared a unique Citizen’s Proclamation bestowing the honour of “Poet Laureate of the Okanagan” on John Lent.

When William Makepeace Thackeray wrote, “The two most engaging powers of a good author are to make new things familiar…