Hike Bike Travel Review
Leigh McAdam, travel blogger and author of Discover Canada: 100 Inspiring Outdoor Adventures, posted this review on her website Hike Bike Travel.
Leigh McAdam, travel blogger and author of Discover Canada: 100 Inspiring Outdoor Adventures, posted this review on her website Hike Bike Travel.
Thanks to Okanagan Life magazine for featuring me and Emily Carr’s BC: Vancouver Island in the June 2015 issue, author Q&A. Read on for the full interview.
Last Friday I had the pleasure of talking with Josh Pagé (sitting in for Rebecca Zandbergen) on CBC Radio West about Emily Carr’s BC. This is me with Josh in the studio, trying to quell my nerves. If you’ve got 7 min/12 sec and you’re so inclined, you can here the whole interview.
We’re in final countdown to the release of Emily Carr’s BC: Vancouver Island. For a quick preview click here.
Emily Carr was an epic traveller. She covered more than 20,000 kilometres in British Columbia during a time when women rarely set off on their own — certainly not with the intention of visiting remote aboriginal villages. While this wanderlust and fearless sense of adventure fuelled her reputation as an eccentric, it also propelled her to become the artist and author we revere today.
Laurie Carter set out to rediscover Vancouver Island by following Carr’s path, delving into the home life, landscapes and First Nations traditions that shaped the woman and her work. Emily Carr’s B.C.: Vancouver Island is a personal journey to a new perspective, an exploration of Vancouver Island’s best-loved destinations and all-but-unknown outposts, and a fresh take on evolving life in this province. (more…)