[box]A year ago I wrote the following blog about Agatha Christie’s play, Go Back for Murder. What a delight now to be able to post pictures from the wonderful Vagabond Players production. And yes, I did end up designing the
Remembering George Kopf
The members of the Vancouver Lower Mainland community theatre scene were very sad to see the passing of George Kopf last month, and today, at the Bernie Legge Theatre, we celebrated his life. For many years, George was a fixture
A Mysterious Disappearance
Our wonderful summer at Pender Harbour—a heady mix of writing, hiking, fishing, swimming and craft-market vending—was blighted when I lost my wedding and engagement rings, the two being fused together into an ornate arrangement that I had treasured for the
Inspirations from the Sunshine Coast
Hundreds of years before the Europeans arrived, the Sechelt First Nations people roamed the Sunshine Coast of B.C. Visitors to Pender Harbour will immediately notice Mount Daniel and Pender Hill overlooking the bay, and it does not take much leap
Another chance to see Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Audiences will have another opportunity to see Vagabond Players’ enchanting production of Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) when the play opens the Theatre B.C. Greater Vancouver Zone Festival on Sunday, May 4 at Vancouver’s Metro Theatre. New Westminster audiences raved
Agatha Sells!
When it comes to The Arts, familiarity doesn’t breed contempt; it breeds sales. I have first-hand experience of this from my book events. Even though all four of my mystery books have equally good reviews, The Agatha Principle outsells the
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) opened April 3 at the Bernie Legge Theatre in New Westminster, where the award-winning play will run until April 19. Audiences at the preview performances raved about this entertaining and engaging production. Exceptionally well-acted and
The life and death of Mary Steinhauser
I still remember the extensive headlines and media coverage during the seventies over the shooting of a woman hostage at the old B.C. Penitentiary in New Westminster. However, in all the years I have known my friend, Margaret Franz, I
Goodnight Desdemona – Playing with the Plays
When, years ago, I sat through my Shakespeare course at UBC, I remember youthfully railing at the annoying twists of fate in Romeo and Juliet. The play, as our textbook described it, was “a succession of unlucky mischances”, and it
Emulating Rumpole – The Challenge of Writing a Short-story Mystery Collection
My books are collections of nine or ten stories, each one a separate mystery, but there’s an ongoing thread that tells the story of the main characters. Therefore, the books combine the characteristics of the short story and the novel.