Shaena Lambert launches Petra on Cortes Island (Virtually)
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Roy L Hales/News Update - The internationally recognized novelist Shaena Lambert recently visited Marnie's Books, on Cortes Island. Four of works have been chosen for Best Canadian stories and the Globe and Mail recognised three of her previous novels as books of the year. Lambert is also a dedicated environmentalist, who was arrested twice during the Burnaby Mountain protests, and continues to actively oppose oil pipelines and logging of old growth. In the most recent
Folk U Friday radio program, the Vancouver novelist explained why she chose to to launch her new novel on Cortes Island.