Anne DeGrace

Anne DeGrace is a columnist for the Star.

COLUMN: Being yourself at the Library

Nelson author Anne Degrace's latest column for the Nelson Star.

Anne DeGrace is a columnist for the Star.
COLUMN: A tree story from the Nelson Public Library

COLUMN: A tree story from the Nelson Public Library

It began with a tall spindly pine tree growing in the corner of our yard smack at the meeting point of four fences.

COLUMN: A tree story from the Nelson Public Library
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COLUMN: Reading in our neck of the woods

Anne Degrace writes about some of her favourite BC books.

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COLUMN: I’ll tell mine; you tell yours

COLUMN: I’ll tell mine; you tell yours

The Nelson library's Anne Degrace on flash fiction....

COLUMN: I’ll tell mine; you tell yours
COLUMN: Put on your travellin’ shoes

COLUMN: All the glory of the rainbow

When I came to work last year and saw the rainbow crosswalk outside the library I felt elated, delighted and proud.

COLUMN: Put on your travellin’ shoes
COLUMN: Put on your travellin’ shoes

COLUMN: Put on your travellin’ shoes

The library is the friendly hub for travellers of all kinds, offering a different sort of connectedness.

COLUMN: Put on your travellin’ shoes
COLUMN: Always smile at a crocodile

COLUMN: Always smile at a crocodile

From our library columnist Anne DeGrace . . .

COLUMN: Always smile at a crocodile
ABOVE: Eli Geddis and Geoff Burns appear in a scene from Liberation Days. BOTTOM: Lindsay Clague and Jordana Champagne.

Liberation Days brings important story to Capitol stage

In the opening scene of Liberation Days, the ever-optimistic Canadian Captain Miles Cavendish just wants to know if “everyone is okay.”

ABOVE: Eli Geddis and Geoff Burns appear in a scene from Liberation Days. BOTTOM: Lindsay Clague and Jordana Champagne.
Novelist Marina Endicott enters stage right at the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival All-Star Reading on Saturday, July 11 at the Capitol Theatre.

Dim the lights, cue the brilliance

A new installment in Anne DeGrace's mini-series on writers at the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival.

Novelist Marina Endicott enters stage right at the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival All-Star Reading on Saturday, July 11 at the Capitol Theatre.
Bob Bossin explores his dad’s life as a Toronto bookie in the 30s and 40s in Davy the Punk at the All-Star reading Saturday, July 11 at the Capitol Theatre.

Gambling on a Home Remedy

An Elephant Mountain Literary Festival Mini-series

Bob Bossin explores his dad’s life as a Toronto bookie in the 30s and 40s in Davy the Punk at the All-Star reading Saturday, July 11 at the Capitol Theatre.
COLUMN: Shhhh! Superhero action figures at your library

COLUMN: Shhhh! Superhero action figures at your library

"Librarians don’t exactly sit around reading, and your library-social hub of the community-has a hard time staying quiet," writes DeGrace.

COLUMN: Shhhh! Superhero action figures at your library
Kurama Sushi chef Yoshi Shirotani, taken during a photo shoot with Pairings photographer David Gluns.

COLUMN: Serious deliciousness at your library

New book Pairings features 21 Nelson chefs and plenty of good eats.

Kurama Sushi chef Yoshi Shirotani, taken during a photo shoot with Pairings photographer David Gluns.
You can watch 'It’s a Wonderful Life' for free at the Nelson Civic Theatre on December 14.

COLUMN: Take the time to spend time together

Anne DeGrace writes warmly about being fuzzily home for the holidays.

You can watch 'It’s a Wonderful Life' for free at the Nelson Civic Theatre on December 14.
Douglas Gibson’s book Stories about Storytellers offers the inside scoop on the writing lives of Canada’s great authors.

Publisher Douglas Gibson tells all

Stories of Alice Munro and more at Elephant Mountain Literary Festival.

Douglas Gibson’s book Stories about Storytellers offers the inside scoop on the writing lives of Canada’s great authors.
Hiromoto Ida has stepped into Anne DeGrace’s shoes as the city’s Cultural Ambassador.

Great choice for Nelson’s Cultural Ambassador

That I’ve been avoiding writing my last Cultural Commentary for days doesn’t at all reflect on the honour

Hiromoto Ida has stepped into Anne DeGrace’s shoes as the city’s Cultural Ambassador.