Paul Huba and the Canada Post Building
July 12, 2019
Blair Mercer left a comment on an old blog post of mine this week. He told me that his mother, Beatrice Mary Hayes was the model for the ceramic of a woman and child installed inside the Canada Post Building on West Georgia Street in 1957. Beatrice was born in 1921, grew up in Jasper,… Continue reading Paul Huba and the Canada Post Building
Mona Fertig’s Mother Tongue Publishing
March 13, 2012
Mother Tongue Publishing is a small trade publisher run by the amazing Mona Fertig from her heritage house on Salt Spring Island. While other publishers turn their backs on books that lack mass market appeal, movie options or foreign rights potential, Mona actively seeks out poets, first-time writers and unrecognized artists.







