Portraits of Greater Vancouver
- Publisher
- Heritage House Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2019
- Category
- Western Provinces, Regional, Pictorials
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781772030655
- Publish Date
- Apr 2019
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
A stunning, full-colour souvenir book highlighting Greater Vancouver's best attractions.
With its spectacular setting between sea, mountains, and sky, Vancouver is one of the world's most beautiful and liveable cities. This showy keepsake, featuring stunning photographs, captures the diverse neighbourhoods and attractions of Vancouver, and its outlying areas, in their best light. Discover Point Grey, the downtown area, and the beaches, parks, and markets all along the city's encircling seawall. Visit the stunning artifacts in UBC's Museum of Anthropology, the vibrant art and food scene at Granville Island, and the Vancouver Aquarium in the heart of world-famous Stanley Park. Then head across the Lions Gate Bridge to the North Shore and check out the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain, and the quaint seaside community of Horseshoe Bay. Other highlights include the tony Westside neighbourhood of Kerrisdale, the historical fishing village of Steveston in Richmond, and the eclectic shops and eateries of Mount Pleasant.
About the author
Constance Brissenden, BA (UofGuelph), MA (UofAlberta, Theatre) has written with Cree author Larry Loyie since 1993. A non-fiction writer and editor of more than 14 books of history and travel, she was a writing instructor in Simon Fraser University's Writing & Publishing program for 18 years. Constance Brissenden met Larry Loyie in a creative writing class at the Carnegie Community Centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. She directed Larry Loyie's first play, Ora Pro Nobis, Pray for Us, performed in Vancouver as well as five federal prisons in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. In 1993, Larry Loyie and Constance Brissenden launched Living Traditions Writers Group to encourage writing in Aboriginal and other communities. A lifelong freelancer, Constance Brissenden continues to write, edit and teach writing and theatre. Together with Larry Loyie, she gives presentations on his books and co-teaches writing workshops