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Michael Gurney

Michael Gurney

Michael Gurney covers lower Sunshine Coast arts and culture for the Coast Reporter.

Recent Work by Michael

Sechelt Arts Festival closer alights on Salish Sea

Sechelt Arts Festival closer alights on Salish Sea

The final chapter of the 2024 Sechelt Arts Festival began on Nov. 15, illuminating — literally — scores of admirers who attended its opening reception.
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Storytellers dive into Creek history, written heritage: Tale Trail

Storytellers dive into Creek history, written heritage: Tale Trail

The nine-decade history of xwesam-Roberts Creek Hall provided the backdrop for a gathering last weekend that plunged into the deep literary currents of the Sunshine Coast.
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'Our books keep winning': Harbour Publishing’s Howard White reflects on '1000 Books in 50 Years'

'Our books keep winning': Harbour Publishing’s Howard White reflects on '1000 Books in 50 Years'

Spectators spellbound by pioneering publisher
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Editor’s exit from 'Not an Island' accents literary metamorphosis

Editor’s exit from 'Not an Island' accents literary metamorphosis

Robin Lamarche hands off editorship of quarterly anthology
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Numbers show Sunshine Coast Art Crawl's scale, global appeal

Numbers show Sunshine Coast Art Crawl's scale, global appeal

Post-weekend debrief reveals economic, cultural impact
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Award-winning novelist deepens crime genre with 'Local Heiress Dead'

Award-winning novelist deepens crime genre with 'Local Heiress Dead'

Charlotte Morganti’s 'Breaking News: Local Heiress Dead' won a Sunshine Coast Book Award this summer
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Weight of memory shapes multidisciplinary sculpture at arts centre

Weight of memory shapes multidisciplinary sculpture at arts centre

Colleen Brown’ States of Mind at Different Times is on until Nov. 9
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An atmospheric river couldn't keep crawlers from the 2024 Sunshine Coast Art Crawl

An atmospheric river couldn't keep crawlers from the 2024 Sunshine Coast Art Crawl

'People came out in droves. Maybe the weather actually encouraged people to visit the artists’ studios,' shared Patricia Forst of Forst Pottery in Gibsons.
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Sunshine Coast publishers claim book prizes

Sunshine Coast publishers claim book prizes

More than a third of this year’s BC and Yukon Book Prizes were awarded to volumes produced by Sunshine Coast publishers.
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shíshálh, Japanese cultures weave cultural connections at GPAG

shíshálh, Japanese cultures weave cultural connections at GPAG

An artistic symbiosis renewed after a year illuminates the importance of matriarchal power in Japanese and Coast Salish societies.
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