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On this edition of 鈥楾oday in BC鈥�, host Peter McCully chats with two authors, Grant Lawrence and Bob Williams on the second edition of the 鈥楳ade in BC Book Club鈥�.
In the first segment of 鈥楾oday in BC鈥�, Grant Lawrence, CBC Broadcaster and award-winning author offers more Desolation Sound adventures in his long-awaited sequel to 鈥楢dventures in Solitude,鈥� with stories of the 鈥楥ougar Lady鈥�, 鈥楤ernard the German鈥� and 鈥楻ussell the Hermit鈥�.
鈥楻ussell ended up in a homemade shack in Desolation Sound beyond any road or any semblance of electricity or plumbing. Or anything. He was a full-blown, real-life hermit that lived in a shack for 10 years and really changed my life. He opened my up my mind to rock and roll music and to alternative writing and books that I had never heard of, or writers that I had never heard of. And it was just a real cultural awakening for me,鈥� says Lawrence.
Bob Williams is a former British Columbia cabinet minister who played a key role in establishing the Agricultural Land Reserve and the Insurance corporation of British Columbia during B.C.鈥檚 first NDP government in the 1970s. 鈥楿sing Power Well鈥� is a biography, by Bob Williams, with Benjamin Isitt and Thomas Bevan.
鈥業 see a naivety around decisions being made particularly on housing,鈥� says Williams. 鈥楾he fact that the housing problem is so serious in this province, especially here in the lower mainland, given what we鈥檙e doing now, it鈥檚 almost unachievable. Because the rush to the province from the rest of Canada and internationally is so substantial. In the lower mainland we have a limited capacity to accommodate them. So, we have to rethink the way we settle people in B.C. That鈥檚 exciting actually, but it isn鈥檛 happening even with my government right now鈥�.
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Grant Lawrence will be holding for his new book.
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