In this magesterial work of history and adventure, Davis vividly re-creates George Mallory's epic attempts to scale Mount Everest in the early 1920s. He takes us beyond the mountain to the trenches of World War I, to show how the exploration originated in 19th imperial ambitions. In the wake of a war that cost millions of lives, the Everest expeditions became a symbol of national redemption.

Ottawa-based teacher and author Allison van Diepen will be appearing at Kaleidoscope Kids’ Books on June 10th at 7pm for a reading and signing of her newly-released book The Vampire Stalker. The event is free. Cake and blood-red refreshments will be served. Kaleidoscope Kids’ Books is located at 1018 Bank Street.

For more information you can call 613-232-7406 or visit www.kaleidoscopekidsbooks.ca.

Simon Winchester, bestselling author of Krakatoa and The Meaning of Everything, returns to the natural world with his epic new book, a "biography" of the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories. The book follows the ocean from its origins 370 million years ago to its current state of degradation from pollution, overfishing, and climate change. Winchester's sea saga is essential reading for those who want to better understand the ocean, and by extension, the planet.

Fugitive Pieces catapulted novelist Anne Michaels into the forefront of literary superstars. It won the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction and has been translated into more than 20 languages. Now after more than a decade Anne Michaels returns with a new novel The Winter Vault. Breathtaking, vivid in its exploration of both the physical and emotional worlds of its characters, intensely moving and lyrical, The Winter Vault is a radiant work of fiction and contains all the elements for which Anne Michaels is celebrated.

Tickets $15 adults / $13 students & seniors plus applicable service fees; call 604.629.8849 or visit VancouverTix.com.