1995
| The legendary Emily Carr was primarily a painter, but she first gained recognition as a writer. Her first book, published in 1941, was titled Klee Wyck ("Laughing One"), in honour of the name that the Native people of the west coast gave her as an intrepid young woman. The book was a hit with both critics and the public, won the prestigious Governor General's Award and has remained in print ever since. Emily Carr wrote these twenty-one word sketches after visiting and living with Native people, ....[more] |
2003
| The legendary Emily Carr was primarily a painter, but she first gained recognition as an author, writing seven popular books that were also critically acclaimed about her journeys to remote Native communities and her life as a child in tumultuous Victoria, British Columbia at the start of the 20th century. A Book of Small collects 36 stories based on her frontier beginnings and stars a colorful cast of friends, family, neighbors, and strangers, from genteel socialites to saloon ruffians — ....[more] |
2006
| In this delightful collection, beloved artist and writer Emily Carr (1871-1945) celebrates wild flowers and shrubs. She wrote these 21 vignettes and short stories later in life, and they rekindled in her strong childhood memories of springtime flowers and blossoms. To Emily Carr, "buttercup yellow" declares "Spring is here," Mock-orange blossoms are every bit as good as the real ones, Lady's-slipper has a "dainty jauntiness that dances out of leaf mold," and "Trillim is opulent, each flower a qu....[more] |
2004
| Before winning recognition as an artist and writer, Emily Carr served as landlady to an apartment building where she bred English sheep dogs to supplement a meager income. A collection of stories about those hard-working days, The House of All Sorts features vividly portrayed tenants who frequently surprise Carr with their foibles, as well as the beloved canines who provide her with companionship. Carr is at her most acerbic and rueful, but also filled with vitality and an inextinguishable hope.....[more] |
2002
| "This book combines stories about dogs with drawings of dogs, both by the famous Canadian artist and writer Emily Carr." "Starting with her decision to begin a kennel to the sad day when she had to close it, Emily Carr tells many stories about the joys and adventures of raising Old English Bobtail sheep dogs - especially Flirt, Punk and Loo. In the 25 vignettes that make up the book, she brings to life the affection, loyalty and nature of her dogs. Her writing is direct and honest, a breath of f....[more] |
2001
| Emily Carr was an extraordinary writer and artist. Although primarily a painter, she first gained recognition as the author of seven popular, critically acclaimed books. Award-winning author Susan Crean has gathered here, for the first time in book form, previously unpublished writings from Emily Carr's journals, notebooks and correspondence. Included are 42,000 words expurgated from Carr's published journals, with passages about her friendship with Sophie Frank (a Squamish basket maker), detail....[more] |
2010
| Missus couldn't run the studio without me,' says Billie the dog.This perpetual calendar is much more than 12 pictures with spaces for notes. Join Emily Carr's faithful companion, Studio Billie, on this light-hearted journey through a year in his life. It's 1909 and 'the missus' runs a painting studio in Victoria, where she gives lessons to students and paints her own works. Studio Billie is with her always, except when 'chained to a wretched kennel' when visiting relatives, or when having to spe....[more] |
2007
| While studying art in London, Emily Carr seriously undermined her health and was sent to a sanatorium for a complete rest cure. Bridling at the hospital’s rules, which prohibited excitement of any kind, the always rebellious Carr proceeded to make friends, raise birds, and cause trouble. In words and enchanting sketches, Carr presents a funny, poignant account of her 18-month convalescence. |
2006
| Emily Carr’s journals from 1927 to 1941 portray the happy, productive period when she was able to resume painting after dismal years of raising dogs and renting out rooms to pay the bills. These revealing entries convey her passionate connection with nature, her struggle to find her voice as a writer, and her vision and philosophy as a painter. |
2005
| In this much-loved collection of 51 short stories, writer and painter Emily Carr writes of the people and animals in her life. In her inimitable style — direct, vital, vivid — she tells of her experiences with Native people, her adventures with birds, her love of nature, and of her mischievous pet monkey Woo. The Heart of a Peacock affirms Carr's standing as a writer with the sharp yet tender eye of an artist, with a deep feeling for the tragedies of life, and with a rich sense of th....[more] |
2005
| Growing Pains tells the story of writer and painter Emily Carr's life, from a proper Canadian girlhood, through her artist's training in San Francisco and Europe, through the years of despair when she stopped painting and raised dogs and rented out rooms to make ends meet, and finally to vindication and triumph when her greatness was at last recognized. With the ease of a natural storyteller and a painter's eye for description, Carr infuses her life story with an irresistible warmth, wit, and ch....[more] |
2004
| Completed just before just before her death in 1945, Growing Pains is Emily Carr's carefully-crafted portrait of an artist: her girlhood in Victoria, B.C.; her training as a painter; the initial rejection and eventual acceptance of her painting by the Canadian people. This autobiographical collection is invaluable for revealing the face she wanted to show the world and the rich texture of her life. |
2002
| Celebrate the Pacific NW with this lovely lined and illustrated journal. Ideal for trips! |
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