Living

It's a sure sign of spring when Coquitlam's Como and Lafarge lakes are stocked with young rainbow trout that will be the quarry of recreational urban fishers through to the fall.

As we complete the last leg of a rather nasty late winter, the best antidote is a garden filled with plants we can pick and bring inside to enjoy some early blooms of spring.

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

This feature, written by librarians with Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam, is published each Thursday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries.

The times they are a-changin’. It wasn’t so long ago that the vast suburbs surrounding Vancouver were craft beer wastelands. While the city proper was undergoing a dramatic craft awakening, out in the ‘burbs? Nothing. Well, almost nothing.

The graphic novel series Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi is a children’s series but it is a great read for anyone of any age.

This feature, written by librarians with Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam, is published each Thursday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries.

• The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin • Reviewed by Vanessa Colantonio, Coquitlam Public Library One of the New York Times bestsellers from last year was author Chloe Benjamin’s second novel, The Immortalists (her first was 2014’s The Anatomy of Dream

This feature, written by librarians with Coquitlam Public Library, Port Moody Public Library and Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam, is published each Thursday to highlight programs and happenings in the Tri-Cities’ three libraries.

A staggering 60,000 vessels constantly sail the world’s shipping lanes, lighting up our watery planet like a live circuit board.