{"id":14907,"date":"2012-11-28T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=14907"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:09:21","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:09:21","slug":"book-launch-sensational-victoria-bright-lights-red-lights-murders-ghosts-gardens-by-eve-lazarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/28\/book-launch-sensational-victoria-bright-lights-red-lights-murders-ghosts-gardens-by-eve-lazarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch: Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts &#038; Gardens by Eve Lazarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14909\" title=\"Anvil-Sensational-Victoria-cover\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Anvil-Sensational-Victoria-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Anvil-Sensational-Victoria-cover.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Anvil-Sensational-Victoria-cover-473x600.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">Anvil Press Publishers is proud to announce the publication of<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><strong><em>Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts &amp; Gardens<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBy Eve Lazarus<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Upcoming Events:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>December 6th, 2012<\/strong>: Local Author Event @ Munro\u2019s Books, Victoria BC: 7:00pm<\/li>\n<li><strong>December 8th, 2012<\/strong>: Book Signing @ Munro\u2019s Books, Victoria BC: 12:00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The follow-up to Eve Lazarus\u2019s successful <em>At Home With History: The Untold Secrets of Greater Vancouver\u2019s Heritage Homes<\/em>, <em>Sensational Victoria<\/em> gives us a glimpse into aspects of Victoria rarely talked about in the tourist brochures or flowery garden guidebooks. <em>Sensational Victoria<\/em> covers legendary women, including Emily Carr, Nellie McClung, Gwen Cash, Sylvia Holland, and Myfanwy Pavelic; prominent madams and their brothels; murders in the capital\u2014five ranging from 1898 to 1992; and, the homes of limners (painters of ornamental decoration), writers and entertainers, including Herbert Siebner, Elza Mayhew, Pat Martin Bates, Robin Skelton, Carole Sabiston, Bruce Hutchison, Alice Munro, David Foster, Spoony Sundher, and Nell Shipman.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Lavishly illustrated throughout with archival and contemporary photographs, <em>Sensational Victoria<\/em> is a must-read for both history buffs and regular visitors to The Garden City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eve Lazarus<\/strong> is a business reporter and freelance writer with a passion for history and old houses. She is the author of <em>At Home With History: The Untold Secrets of Greater Vancouver\u2019s Heritage Homes<\/em> (Anvil), <em>The Life &amp; Art of Frank Molnar, Jack Hardman and LeRoy Jensen<\/em>, co-written with Claudia Cornwall, and Wendy Newbold Patterson (Mother Tongue), and <em>Frommer\u2019s Vancouver With Kids<\/em>, and blog obsessively about houses and their genealogies at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.evelazarus.com\">www.blog.evelazarus.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anvil Press Publishers is proud to announce the publication of Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts &amp; Gardens By Eve Lazarus Upcoming Events: December 6th, 2012: Local Author Event @ Munro\u2019s Books, Victoria BC: 7:00pm December 8th, 2012: Book Signing @ Munro\u2019s Books, Victoria BC: 12:00pm The follow-up to Eve Lazarus\u2019s successful At<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/28\/book-launch-sensational-victoria-bright-lights-red-lights-murders-ghosts-gardens-by-eve-lazarus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Book Launch: Sensational Victoria: Bright Lights, Red Lights, Murders, Ghosts &#038; 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