Born in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 4, 1940, to a bagpipe maker and a barmaid, Lee’s love of books began at five years old, ...

A champion for writers and the written word, Lee helped launch the first Vancouver International Writers Festival in 1988 and ...

After serving as the first head of the Writers’ Union of Canada, she knew the country’s major authors and rising stars, so ...

It would surprise nobody who knew Vancouver literary matriarch Alma Lee that her last words were a firm, “I’m Scottish”. The declaration, shared by her son Allan Lee, was true to her character, ...

At certain Vancouver Writers Fest events, always in the front row, a sign said a lot about why we were there: seat reserved for Alma Lee. And deservedly so. This is the festival Ms. Lee founded in ...

A passionate reader and champion of Canadian literature, Lee went on to build literary organizations in Canada from the ...