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Michelle van der Merwe has been the publisher at the Royal BC Museum and Archives since 2015. Her background includes design and journalism, and her extensive editing experience comes from many years of both in-house and contract projects that have included fiction and non-fiction books, magazines and corporate communications. Michelle has been a contributing editor at Geist Magazine since 2004 and was a member-at-large on the board of the Magazine Association of BC in 20142015, has sat as a director on the National Executive Council of the Editors Association of Canada for the past four years and is an active member of both the Association of Book Publishers of BC and the Association of Canadian Publishers.
What is a family, really? Is it defined by blood, or by love, or by some other measure? Do we have the right to declare who is in our family, and who is not? These questions might seem ever so slightly esoteric, but they get right to the point of The Language of Family. The book brings together stories, poems and essays from 20 contributors. Their work helps remind us of the rich diversity found in British Columbia, and embodied in the families that live here. Odds are, it will shake the readers concept of what a family is. A family can be what we make it. A family can be what was made for us. A family can cross borders, cross gender lines and stereotypes, and cross any and all racial divides. The concept of family varies with all of us. This book opens the door to new thinking, and encourages us to step through. Times Colonist, August 2017
