B.C. author worries housing price surge may dim West Kootenay as an arts hub

Tom Wayman, who has lived in Appledale, B.C., since 1989, spoke on CBC's Radio West about the future of the Kootenays as B.C.'s creative writing hub, why he chose to make the Slocan Valley home, and his latest poetry collection.

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