Briony Penn

“ABC BookWorld article”

“Biography of Briony Penn at her personal website”

“The {{w|herring}} in {{w|Strait of Georgia|Fulford Harbour}} had disappeared by around 1983. They just suddenly stopped. They were just nowhere.”

“There is no doubt in my mind about which type of vulture I want attendant upon my death. Any funeral industry catalogue will provide you with a long list of the unwelcome vultures. A book on the birds of the west coast will supply you with the one species I would be happy pick over my bones — the {{w|Turkey vulture|Turkey Vulture}}. There are few selfless acts toward the natural world available to human beings and the one that would cause us the least inconvenience is illegal — the simple act of being consumed by nature's prime scavengers.”