Dave Flawse

Freelance Writer and Author

Canada

Below you will find ten of Dave's recent publications.

Dave is a freelance writer and author exploring Canada's natural history through the fascinating people who research, work, and play in our wild spaces.

BC Fossil Hunters, his forthcoming children's book for 8-12-year-olds, is set to be released in 2027.

You can find his freelance work on VancouverIslandHistory.com, and in The Discourse, CV Collective, and Watershed Sentinel.

Dave is privileged and grateful to work and study on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Kwakwaka’wakw, and Nuu-chah-nulth Peoples and pay respect to their rich cultural heritage and natural environment.

Portfolio

Latest Stories

The Collective Mags
04/02/2024
The herring gold rush of 1979

In 1979, a certain smell sustained the herring gillnetters of British Columbia. It hung from their bibs and clung to their fingernails.

The Collective Mags
04/10/2025
When Roads were Roads

You've probably seen me around town before. I'm everyone's favourite stretch of asphalt. The name's Ryan . . . Ryan Road.

Watershed Sentinel
12/04/2024
A Way Through | Watershed Sentinel

Underground explorers on Vancouver Island are charting Canada's longest cave, hoping to win protection for a fragile karst landscape