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Brian Kaufman has worked over 30 years in the Vancouver art scene as a playwright, editor and publisher; now he's published a debut collection of short stories. (Photo circa 2016.)

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Vancouver in high contrast

Brian Kaufman captures the fleeting, hardboiled grit of East Vancouver in "Cascadia Subduction Shift," turning raw urban moments into lithe, smart art.

“He and his father in the Econoline van—he’d sit centre on the engine cover, where it was warm—no seat belt or even a thought of seat belts back then.” FULL STORY

Adventures in Ethiopia

Having spent her career teaching and doing advocacy and international work, Vancouver-based Marian Dodds has written about her life-changing period… FULL STORY

A Jewish mama for Free Palestine

“It broke my heart that I could not find a book that conveyed that standing with others in their struggle… FULL STORY

Welcome to downtown Antarctica

“McMurdo [research station], with its landing strip and emergency evacuation units, is a US facility housing hundreds of researchers and… FULL STORY

A wildcat for BC’s labour movement

“The walkout began when plant workers, most of them women, charged off the job to protest hard-nosed company attitudes. When… FULL STORY

Drawing as a tool of resistance

“Yahgulanaas understood something fundamental: if you want to influence people and inspire change, you must first meet them where they… FULL STORY

The man called “Mountain Goat”

“I had to know what was beyond the next horizon.”—John Clarke

Saying goodbye to Sherry

“In real life, when you have the luxury of paying attention, the ordinary and the amazing turn out to be… FULL STORY

Teach a man to fish

“Perhaps it was their having worked their way up in the industry from a Fraser River gillnet skiff, but the… FULL STORY

When a sanctuary becomes a prison

“Once the men were taken in care the greatest administration concern seemed to be expenses. [Author Wayne] Norton embarked on… FULL STORY

Bowering in Mexico

“[La Manzanilla] boasts a mangrove swamp inhabited by crocodiles and local characters, such as Pedro, whose red ball cap reads… FULL STORY

The last innings

“He doesn’t yet hear the gentle / footsteps the other side / of his very last door.”—George Bowering

Art in the face of fascism

“Intertwined in this script, are two remarkable women, writer and subject, whose fierce intelligence, artistic brilliance, great beauty and sheer… FULL STORY

Doing small things with great love

“Because Schiwy views ritual as a sacred part of the creative process, many of her workshops include components with dance… FULL STORY

The Outsider

“Freddy’s voice is spot-on—slightly self-deprecating and in equal parts awe and confusion as he interacts with a world whose social… FULL STORY

Land back

“We’re now having to deal in 2026 with issues that might have been remedied effectively 170 years ago, but were… FULL STORY

Murder at the fort

“HBC understood that its presence in New Caledonia was largely based on bluff and that a failure to uphold its… FULL STORY

The Contender

“[Twenty-six years ago,] Canada was trailing 2 to 1 when Carlo Corazzin tied the score on a stunning bicycle kick,… FULL STORY

Making it Work

Bear with me for a moment while I shake my fist at this cloud. There are, no doubt, many things… FULL STORY

Shadow Warrior

When he died in 2023, BC environmentalist David Garrick, known to friends and colleagues as “Walrus,” left more than 100… FULL STORY