Exile from paradise
LeBlanc shows how historical trauma is passed from one generation to the next, highlighting themes of endurance, hope and survival.
Author Archive
Sheri-D Wilson
In The ONEIRONAUT ∅1 (Write Bloody North $20.00), the first volume of the Rain trilogy, a brilliant scientist named Rain… FULL STORY
Naqvi makes her debut
Pakistani-Canadian writer Zehra Naqvi’s (at right) debut book of poems and prose, The Knot of My Tongue (McClelland & Stewart… FULL STORY
Wilderness, a log cabin and bears
For 42 years, he gathered intimate knowledge on their behaviour, eating and mating habits to find ways to lessen the… FULL STORY
Robin Gregory
Co-authored with Brooke Moore, Robin Gregory’s book, Sorting It Out: Supporting Teenage Decision Making (Cambridge University Press $29.99) is a… FULL STORY
Peach gets Edna Staebler Award
BC-based Hilary Peach (at right) has won the 2023 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction for her book Thick Skin:… FULL STORY
Reading Event at Notional Space
P.W. Bridgman a.k.a. Tom Woods (at right) is hosting a poetry and fiction book reading event called “P.W. Bridgman: An… FULL STORY
Latest JCC Jewish Book Festival Event
Marsha Lederman (at right) sits down with award-winning author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, to talk about Gundar-Goshen’s latest book, The Wolf Hunt… FULL STORY
Caroline Woodward
Embark on a coastal adventure that engages the senses through Have You Ever Heard a Whale Exhale? (Pownal Street Press… FULL STORY
Hetxw’ms Gyetxw (Brett D. Huson)
Explore the life cycles of bees in The Bee Mother (Portage & Main Press $24.95), the seventh installment of Hetxw’ms… FULL STORY
John MacLachlan Gray
Dora Decker, a.k.a. the Fatal Flapper, becomes internationally famous for stabbing her employer in 1920s Vancouver. Meanwhile Ed McCurdy, Canada’s… FULL STORY
Roy Henry Vickers
Discover the world of the West Coast’s animal groups in A Flock of Gulls, a Chorus of Frogs (Harbour $14.95)…. FULL STORY
Amy Mattes
In the summer of 2000, grief-stricken skateboarder, Ines leaves her sheltered hometown for Montreal. Entranced by the city, she befriends… FULL STORY
Prudence Emery
Step into London’s Savoy Hotel in the 1960s with Princess of the Savoy (D&M $19.95), the third volume of a… FULL STORY
Michael Clague
Author of the memoir, So, How Have I Been Doing at Being Who I Am? (Self Published, 2023), Michael Clague… FULL STORY
FBCW Event Featuring BC Writers
Authors Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho (at right) and Meaghan Hackinen will be hosting the Regional Spotlight: North Shore Writers’ Association event… FULL STORY
Northern dislocations
In excerpts from their book, we learn about the way things used to be in Canada’s Arctic and the chaos… FULL STORY
Schofield moderates LGBTQ+ panel
Anakana Schofield (at right), the Irish-Canadian author of Bina: A Novel in Warnings (Knopf Canada, 2019) and the critically acclaimed,… FULL STORY
Ujjal Dosanjh
Born in rural India, Ujjal Dosanjh emigrated to the UK at 18, where he worked various jobs while attending night… FULL STORY
Collin Varner
Retired horticulturalist, Collin Varner, who worked at UBC’s Botanical Garden where he also taught courses in native plant studies, continues… FULL STORY
