Walk a mile in my shoes

“Two Grade 8 opposites swap bodies in Mahtab Narsimhan’s Not Myself Today, learning lessons on empathy and walking in each other’s shoes. FULL STORY

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Mine crimes

“The danger,” says reviewer Alex Varty, “is that our species’ technological arrogance will once again rush into an environment that… FULL STORY

Sarah Cox

What’s to be done when only three spotted owls are left in Canada’s wild? When wolves eat endangered caribou, cormorants… FULL STORY

Edeana Malcolm

A suffragist’s story unfolds in the 1910s – 1920s in Edeana Malcolm’s novel, Tea at the Empress (Three Ocean Press… FULL STORY

Kerry Gilbert

In her collection of linked poems, Lady Bird (Exile Editions $15.95), poet Kerry Gilbert addresses Amelia Earhart at the same… FULL STORY

Monica Nawrocki

Author Monica Nawrocki brings the boogeyman to life in her speculative fiction novel, Inside the Dreaming (Library and Archives Canada… FULL STORY

Keiko Honda

Keiko Honda is a successful cancer epidemiologist whose life turned upside down when she contracted a rare autoimmune disease with… FULL STORY

Alan Twigg opens JBF

BC BookWorld founder, Alan Twigg will open the Jewish Book Festival on Saturday, February 10, when he interviews Michael Posner,… FULL STORY

Christopher Thompson

Following a Palestinian refugee family, Christopher Thompson’s debut novel, The Struggle Continues: An arduous journey of hope (FriesenPress $35.99) unfolds… FULL STORY

Gail Kirkpatrick

Museum curator Margaret gets an unexpected inheritance of eight million dollars from her late sister Shirley, along with a whimsical… FULL STORY

Wendy Picken

A diminutive and unique heroine—a damselfly-mouse-bird-moth-frog-beetle—embarks on a quest for her origin story, accompanied by rhymes and songs in Rainbees… FULL STORY

Karen Hofmann

The final novel in the Lund sibling series by Karen Hofmann, Where We Live (NeWest $22.95) follows four middle-aged siblings… FULL STORY

J.T. Siemens

Now a fully-fledged private investigator, Sloane Donovan navigates the mundane task of keeping a celebrity in Vancouver alive, but is… FULL STORY

Cole Nowicki

A collection of short nonfiction pieces by Cole Nowicki, Laser Quit Smoking Massage (NeWest $21.95) delves into the intricacies of… FULL STORY

Lester reviewed in Italy

The Italian edition of a graphic novel with illustrations by Vancouver-based David Lester (at right) that is rehabilitating the reputations… FULL STORY

Tanya Lloyd Kyi

It’s a normal day and you spot a dragon overhead. You know you can’t defeat it by yourself, so you… FULL STORY

Hayley Lowe

Noor and her grandfather bond over a shared love for pies and creating cherished memories during summer holidays. Once school… FULL STORY

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