Missing at Ship’s Haven

“Cathalynn Labonté-Smith reviews Johanna Goldenberg’s (left) debut novella, a mystery about the disappearance of a young girl in a coastal community. FULL STORY

Author Archive

Zoe Dickinson

Poet, Zoe Dickinson lives in Victoria where she manages Russell Books and is the Artistic Director emerita of the Planet… FULL STORY

Udayana Lugo

Richmond-based illustrator, Udayana Lugo is self-taught. She worked as a designer (jewelry, auto parts, furniture and interiors) and then discovered… FULL STORY

Susan Musgrave

Gathering selected works from Susan Musgrave’s last four books, Hunger: The Poetry of Susan Musgrave (Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press $23.99)… FULL STORY

Dora Dueck

Delta-based Dora Dueck has released her sixth title, Like a River Divides the Earth (Freehand $22.95), a collection of five… FULL STORY

Phil Nealy

“The biggest change in my life came in June of 1988 when a dive into a swimming pool crushed my… FULL STORY

Carole Gerson

In Literary Life After Death (Concordia U. Press $34.95), SFU professor emerita, Carole Gerson considers the ways in which Canadian… FULL STORY

Julie Flett

Following on from her first book in the We Do Too! Series, We All Play (Kids Greystone, 2021), which landed… FULL STORY

Road to Bard

On Sunday, June 28 at 7 p.m., Bard on the Beach will host a launch event for Christopher Gaze’s memoir,… FULL STORY

Michael Schauch

Award-winning author, alpinist and Buddhist practitioner Michael Schauch explores the connections between nature, spirituality and human experience in his writing…. FULL STORY

Buffalo story launch

Métis Cree artist, songwriter and community organizer Sherry Leigh Williams will launch her debut children’s book, Papaashi Bufloo: The Buffalo… FULL STORY

Art, story and legacy

Roy Henry Vickers, Indigenous artist and storyteller, celebrates his 80th birthday this year with The Best of Roy Henry Vickers: 80 Selected… FULL STORY

Wendy Proverbs

Letti in Progress (Wandering Fox $14.95) illustrated by Alyssa Koski, follows eleven-year-old Letti, an adopted Indigenous girl who begins to… FULL STORY

Janet Nicol

Janet Nicol is an author and educator whose work focuses on history and social justice and she is the author… FULL STORY

Carolyn Nakagawa

Fourth-generation Anglo-Japanese Canadian writer Carolyn Nakagawa has written books, museum exhibits, poetry and plays exploring Japanese Canadian history and culture…. FULL STORY

Lost Haida Manga Launch

Award-winning Haida artist and storyteller Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas will launch The Lost Haida Manga: A Compendium at Gallery Jones on Saturday,… FULL STORY

Trust the reader

Odette Auger is a member of Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation living in the Ayajuthem-speaking part of the Salish Sea. An… FULL STORY

Hayden Stone

Victoria-based author Hayden Stone writes LGBTQ romantic comedies inspired by his experiences living in both Canada and the UK. A… FULL STORY

Voices of Resilience Launch

The launch of Voices of Resilience: An Anthology of Stories Written by Children of Holocaust Survivors (Amsterdam Publishers $24.95), edited by… FULL STORY

Michael Chouinard

British Columbia writer Michael Chouinard has worked as a warehouse labourer, cab driver, convenience store clerk, newspaper reporter and communications… FULL STORY

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