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

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Cee Peal at VPL

Vancouver Public Library has named Cee Peal its 2026 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence, continuing a program established in 2008 to… FULL STORY

Bats are nothing like rats

“Contrary to many beliefs, [bats aren’t] blind, they don’t always hang upside-down, they certainly don’t all have rabies (most rabies… FULL STORY

Beyond Words with 37 authors

Literary celebration supports Okanagan literacy initiatives. Organized by Darcy Nybo, Beyond Words: Authors, Books & Community Support will take place… FULL STORY

Christopher Gaze

Founder of Bard on the Beach, Christopher Gaze reflects on five decades of theatre in The Road to Bard: A… FULL STORY

Myers wins CBCA Memoir

Canadian Book Club Awards has named Christina Myers the winner in the Non-Fiction/Memoir category for Halfway Home: Thoughts from Midlife… FULL STORY

Roy Innes

Crime returns to Vancouver’s waterfront in The False Creek Murder: An Inspector Coswell Mystery (NeWest $23.95), the fifth instalment in… FULL STORY

Jane Bow

Jane Bow draws on a life shaped by political borders and cultural crossings in The Angels’ Share (Red Elixir $35.49),… FULL STORY

Language Unleashed Live

An evening of performance and language art comes to Gallery 881 on Friday, March 6, bringing together four boundary-pushing artists… FULL STORY

Christopher Cheung

Born and raised in one of Vancouver’s multi-cultural neighbourhoods, journalist Christopher Cheung has spent over a decade revealing the stories… FULL STORY

David Ly

Vietnamese creation myths echo through David Ly’s debut fantasy novel Not All Dragons (Poplar Press $24), a myth-rich tale of… FULL STORY

Veronique Darwin

Veronique Darwin makes her debut with Mom Camp (Assembly Press $23.95), a collection of interconnected fiction that philosophically explores modern… FULL STORY

Black History voices

Black History Month will be marked in Victoria with a free, community-centred evening featuring award-winning poet Junie Désil, hosted by… FULL STORY

Monica Yuzak

Her first love, travel, carried Monica Yuzak far beyond her childhood in a small northern Saskatchewan town and into a… FULL STORY

David Skillan

David Skillan turned wanderlust into a way of life. In A 1960s Global Odyssey: Around the World in 80 Months… FULL STORY

Zena Sharman

“This book took ten years of grieving to write.” In Staying Power: On Queerness, Inheritances, and the Families We Choose (Arsenal… FULL STORY

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