Poetry, chess and climate change

“Renée Sarojini Saklikar (left) discusses Bramah’s Discovery, blending epic poetry with climate fiction and mythical world-building. FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Author Archive

Angie Ellis

In her debut novel, A Snake and a Feathered Bird (Thistledown Press $24.95), Angie Ellis tells a coming-of-age story set on Vancouver… FULL STORY

Valerie Chalker

Valerie Chalker’s journey into fiction began after a career in medicine as a pathologist. A graduate of The Writers Studio… FULL STORY

Britta Gundersen

Britta Gundersen has lived a life shaped by islands, from her childhood on Puget Sound to her years in Hawaii,… FULL STORY

Mike Donoghue

Mike Donoghue’s novel, Who Nuked Silicon Valley? (MPD Books $24.99), combines a high-stakes thriller with a meditation on memory, technology… FULL STORY

Race for the news

“[Daniel] Craig’s greatest legacy may be that he introduced journalistic standards: he wanted fact-based, objective reporting.”—reviewer, Mark Forsythe on a… FULL STORY

Mary Fox

Renowned potter Mary Fox shares her knowledge of glazing in Developing Glazes: Low-Fire Reduction and Oxidation (Harbour Publishing $44.95), a… FULL STORY

Scott McIntyre

A lifelong champion of Canadian books, Scott McIntyre has shaped the nation’s literary landscape for more than half a century…. FULL STORY

Largest Free Literary Festival

Vancouver’s biggest all-FREE literary celebration returns this fall. Word Vancouver (Sept. 14–20, 2025) offers nearly 40 free events citywide, ending… FULL STORY

The street’s music

“DeCroo’s photos have spotlit a Vancouver that’s about something more than unlimited growth and runaway commerce.”—Mike Usinger, Georgia Straight senior… FULL STORY

A history of Ucluelet

Shirley Martin’s Calm Harbour, Turbulent Seas: A History of Ucluelet (Harbour Publishing $39.95) is a comprehensive account of the coastal… FULL STORY

Whitney French

In Syncopation (Wolsak and Wynn $24.00), Whitney French imagines a fractured future where memory is currency, migration is survival and… FULL STORY

Katie Welch

When a massive earthquake devastates the Pacific coast in 2045, Del Samara flees into isolation—abandoning her family, her ruined home,… FULL STORY

Peter Darbyshire

Peter Darbyshire is the author behind the supernatural Cross series and other acclaimed works of fiction, blending dark humour, myth… FULL STORY

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