Songs of life and death

“Russell Thornton (left) brings together poems written over two decades, shaped by North Vancouver landscapes and a lifelong engagement with eros and mortality in his new collection, Two Songs.” FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

Carol Cram

December 11th, 2025

Silence is where Carol Cram often begins—an empty space she fills with music, memory and the rich inner worlds that shape her fiction. A lifelong west coaster born in Victoria and raised in Vancouver, she has spent decades weaving stories across genres while building a prolific parallel career as an educator, consultant and author of more than fifty college-level textbooks. Her latest novel, The Choir (HTF Publishing, $19.95 USD), takes place in the 1890s to follow Eliza Kingwell and a determined group of working-class women whose voices refuse to be quieted. Rooted in themes of resilience, sisterhood and self-determination, the book continues Cram’s interest in historical narratives shaped by women’s inner strength. She lives on Bowen Island with her partner, painter Gregg Simpson. 9781963452280

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