Sparkling under steel toes

“From industrial sites to open highways, poet Christina Shah (left) turns the everyday grind of work into vivid, unflinching portraits of modern working life.FULL STORY



 

 

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Ahmad Saber

A medical doctor specializing in rheumatology and internal medicine, Ahmad Saber, whose debut novel, Ramin Abbas Has MAJOR Questions (Atheneum… FULL STORY

Marcus Kliewer

Nothing less than the survival of humanity is at stake in the new supernatural horror novel, The Caretaker: A Novel… FULL STORY

Robert Moor

The essential question of how to grow wise is explored in In Trees: An Exploration (Simon & Schuster Canada $39.99),… FULL STORY

Tara Hungerford

Tara Hungerford is a Vancouver-based television writer and director who, with her husband Eric Hogan, created the award-winning children’s media… FULL STORY

Nicholas Coghlan

Nicholas Coghlan is a BC-based cruiser, diplomat and author whose adventures with his wife, Jenny, form the basis of his… FULL STORY

Rob Fillo

Amid the solitude of Vancouver Island’s forests during the pandemic, singer-songwriter Rob Fillo found his voice in a new form… FULL STORY

Kamila Sediego

Haunted by questions of inheritance and the lingering ache of intergenerational trauma, Kamila Sediego explores the ways displacement and memory… FULL STORY

Scott Lawrance

The poetry of Scott Lawrance is a testament to the surreal and the marvellous, forging new pathways through the ekphrastic… FULL STORY

Celeste Nazeli Snowber

A universal invitation to reclaim our human birthright of creativity is offered by Celeste Nazeli Snowber, PhD, a dancer, poet,… FULL STORY

Joanna Cheek

Joanna Cheek, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, psychotherapist and clinical professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine…. FULL STORY

Emma Cleary

Liverpool-born, Vancouver-based writer Emma Cleary makes her debut with Afterbirth (HarperCollins $24.99), a haunting literary horror novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood… FULL STORY

Tara Moss

Internationally bestselling author and advocate Tara Moss returns with The Italian Secret (HarperPerennial $25.99), a post-war mystery that follows glamorous… FULL STORY

Keri Lefave

Keri LeFave, a retired police officer from Blind Bay, BC, writes from lived experience about healing and resilience. Her debut… FULL STORY

Jacqueline Bell

Jacqueline Bell has won the 2025 Raven Chapbooks Poetry Contest for her deeply-felt collection, Summoning (Raven Chapbooks $22.95), described by… FULL STORY

Ron Kearse

LGBTQ+ author Ron Kearse has released a fantasy novella about an introvert named Neville who meets his guardian angel in… FULL STORY

Vince Beiser

When Vince Beiser rode with first responders into disaster zones and trained alongside US Army soldiers, he was honing the… FULL STORY

Sara Blaydes

Author of The Last Secret of Lily Adams (Lake Union, 2024), Sara Blaydes returns with The Restoration Garden (Lake Union… FULL STORY

Giana Darling

“I’m drawn to telling complicated love stories because I believe life is incredibly complex”, says Giana Darling, bestselling Canadian romance… FULL STORY

Larry Grant

At age four, Larry Grant was stripped of his Indian status when the federal government discovered his Musqueam mother had… FULL STORY

Alena Rainsberry

Alena Rainsberry, a queer American kayaker and co-editor of Flow (RMB $40.00), an anthology that pairs with a forthcoming 2025… FULL STORY

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