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“Odette Auger (left), BC BookWorld’s Indigenous editor, discusses memory, storytelling and the emotional truth behind creative nonfiction in this interview with The Malahat Review. FULL STORY



 

 

 

 

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Rob Taylor

During the pandemic lockdown, Rob Taylor found solace in a nearby wooded trail, where he worked and wrote haiku amidst… FULL STORY

Zoe Duff

Poet and author, Zoe Duff’s UnTethered (‎Filidh Publishing $13.85) is a poetic exploration of loss, relationships with elderly parents, and… FULL STORY

Herschel Hardin

The story of a hidden city in British Columbia’s Cayoosh Range with a population of only 100,000 residents is presented… FULL STORY

Doris Belusic

Victoria-born blind author’s children non-fiction book, I Am Blind (Beech Street Books $16.99) by Doris Belusic, shares her lived experience… FULL STORY

Stephen Osborne

In his essay collection exploring topics like civic monuments, family history and end times in the Arctic, Stephen Osborne, founder… FULL STORY

Grace Kwan

Author Grace Kwan’s debut poetry collection, The Sacred Heart Motel (Metonymy Press $18.95), due out in October, redefines concepts of… FULL STORY

David Geselbracht

Author and environmental journalist David Geselbracht’s Climate Hope: Stories of Action in an Age of Global Crisis (D&M $24.95) due… FULL STORY

Michael Maitland

In The World is But a Broken Heart (Signature Editions $24.99), Victoria-based Michael Maitland weaves together eleven tales of the… FULL STORY

Bambi Edlund

Author Bambi Edlund’s book, Operation Cupcake: How Simple Machines Work (Kids Can Press $21.99) for 7-10 years, is a humorous… FULL STORY

Shanelle Poucher

Wife, mother and author with experience in early childhood education, Shanelle Poucher, is dedicated to writing children’s books for ages… FULL STORY

Caroline Adderson

In the third book of Caroline Adderson’s heartwarming Izzy series, Izzy’s Dog Days of Summer (Kids Can Press $16.99) for… FULL STORY

Nicola Jones

Award-winning science journalist, Nicola Jones, writes about a heartwarming true story of the rescue and rehabilitation of Zalea, a three-week-old… FULL STORY

Laurie Elmquist

Mud puddles, speckled eggs and cozy sheep’s wool set the scene for a day in the country for mom and… FULL STORY

Gail Anderson-Dargatz

Author Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s book My Life Off-Key (Orca $10.95) for ages 12-17, follows seventeen-year-old Jen, who is stunned to learn… FULL STORY

Frances Backhouse

Owls are remarkable creatures known for their exceptional vision in low light, acute hearing, silent flight, and ability to rotate… FULL STORY

Jenny Manzer

Addie and her little brother, Billy, live with their mom in a shabby rental cabin in Cedarveil, near the beach…. FULL STORY

Thomas F. Pedersen

Dr. Thomas F. Pedersen examines British Columbia’s pioneering carbon tax policy in The Carbon Tax Question: Clarifying Canada’s Most Consequential… FULL STORY

Jaz Papadopoulos

In I Feel That Way Too (Nightwood $19.95), Lambda Literary Fellow, Jaz Papadopoulos offers a poetically critical examination of sexual… FULL STORY

Joseph Dandurand

The fourth book of award-winning author, Joseph Dandurand’s “Then and Now” series, The Bears and the Magic Masks (Nightwood $15.95)… FULL STORY

David Zieroth

first here and then far: Selected Poems 1971–2024 (Harbour $24.95) is a retrospective of David Zieroth’s more than fifty-year creative… FULL STORY

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