The passion of a writer and a hermit

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AUTHORS & BOOKS

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

Leslie Gentile

Leslie Gentile is a singer-songwriter and author based on Vancouver Island. Of Scottish, Tuscarora and Coast Salish ancestry, she spent… FULL STORY

Lorne Daniel

After decades away from poetry, Victoria-based writer Lorne Daniel returns with What Is Broken Binds Us (University of Calgary Press… FULL STORY

Susan McCaslin

In Named and Nameless (Inanna $19.95), Susan McCaslin considers the power of names, silence and presence through poems that span… FULL STORY

Judith Hutchinson-Lepore

When the McDougall Creek wildfire tore through West Kelowna in August 2023, author Judith Hutchinson-Lepore was among 35,000 residents evacuated… FULL STORY

Caroline Adderson

A Pond, A Poet, and Three Pests (Groundwood Books $21.99) is a retelling inspired by the renowned Bashō’s haiku. Before… FULL STORY

Deborah Hodge

Deborah Hodge is known for making nature accessible to young minds. With more than thirty-five books to her name, she… FULL STORY

Keiko Honda

After a rare autoimmune disease left her permanently paralyzed, Keiko Honda left behind a career in cancer epidemiology and began… FULL STORY

Scot Ritchie

King of the Dump (Groundwood Books $21.99) is a noisy, thoughtful picture book about recycling, machinery and learning to let… FULL STORY

PP Wong

PP Wong’s second novel Slice the Water (Goose Lane $26) is a coming-of-age novel set on the fictional island of… FULL STORY

Daniel Kalla

The Deepest Fake (Simon & Schuster $20.79) is the sixteenth novel from Daniel Kalla, a Vancouver-based ER physician whose medical… FULL STORY

Natalie Porter

A lifelong skater and librarian, Natalie Porter has been pushing against boundaries both cultural and literal since 1995. In 2003,… FULL STORY

Harpreet Sekha

Harpreet Sekha has given Punjabi-Canadian literature a crucial lens through which to understand the complex, often painful, realities of immigration…. FULL STORY

Bill Arnott

Footwear, flippers and ferry decks become tools of exploration in A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water (Arsenal $24.95), the… FULL STORY

Robert J. Muckle

Rather than starting with a specific dig site or artifact, Once upon This Land (Purich Books $29.95) begins with the… FULL STORY

Ziyad Saadi

Set over a single, chaotic day in Detroit, this debut novel follows queer Palestinian refugee Firas Dareer as he plans… FULL STORY

Carmen Lansdowne

In her deeply personal and scholarly work Wearing a Broken Indigene Heart on the Sleeve of Christian Mission (CMU Press… FULL STORY

Michael Ma

Troubling Criminology (Between the Lines Books $34.95) will be published on October 14, 2025, co-written by Michael Ma and fellow… FULL STORY

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