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



 

 

 

 

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Judy LeBlanc

In her multi-generational novel spanning hundreds of years, Judy LeBlanc brings to life the Expulsion of the Acadians (1755 –… FULL STORY

Buffy Cram

A child of the 1960s, Elizabeth Squire has a complex and difficult relationship with her mother Margaret in the novel… FULL STORY

Nancy Hundal

On her first day at a new school, Stazy (short for Anastasia), meets three other girls (Rena, Faye and Hali)… FULL STORY

Ian Thomas

With an MSc in biological sciences, Ian Thomas works for the non-profit Ancient Forest Alliance, but he also writes poetry…. FULL STORY

Good morning poems

George Bowering has curated a collection of poems to be read in the morning, Good Morning Poems: a start to… FULL STORY

Every child matters

As the founder of Orange Shirt Day and an Indigenous survivor of the Canadian residential school system, Phyllis Webstad has… FULL STORY

Tara Sidhoo Fraser

In November 2014, Tara Sidhoo Fraser’s life was irrevocably altered. After suffering a stroke due to a rare brain mutation… FULL STORY

Tash McAdam

A trans activist, educator and author, Tash McAdam’s stories speak to those who often find themselves on the sidelines of… FULL STORY

Nick Bantock

Internationally bestselling author of Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence (Raincoast/Chronicle Books, 1991 / 2016), Nick Bantock, returns with his… FULL STORY

Hanako Masutani

Former creative director of Ricepaper magazine, Hanako Masutani has published the children’s book, Emi and Mini (Tradewind $21.95), about a… FULL STORY

Harpreet Singh Sekha

Punjabi author Harpreet Singh Sekha, based in Surrey, writes about gender inequality, social justice and the immigrant experience. His short… FULL STORY

Medicinal plants

Dan Jason lives on Salt Spring Island where he founded the mail-order seed company Salt Spring Seeds. He has written… FULL STORY

Daniel Gawthrop

The topics of Daniel Gawthrop’s last five non-fiction books range from AIDS activist Dr. Peter Jepson-Young, NDP Premier Mike Harcourt,… FULL STORY

Sally Quon

A disabled writer living in the Okanagan Valley, Sally Quon has published the collection of poems, Beauty Born of Pain… FULL STORY

Robin Ward

Long-time chroniclers of the urban environment in Metro Vancouver, Robin Ward and Harold Kalman have joined forces to produce a… FULL STORY

Dora Dueck

Return Stroke (CMU $20) is a collection of Dora Dueck’s creative non-fiction and gathers ten of the author’s personal essays… FULL STORY

The Brazilian man

Leesa Dean of Krestova, BC became so taken with a figure in an Elizabeth Bishop poem—a Brazilian man named Manuelzinho,“the… FULL STORY

Back to the Sixties

In playwright and author Caitlin Hicks’ new novel,  Kennedy Girl (Sunbury $19.95), it’s 1968 and Annie Shea, a girl with… FULL STORY

Thrive in truth

There’s rawness and vulnerability in Secwépemc rancher, poet, educator and cultural advisor Garry Gottfriedson’s latest collection, Bent Back Tongue (Caitlin… FULL STORY

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