On Bratislava

Governor General Award-winning poet, David Zieroth tells of trips to Bratislava, Slovakia and his affection for the place and friends… FULL STORY

A dancer finds a home

Born in Mexico City in 1946 to an American father and English mother, and raised in Belize for part of… FULL STORY

A woman of a certain age

Former CBC radio producer and host, Margie Taylor has published her fourth novel, Rose Addams (NeWest $24.95) about a woman… FULL STORY

For the love of …

What to do when you leave a long-time job and then shortly afterwards your long-time relationship ends? In the case… FULL STORY

Jayne & Ricci

Jayne Doxtater has a fulfilling career in aesthetics, two happy children and a loving marriage with the man she believes… FULL STORY

Brian Brett’s hallelujahs

In his seventh decade, poet, fictionist, memoirist and journalist, Brian Brett is thinking about mortality as evidenced by his recent… FULL STORY

Vegetable power

Vesanto Melina (at right with Brenda Davis), a Vancouver-based registered dietitian, has written numerous books on being vegetarian as well… FULL STORY

A multicultural household

Award-winning writer, Charlotte Gill’s father is Indian and her mother is English. They met in 1960s London, married and had… FULL STORY

Grazie, Graziana

Award-winning playwright and actress Lucia Frangione has released her debut novel, Grazie (Talonbooks $21.95) about a mother, Graziana who ends… FULL STORY

Opening a suitcase of birds

Former chair of Creative Writing at Douglas College, Calvin Wharton has published his second collection of poetry, This Here Paradise… FULL STORY

Vegan success

While earning her degree in English Literature, Sandra Nomoto published poetry in literary journals and film reviews online. At twenty-five,… FULL STORY

The fishwife

Born and raised on the prairies, Margot Fedoruk knew little about seafood. That all changed when she went to BC… FULL STORY

Librarian, musician and cat photographer, Hazel Jane Plante has released her second novel, Any Other City (Arsenal Pulp $22.95), a… FULL STORY

Mermaid of the Pacific

For over 25 years, Amanda Swinimer has hand harvested seaweed off the west of Vancouver Island, supplying health food stores… FULL STORY

North Pacific borderlands

Recently retired SFU history prof, Andrea Geiger has written Converging Empires: Citizens & Subjects in the North Pacific Borderlands, 1867-1945,… FULL STORY

Avast ye matey!

Under the Banner King of Death (Beacon Press $17.95), by David Lester (at right) & Marcus Rediker, features an African… FULL STORY

Coal Creek magic

Often tackling historical subjects far removed from main urban centres, Victoria’s Wayne Norton has returned to one of his favourite… FULL STORY

Horror and rage

Channeling the gothic horror stories of Mary Shelley, the Bronte sisters, Henry James and others, Erica McKeen has released her… FULL STORY

Seeing the forest

A few years back, suffering from burn-out and too many hours hunched over a desk, over-achieving editor Amanda Lewis pledged… FULL STORY

Shifting the shape of the world

In her debut collection of poems, Shapeshifters (Nightwood $19.95), Délani Valin embodies different personas to deal with her urban Métis… FULL STORY