White Raven
Heiltsuk hereditary member Teoni Spathelfer’s first book, Little Wolf (Heritage House, 2021) is about a young Indigenous girl who moves… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
The Vannini family
V is for Vannini After five years, 400 interviews and 250 ferry rides Phillip Vannini released Ferry Tales: Mobility, Place,… FULL STORY
DTES women photographed
In the late 1990s, Lincoln Clarkes, who had made his name as a fashion and celebrity photographer, began a five-year… FULL STORY
Fight for your right
Megan Clendenan has worked for women’s rights, mental health and youth empowerment nonprofits as well as an environmental law group,… FULL STORY
Indigenizing business
Businesses are increasingly confronted by Canada’s complicated relationship with Indigenous peoples. Where some see challenges, others see opportunity and Priscilla… FULL STORY
Confessional poems
Michelle Poirier Brown was 38 when she discovered she had a hidden indigenous identity. Coming to terms with her new… FULL STORY
Spiritual solace
Pondering life and death issues such as a child attempting suicide and large parts of North America burning in hellish… FULL STORY
Bollywood gets political
Vancouver-based author, radio host and journalist, Gurpreet Singh has written a book about a Bollywood star and activist, which simultaneously… FULL STORY
Toolbox for hope
In her third non-fiction title for younger readers ages 12 and older, Urgent Message from a Hot Planet: Navigating the… FULL STORY
The power of friendship
In Paul Headrick’s novel Losing Shepherd (Signature Editions $22.95), Canadian literary star Gordon Bridge is delighted with his celebrity, his… FULL STORY
Beekeeping farm thriller
Melissa Makepeace struggles to run the family farm in Mad Honey (Wolsak & Wynn $22), the debut novel of Kamloops-based… FULL STORY
S is for Strang
Catriona Strang’s sixth collection of poetry Unfuckable Lardass (Talonbooks $16.95) takes its title from an outrageous insult directed at the… FULL STORY
G is for Growcott
After working every morning in a Lancashire cotton mill in 19th century England, ten-year-old Jane, often exhausted, goes to school… FULL STORY
YA FICTION: Bollywood Boy
Project Bollywood by Mahtab Narsimhan (Orca $10.95) Fiction for ages 9-12 Salman Khan lives with his parents in a fourteen-room… FULL STORY
Good cop, bad cop
Disgraced ex-policewoman now working as a fitness instructor and struggling with PTSD, Sloane Donovan finds the dead body of one… FULL STORY
Nakba memoir
Born in Edmonton in 1977 to a Palestinian family living in exile from their homeland, Dr. Mowafa Househ grew up… FULL STORY
A chemical reaction
Emily Seo displays her knowledge of science and ability to clearly write about it in her debut novel for young… FULL STORY
A death in the Archipelago
Known for her colouring book, Colour the British Columbia Coast (Harbour Publishing, 2016) and the memoir Drawn to Sea (Caitlin… FULL STORY
Q is for Quintana
Christine Quintana’s new play, Clean/Espejos (2022) explores different perspectives of female solidarity, secrets and survival across two languages when two… FULL STORY
Labour wars
Historian and former union officer, Ron Verzuh shines a light on a tangled piece of B.C.’s labour and cultural history… FULL STORY
