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

Joanna Cheek

Joanna Cheek, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, psychotherapist and clinical professor at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine…. FULL STORY

Emma Cleary

Liverpool-born, Vancouver-based writer Emma Cleary makes her debut with Afterbirth (HarperCollins $24.99), a haunting literary horror novel exploring sisterhood, motherhood… FULL STORY

Tara Moss

Internationally bestselling author and advocate Tara Moss returns with The Italian Secret (HarperPerennial $25.99), a post-war mystery that follows glamorous… FULL STORY

Keri Lefave

Keri LeFave, a retired police officer from Blind Bay, BC, writes from lived experience about healing and resilience. Her debut… FULL STORY

Jacqueline Bell

Jacqueline Bell has won the 2025 Raven Chapbooks Poetry Contest for her deeply-felt collection, Summoning (Raven Chapbooks $22.95), described by… FULL STORY

Ron Kearse

LGBTQ+ author Ron Kearse has released a fantasy novella about an introvert named Neville who meets his guardian angel in… FULL STORY

Vince Beiser

When Vince Beiser rode with first responders into disaster zones and trained alongside US Army soldiers, he was honing the… FULL STORY

Sara Blaydes

Author of The Last Secret of Lily Adams (Lake Union, 2024), Sara Blaydes returns with The Restoration Garden (Lake Union… FULL STORY

Giana Darling

“I’m drawn to telling complicated love stories because I believe life is incredibly complex”, says Giana Darling, bestselling Canadian romance… FULL STORY

Larry Grant

At age four, Larry Grant was stripped of his Indian status when the federal government discovered his Musqueam mother had… FULL STORY

Alena Rainsberry

Alena Rainsberry, a queer American kayaker and co-editor of Flow (RMB $40.00), an anthology that pairs with a forthcoming 2025… FULL STORY

Tom Stewart

Tofino: A Novel (Lucky Dollar $22.99) is the fourth book by Tom Stewart, an award-winning author based in Tofino. Following… FULL STORY

Oga Nwobosi

Oga Nwobosi and Christina Myers met in a postpartum support group where they were exposed to emotions ranging from joy… FULL STORY

Bob Joseph

Bob Joseph’s first book, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act (Page Two, 2018) became a bestseller… FULL STORY

Tony Correia

The issue of book banning in school libraries is the subject of Tony Correia’s middle-grade title Checked Out (Orca $10.95)…. FULL STORY

Stefanie Giddens

Kelowna-based writer Stefanie Giddens made her literary debut with If I Were to Say Something About It: Even in the… FULL STORY

Angie Ellis

In her debut novel, A Snake and a Feathered Bird (Thistledown Press $24.95), Angie Ellis tells a coming-of-age story set on Vancouver… FULL STORY

Valerie Chalker

Valerie Chalker’s journey into fiction began after a career in medicine as a pathologist. A graduate of The Writers Studio… FULL STORY

Britta Gundersen

Britta Gundersen has lived a life shaped by islands, from her childhood on Puget Sound to her years in Hawaii,… FULL STORY

Mike Donoghue

Mike Donoghue’s novel, Who Nuked Silicon Valley? (MPD Books $24.99), combines a high-stakes thriller with a meditation on memory, technology… FULL STORY

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