Temporality
In his debut collection of poems All the Broken Things (Anvil $18), Geoff Inverarity writes of the fragility of friendships,… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Defining Strathcona Park
Most visitors to Strathcona Provincial Park, situated in the middle of Vancouver Island, know it as a place of breathtaking… FULL STORY
Queering healthcare
Research shows what LGBTQ+ communities have long known: that they face health disparities linked to societal stigma, discrimination and denial… FULL STORY
Between expectations & reality
Christopher Evans is set to publish his debut collection of short stories Nothing Could Be Further from the Truth (House… FULL STORY
A redhead and her dog
As Kateri O’Leary tries to get her rescue dog, Belle, ready for the Show Dog ring, life keeps getting in… FULL STORY
Caregiver
“What job could be more important than caring for your husband?” a doctor says to the poet Jane Munro when… FULL STORY
Lovers in dangerous times
In Carmen Rodriguez’s historical novel Atacama (Fernwood $22) set in the first half of the twentieth century, the son of… FULL STORY
Fatherhood joy
In his second poetry collection, Umbilical Cord (Book*hug $20) Hasan Namir reflects on parenting, fatherhood and hope. His new poems… FULL STORY
Cassette tape memoirs
A former prison nurse stumbles upon cassette tapes (remember those?) from 1990 that contain the personal stories of an inmate… FULL STORY
Desparately seeking democracy
Former executive director of the BC Co-operative Association, John Restakis has written Civilizing the State: Reclaiming Politics for the Common… FULL STORY
Climate change guide
Gabriola Island’s Steven Earle has written A Brief History of the Earth’s Climate: Everyone’s Guide to the Science of Climate… FULL STORY
War pen pals
In her historical, middle-grade novel Dear Peter, Dear Ulla (Thistledown Press $12.95) Barbara Nickel crafts a child’s eye view of… FULL STORY
New digital world
Former staff reporter at the Winnipeg Free Press, South China Morning Post and Asia Times, Michael Bociurkiw of Sidney has… FULL STORY
The Big One
People in the Pacific Northwest have been warned about The Big One, a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami, which… FULL STORY
Z is for Zuliani
In Andy Zuliani’s Last Tide (NeWest Press $21.95) two burnt-out employees, Ana and Win are sent to an island in… FULL STORY
Mecha maiden
They’ve got over 250,000 YouTube subscribers, 65,000 Twitter followers, 25,000 Instagram followers and a website that averages 5,000 unique visitors… FULL STORY
What’s your watershed address?
In Upstream, Downstream: Exploring Watershed Connections (Orca Footprints $19.95) Rowena Rae asks, do you know your watershed address? Most people… FULL STORY
Journeys
A seminal time in Caroline Wong’s life occurred in her early teens when her family moved from Southern China to… FULL STORY
Pain & ecstasy in ballet
Winner of the 2021 Raven Chapbooks Poetry Contest, Kyeren Regehr has published the poems in Disassembling a Dancer (Raven Chapbooks… FULL STORY
Little Red goes to court
Lytton-raised Kevin Loring’s latest play, Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer (Talonbooks $16.95) concerns the last remaining member of a… FULL STORY
