Nature’s healing power
After many years enjoying pastimes as a mountaineer and naturalist, architect Rob Wood was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. He recounts… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Adventure on the savannah
Jon Turk’s fifth adventure narrative about being on the unforgiving savannah with a Samburu headman, Tracking Lions, Myth, and Wilderness… FULL STORY
Covid kids
Caroline Adderson’s new book for young people, Sunny Days Inside (Groundwood $16.99) is a collection of linked short stories about… FULL STORY
My sweet, my fate
Beginning with a quote from poet e.e. cummings — ” i fear no fate(for you are my fate, my sweet)”… FULL STORY
Music & activism
Vancouver musician and social activist Earle Peach has written Questions to the Moon: Songs & Stories (Lazara Press $20) about… FULL STORY
What doesn’t kill you
In her seventh collection of poetry, Villa Negativa (Biblioasis $19.95), Sharon McCartney reflects on events such as a sibling’s death,… FULL STORY
Easy yoga
Yoga is known for its positive effect on mood and physiology. It works for children, especially those needing healthy ways… FULL STORY
Harriet and Curtis
Spanning generations and geography, Glen Huser’s novel Burning the Night (NeWest Press $19.95) portrays a small-town young man, Curtis who… FULL STORY
The schlemiel
The subject of Sarah Mintz’s debut short fiction collection, Handwringers (Radiant Press $20) is her “mediated Jewish identity,” she says,… FULL STORY
RC Weslowski
Canadian Poetry Slam champion, R.C. Weslowski has released his debut collection, My Soft Response to the Wars (Write Bloody North… FULL STORY
Surrealism & Anarchy
Denman Island’s Ron Sakolsky has published his magnum opus, Dreams of Anarchy and the Anarchy of Dreams: Adventures at the… FULL STORY
The missing kayaker
Aaron Bushkowsky’s second novel Waterproof (Cormorant $24.95), due out in October, is a black comedy about two men who lose… FULL STORY
Becoming a non-binary writer
Prolific Vancouver author, Keith Maillard wrote about two genderfluid people in the first of his 15 novels, Two Strand River… FULL STORY
Culinary combat
Having authored seven previous novels for young readers, all of which have been nominated for, or won literary prizes, Rachelle… FULL STORY
Shining memory artifacts
Having retired from teaching English and creative writing at St. Michael’s University School, Terence Young has published a spellbinding collection… FULL STORY
Looking for love on the west coast
Non-binary Rae Spoon has published their first YA fiction book, Green Glass Ghosts (Arsenal Pulp $19.95) narrated by a young… FULL STORY
New Star author translated into Polish
In May, New Star Books received copies of the new Polish edition of Andrew Struthers’ dual book The Sacred Herb… FULL STORY
Kah-Lan the young otter
Karen Autio has written a second book from the point of view of a young male otter, Kah-Lan and the… FULL STORY
The Broughton
Writer and artist Gwen Curry’s new title, Converging Waters: The Beauty and Challenges of the Broughton Archipelago (RMB $40) with… FULL STORY
Going to faerie land
Blue Jasper takes his twin sisters Indigo and Violet for a hike in the woods, when suddenly the twins are… FULL STORY
