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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
Glenn the prodigy
Vancouver’s Sarah Ellis, one of the country’s foremost writers for children has written a book about child prodigy and music… FULL STORY
Bobbing loons & hooting owls
One of the important “firsts” in a child’s life, is their first camping trip as detailed in Jane Whittingham’s new… FULL STORY
C is for Croll
Jennifer Croll’s Art Boozel: Cocktails Inspired by Modern and Contemporary Artists (Chronicle Books $27.95) combines over 50 artist profiles with… FULL STORY
F is for Fisher
Having worked for many years on a biography of pioneering anthropologist Wilson Duff (1925 – 1976), Robin Fisher has now… FULL STORY
M is for McArthur
Victoria-based David McArthur, a graphic designer and creative writer started the What Does series of children’s picture books after playing… FULL STORY
Make art, change the world
In 2011, sales of Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti (Arsenal Pulp, 2009), co-authored by Mandy Moore… FULL STORY
W is for Wallace
In his debut novel The Little Brudders of Misericorde (Tidewater $21.95) David M. Wallace explores loss, connection and friendship. Spence’s… FULL STORY
Bad anti-drug laws
Up until the early 1950s, heroin was a legal prescription medicine in Canada used since its discovery in 1898 for… FULL STORY
Science, nature and honey
Mari-Lou Rowley’s 9th poetry collection Catastrophe Theories (Anvil $18) reflects her interdisciplinary approach in its mash-up of science and dream… FULL STORY
I is for Innes
In his 5th title, the novella Elderville (World Castle $9.99) Roy Innes’ latest crime story is about a road-trip-turned-nightmare. David… FULL STORY
K is for Kalla
Following on the heels of his most recent bestseller, Lost Immunity (Simon & Schuster, 2021), which CBC Books named one… FULL STORY
