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
AUTHORS & BOOKS
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
A is for Annharte
Annharte’s forthcoming Miskwagoode (New Star $16) is about her mother loss, or her “mothermiss.” This fifth poetry collection by Annharte… FULL STORY
The connectedness of things
In her 17th book, Blue Portugal and other Essays (U of Alberta Press $24.99) Theresa Kishkan writes about her broad… FULL STORY
An aging revolutionary
It’s 2007, and Sandra Treming is released from prison, having served 25 years on a terrorism and murder conviction stemming… FULL STORY
Patriarchy, families and identity
Salt Spring Island’s Carlie Blume is set to release her debut collection of poetry, Gigglepuss (Guernica $20) due out in… FULL STORY
Be your true self
Growing up in the Comox Valley, Sydney Sunderland developed passions for soccer, art and playing guitar. Sydney also liked expressing… FULL STORY
Saying goodbye to Gran
For his twentieth title, former radio host and award-winning author Bill Richardson writes about a child facing her beloved grandmother’s… FULL STORY
Desolation Sound eccentrics
It’s been over a decade since CBC personality and indie rock musician, Grant Lawrence launched his writing career with Adventures… FULL STORY
Madness and redemption
The former Poet Laureate of New Westminster (active from 2017 to 2020), Alan Hill has written his debut, full-length collection… FULL STORY
The power of an abuser
Playwright Amy Rutherford, who divides her time between Toronto and Vancouver, has published Mortified (Playwrights Canada Press $18.95) about a… FULL STORY
Happy cats
Social psychologist and certified dog trainer, Zazie Todd has followed up on her book Wag: The Science of Making Your… FULL STORY
Classic cars
Victoria-based Garry Foster has published Chrome and Colour: Stories of Craftsmanship and Automotive Design ( Enlightened Communications unpriced), which provides… FULL STORY
An American in Afghanistan
Set in the U.S. war against the Pashtuns/Pukhtuns in Afghanistan (2001 – 2021), David Rae Finn’s novel The Leopard’s Daughter:… FULL STORY
Aftermath of an earthquake
Known for her collection of essays, Peck’s English Pointers, Frances Peck is set to release her debut novel, The Broken… FULL STORY
One-eyed chevrolet
What draws people to small towns and what keeps them there? These are some of the questions Kathryn Hartley grapples… FULL STORY
False ideals
In her novel, The Errant Husband (Radiant Press $25) Elizabeth Haynes writes about a woman named Thelma who travels to… FULL STORY
Grammie and the bear
A former paediatrician, Beverley A. Elliott began writing children’s books after she retired. Her first book, Greyson’s Shoes is based… FULL STORY
