The almost wife
Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s The Almost Wife (Harper Avenue $24.99) is a suspenseful novel about a woman, Kira on the verge of… FULL STORY
AUTHORS & BOOKS
Speaking truth to power
Jody Wilson-Raybould has followed up her collection of speeches and lectures, From Where I Stand: Rebuilding Indigenous Nations for a… FULL STORY
Grasslands and star fields
Matt Rader’s 5th collection of poetry Ghosthawk (Nightwood $18.95) is described by his publisher as “a guidebook of imagination from… FULL STORY
Understanding homelessness
About 350,000 people are experiencing homelessness in Canada, despite governments at all levels spending millions to address the issue. To… FULL STORY
Mute Swan
Lesley-Anne Evans has published Mute Swan: Poems for Maria Queen of the World (The St. Thomas Poetry Series $20) that… FULL STORY
Metaphysical love
Janis Harper has published her third title, Jonas and the Mountain: A Metaphysical Love Story (Sacred Stories Publishing $20.99) about… FULL STORY
Illness & recovery
Janis Harper, co-founder of The Republic of East Vancouver newspaper, edited a collection of personal essays guaranteed to make baby-boomers… FULL STORY
End of life
Dr. Stefanie Green wrote the memoir This is Assisted Dying: A Doctor’s Story of Empowering Patients at the End of… FULL STORY
Jewish twins in Interwar Poland
A three-time winner of the Helen & Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards for her poetry, Isa Milman has now… FULL STORY
Working through chronic pain
Starting a business is stressful. Combine that with chronic pain and the challenges ramp up even more for would-be entrepreneurs…. FULL STORY
The heartbreak of Fado music
New Westminster’s Portuguese Canadian playwright, Elaine Ávila has published her new play Fado: The Saddest Music in the World (Talonbooks… FULL STORY
Emma the sailor girl
Trevor Atkins’ debut historical novel for middle-grade readers, The Day the Pirates Went Mad (Silverpath Publishing $14.95), follows the adventures… FULL STORY
A better life
Consumer culture and endless economic growth have been prevailing paradigms for centuries. That must change if the current climate crisis… FULL STORY
Saving rivers
River conservationist and founder of both B.C. and World Rivers Day, Mark Angelo of Burnaby has published his first illustrated… FULL STORY
London noir
Author, actor and now Vancouver Public Library’s Fall 2021 writer in residence, C.C. Humphreys has published One London Day (Library… FULL STORY
Queer gothic
Backed by some pretty serious academic credentials (Canada Research Chair in Philosophy at UBC, PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge and… FULL STORY
The silent woman
Shashi Bhat of New Westminster and editor-in-chief of EVENT magazine has published her second novel, The Most Precious Substance on… FULL STORY
W is for Wang
At 18, Isabella Wang was the youngest writer to be shortlisted twice for The New Quarterly’s Edna Staebler Essay Contest. Her… FULL STORY
Alternate school kids
Young Creighton was abandoned by his mother at the age of five and doesn’t settle in one place until he… FULL STORY
Outrunning sadness
The old adage is that in the “natural order” parents die before their children. Rita Moir explores her family history… FULL STORY
